Community feedback

Kind words from like-minded people. Thank you for your support ♥︎

"Digital Samba works as a charm! No hassle, no account, encrypted... perfect!"

Author icon

Toine O.

Psychologist

"I've been using Digital Samba for some time now, on different computers, phones, short call, long calls (hours), screensharing, and it just works. Wonderful tool, lean and clean. Quality is perfect."

Author icon

Bjarne O.

Web developer

"We were proud of Whereby, but less since we discovered that they use AWS and less because only the small rooms are E2EE."

Author icon

Cyril B.

Cybersecurity expert

"I was looking for an (European) alternative to Google Meet. I think Digital Samba is perfect for that."

Author icon

Karsten G.

Garden designer

"First, it is far better and simpler in the interface than Microsoft Teams, which is a bad substitute for Skype. Secondly, I like that it is European. Your service is excellent."

Author icon

Peter I.

Professor Emeritus

"I'm looking for alternative to Zoom that was european. I was happy to see you were out there."

Author icon

Solal A.

Engineer

"When I heard about Digital Samba, I was interested immediately."

Author icon

Peter B.

French teacher

"I tested Digital Samba to be less dependent from software made in the States. The interface is very good and easy to use."

Author icon

Filippo F.

CEO, environmental consulting

"I simply prefer DS over Teams. It's nice and clean."

Author icon

Serge M.

Film producer

"We are very satisfied and actively promote the use of Digital Samba."

Author icon

Balint K.

CEO, elearning

"Runs really smooth, excellent video streaming technology."

Author icon

Simone P.

University CIO

"I really like the interface. Super nice and neat!"

Author icon

Saskia K.

Psychologist

"I really like it, especially the whiteboard. All the existing functions in the meeting are easy to use. Other solutions are either not free, have low performance, are limited to less than one hour, are not easy to share with participants, lack functionality, or a combination of those points."

Author icon

Lasse L.

Credit manager

"Thanks for your work on bringing Digital Samba to the world."

Author icon

Aaron D.

Writer

"Better than Zoom and Teams!"

Author icon

Saber M.

CEO, IT

"I am moving all my software away from US companies and into European companies. Digital Samba seems to be easy to use and cost effective."

Author icon

Nicolai V.

Real estate consultant

"Came across Digital Samba on the EU Alternatives website when I was looking for an easy-to-use, low cost tool for our meetings."

Author icon

Valerio G.

Student exchange coordinator

"Recent geopolitical events make me feel that we Europeans should consume more European digital products to help European firms reach the critical mass to compete with foreign firms."

Author icon

Amedeo P.

University researcher

"It is great. Easy, simple and fast sharing. Clean!"

Author icon

Sandra T.

Psychology teacher

"I really want to switch away from US-based services and promote EU based technology to my friends and family. Thanks for offering this opportunity."

Author icon

Jeff F.

Travel guide

"Thank you for offering Digital Samba for free. I am 66 years old and my girlfriends and I stayed in touch by Skype. My husband told me about Digital Samba."

Author icon

Iris K.

Innovative pensioner

"Digital Samba, with its commitment to providing a more liberated technological experience, resonates with my aspirations for a more autonomous digital future."

Author icon

Luciano M.

Nuclear Engineer and journalist

"I've found the call quality to be good. The video and audio are both very clear. The link is simple to use and it just works."

Author icon

Sukh

Artist

"I am always interested in evaluating digital platforms to use in my legal courses. Thanks for your precious support."

Author icon

Lorenza V.

Lawyer

"I am interested in a european solution. I want an alternative to ms team, to zoom, and google meet. Videocalling via messaging apps is too unprofessional in my opinion."

Author icon

Henrique L.

Computer Scientist

"I applaud a new European alternative like this."

Author icon

Rien T.

Graphic designer

"I'm eager to support a platform that is more committed to privacy, especially one based in Europe."

Author icon

Darius L

Psychotherapist

"I would like to switch from american based tools to something from the EU with better data-security."

Author icon

Simon B.

Club organiser

"Very much liked the e2ee option!"

Author icon

Geert K.

Growth consultant

"I tried Digital Samba and it looks really nice."

Author icon

Elmar W.

Simulation engineer

"The best video communication system."

Author icon

Santi H.

Healthcare provider

"Real privacy and friendly support."

Author icon

Kate T.

Mental coach

"Friendly UX and customer care."

Author icon

Alex B.

Founder (Language learning)

"Simple to operate and smooth operation while in a meeting."

Author icon

Oliver T.

Marketing researcher

"I'm impressed by its simplicity and ease of use and I am trying to switch to European software!"

Author icon

Michael H.

Funeral officiant

"It's European, has great features, and it's very ease to use."

