Esc Collective

supporting european digital independence

This is our catalogue of digital solutions for business problems of European SMEs. Those solutions are either directly provided by Esc Collective, we can provide support for them or we advise against their use and recommend better alternatives.

Email Provider

Gmail for business

Google offers email for business as part of its Google Workspace solution.

  • Big Tech
  • US based
  • Trump Supporters
  • Calendar
  • Free Plan
  • SMTP
  • IMAP

Tuta Mail

Tuta Mail is an email solution focused on security through quantum-safe encryption. Their service includes a calendar and many business grade functionalities.

  • EU based
  • Encryption
  • Calendar
  • Free plan

M365 Mail

Microsoft offers email for business as part of its Microsoft 365 line of services.

  • Big Tech
  • US based
  • Trump supporters
  • Calendar
  • SMTP
  • IMAP

Proton Mail

Proton Mail is an email solution focused on privacy and freedom. Their email solution includes calendar, and Proton also has solutions for documents, VPN and password management.

  • Switzerland based
  • Encryption
  • Calendar
  • Free plan

Transip E-mail

Transip E-mail is a great solution for those businesses that only want to send email and don't need all the extra's.

  • EU based
  • IMAP
  • SMTP
  • Just email

Mailfence

Mailfence is a secure and private email solution providing calendar, chat, documents and advanced user management.

  • EU based
  • Encryption
  • Calendar
  • Free plan
  • IMAP
  • SMTP

ERP

Odoo Community

Odoo Community is an open-source ERP system which can be self-hosted. It provides many applications including contact management, invoicing, CRM, HRM and more.

  • Switzerland based
  • Open source
  • Self hosting

Odoo

Odoo is an ERP system providing many applications including contact management, invoicing, accounting, CRM, HRM and more.

  • EU based
  • Self hosting
  • Cloud hosting
  • Free plan

Word Processor

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processor offered by Microsoft.

  • rich text formatting
  • scripting
  • local
  • proprietary
  • US based
  • big tech
  • Trump supporters

CryptPad Rich Text

The Rich Text application in CryptPad is a browser-based end-to-end encrypted word processor.

  • rich text formatting
  • libre
  • web based
  • end to end encryption
  • self-hosting
  • hosted

LibreOffice Writer

Writer is a word processor application, part of the LibreOffice suite offered by The Document Foundation.

  • rich text formatting
  • scripting
  • libre
  • local