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Proton unveiled European alternative to Microsoft Teams: Proton Meet

Written by Petteri Pyyny @ 01 Apr 2026 11:23

Proton unveiled European alternative to Microsoft Teams: Proton Meet

Swiss-based Proton, known for strong encryption and privacy protection, has expanded its product range.
The company is now challenging the dominance of Microsoft Teams with its new Proton Meet video conferencing service. As with Proton Mail, Proton Meet is also promised to be end-to-end encrypted (end-to-end encryption) and that no meeting data will be collected by Proton.

Proton Meet meetings can be joined without a Proton user account, and conferences work not only with a separate application but also in a browser and on mobile.

Using Proton Meet is free, as long as meetings last a maximum of one hour and there are a maximum of 50 participants. Larger numbers require a paid Proton subscription from the organizer.

The product launch is clearly timed at the right moment, when Europe is actively considering breaking its dependency on American technology. Often, the transition is easiest to make one piece, product, and service at a time.



The Proton Meet service can be found at meet.proton.me.

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