Author icon

Monique M.

Learning consultant

"It's easy to use and I love that it runs on european infrastructure."

Author icon

Rainer A.

Architect

"The ease of use and the quality of sound and video, and especially that attendees do not have to create an account before joining."

Author icon

John H.

Life coach

"Free, easy to use, very customisable with lots features."

Author icon

Yunus B.

Engineer

"It's easy to use for my students."

Author icon

Luiz C.

Spanish teacher

"It's important to me that no app is required and that my data isn't used for AI training."

Author icon

Lee F.

Financial advisor

"Easy access, great quality, lots of useful features."

Author icon

Olga F.

Dentician

"It is in Europe. It is very easy to use. It allows E2EE. I like the idea to support companies like yours that offer a consistent alternative to oversea big techs."

Author icon

Massimo G.

Network architect

"I prefer Digital Samba over Skype or Zoom because it works entirely within the app without opening extra windows, has a clean, user-friendly design, and lets me easily share a meeting by sending a direct link or keeping one for myself."

Author icon

Lilian S.

Psychotherapist

"One of my friends son told about your application. I am currently using zoom. Its very costly."

Author icon

Muhammad T.

"For more than 10 years, we have entrusted the training of our customers to webinars using the Digital Samba platform, which has provided us with constant technological innovation, as well as the efficiency and advice we needed."

Author icon

Anselmo T.

Communications director

"I am trying Samba and honestly, I love it. I signed up because I am looking for ethical tools made in Europe, and I found out Samba was the most well-made and practical among the ones I tested. I have been using Zoom and Google Meets for a long while now, and while they both have pros & cons, I came to hate both because of their companies' data and privacy policies."

Author icon

Francesca M.

Italian teacher

"Very smooth experience, useful and intuitive features. My meeting counterpart, too, was impressed, had not thought of even looking for something beyond Teams, which he regularly complains about."

Author icon

Andreas W.

"I'm looking for an European approach to video communication and Digital Samba looks like a good option."

Author icon

Fulvio M.

"It's incredible. I'm in love with this product."

Author icon

Gustavo V.

"A friend told me about Digital Samba, and we tried it out right away. The first impression was excellent. I've held countless video conferences with Skype for well over 20 years, with screen sharing being the deciding factor in the vast majority of cases. Its successor, Teams Free, is extremely frustrating."

Author icon

Gustav S.

"I am currently using Zoom, but I am looking for European solutions because the US has severely strained its relationship with the EU. Additionally, the CLOUD Act appears to conflict with the GDPR, even when the data of a US company is located in the EU., which means that EU users' data may be potentially exposed to US government surveillance."

Author icon

Fernán G.

"I wanted to reach out to you and the DS team to congratulate you for an amazing job. I've found out about you not too long ago, but I've been your ambassador ever since!!"

Author icon

Rita G.

General manager

"We tried hosting Jitsi for awhile but ran into some problems and no adequate solutions. We also ran into issues with NextCloud Talk. So we've been using Zoom. The biggest issue for us with Zoom is the US Cloud Act (we're in Canada). "I have nothing to hide" isn't a valid response to the expectation of guaranteed privacy. So we were happy to find Digital Samba, which complies with GDPR. And being able to run everything from a browser is a big plus."

Author icon

Dave L.

"I signed up because a friend of mine uses Digital Samba as a free meeting tool, which I am interested in because I only hold online meetings occasionally."

Author icon

Manuel B.

"I decided to sign up after a colleague told me about this solution. She lives in China, and I'm based in Barcelona. We had an online meeting on Zoom, and soon found ourselves discussing our shared discomfort with the usual suspects in the Internet-based calling space: Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, etc. She mentioned Digital Samba as an alternative, and I decided to take a closer look."

Author icon

Jordi M.

"I am dissatisfied with my current solution which is zoom because it has many intrusive listeners, no way to block them, and it is hosted in the United States and China."

Author icon

Grover R.

"I am mainly trying to find good European alternatives to services I use from Google, Microsoft, Big tech companies. I saw Digital Samba is based in Spain so I thought I'd give it a go."

Author icon

Pepe M.

"I signed up because I tried the Digital Samba Free with a customer for colaboration. It is easy to use and hosted in EU."

Author icon

Elmar W.

"I decided to sign up because I'm looking for an alternative to Zoom for our regular meetings. What I don't like about Zoom is; the bloat, the impenetrable privacy policy, the price (for meetings longer than 40 mins), past complicity with censorship and perceived state-control, and the creeping presence of Al in its products."

Author icon

Paul W.

"I stumbled over Digital Samba today by chance (some Website from the EU). And I still can't believe it's free. There must be a catch somewhere :-) On the other side, it looks awesome, and I think it's a great opportunity to schedule meeting and using a customer account. Makes it much easier, and I am used to that feature from other services - currently NextCloud Talk and sometimes MS Teams (which is a pain in the.... )."

Author icon

Daniel R.

"I've been moving all our software away from US suppliers, as much as possible, and I use the european-alternatives.eu to look for alternatives. We no longer use microsoft, for example, or AWS. I use DS mostly for business meetings. I like the straightforward interface, and also that there's no intrusive AI being pushed (e.g. zoom). Personally I use DS on my desktop or laptop computers, but some of the individuals I meet with use their mobile phones to connect."

Author icon

Philip D.

"Paying for a subscription to Zoom or other services it's very expensive for me, since I rarely use the service, so I was looking for a free service without any time restrictions per meeting. I had been using Jitsi Meet for a while. Also, I'm very concerned about privacy, so I was looking for a service which complies with RGPD. I took a lookg at european-alternatives.eu and I found out about Digital Samba. I've been using it for awhile and I like a lot. I'm interested on the scheduling and other features, so I decided to sign up."

Author icon

Álvaro G.

"I’m just taking the first steps to familiarize myself with Digital Samba. First impression: I like it. It’s user-friendly, functionally clean, and so far, nothing I’ve missed."

Author icon

Kilian K.

"I enjoy testing emerging software and I appreciate Digital Samba's simplicity: straightforward authentication, a comprehensive feature set, excellent video quality, and no time limits. On a scale where 1 means "highly likely" and 10 means "not likely," my rating is a clear 1."

Author icon

Christoph S.

"Thank you very much for DS! What I like: Free, no vendor lock-in, privacy, no AI-BS, data safety, European etc. - all that stuff that sucks about Microsoft, Google, Zoom and the likes. I love the neverending whiteboard - that one really stunned me! Also, the handling is incredibly easy, there's really no need for elaborate manuals. No complicated menus and "hidden" switches (looking at you, Zoom...). The Q&A-function is extremely helpful. And a lot of other things, this really is a great piece of software!"

Author icon

David W.

"We at chemp.ai have switched. Completely. All team calls now run on Digital Samba. Digital Samba does video calls. Doesn't sound spectacular at first. Everyone does video calls. But: No time limit. None at all. Completely free for individual users. Servers in Europe. That's more than just "another platform". That's a real alternative. At some point you ask yourself: Do we have to pay for a one-hour team meeting? Do we have to send our data to servers we don't know? Do we have to cut off after 40 minutes and dial in again? No. We don't. Since we've been using Digital Samba, it just works. No limits. No surprises. Just what we need: stable calls, European servers, a fair concept."

Author icon

Chemp.ai

"I signed up because you're a European solution; privacy-conscious; I hate Google; always open to testing alternatives; we're constantly in the process of upgrading our tech stack; being aware of up-and-coming solutions is valuable."

Author icon

Ioan M.

"I was looking for a simple always working platform. We were using Whereby till it decided to limit the duration of calls. As we are using office365 we use teams a lot but are experiencing problems in using break out rooms if people are using different clients."

Author icon

Herwig D.

"I just wanted to give you some feedback. I finally got a chance to use Digital Samba to give a class today. I am VERY happy with the results. Thank you very much."

Author icon

Ethan S.

"First of all, great app and really good settings for each individual meeting. I have 1:1 coaching sessions and webinar and maybe sometimes recordings, that's why your solution is great. Zoom is expensive, Teams doesn't have the right settings. DS is free and so much value, I would even pay for it."

Author icon

Manuel I.

"I've just done a test classroom with digitalsamba and it is excellent."

Author icon

Ben G.

"We ran a test of Digital Samba from Sweden, Germany and France, and were very impressed. All functionality Zoom has, and at least one thing Zoom can't do. We are looking for an alternative to Zoom because of the strict 40 minute limit. Zoom have stopped us from doing starting another sessoin by imposing a 10 minute break, which we find frustrating. We did pay for a Zoom pro account for one year, but the price doubled our membership costs. We couldn't keep it up. The other alternatives suggested to us - Google Meet and Teams - both require a commitment to either the Google or the MSN infrastructure which I am not alone in being very reluctant to do. Also, in the current political climate, many of us are unhappy about relying on US based services."

Author icon

John D.

"I seriously enjoy your solution and I can tell you and your team have spent a lot of time on this. Really. You are definitely doing it right. The performance of the platform is great. Latency is super. We love it. That is the first feedback from the team in the US (Iowa and Chicago) and me in Austria."

Author icon

Bo S.

"I was looking for a tool, which is not owned by an American based company and which is DSGVO conform. I appreciate tat you are an European company, that you have high privacy data standards."

Author icon

Deniz O.