Best European Alternatives to Google Authenticator (2026)
Google Authenticator backs up your codes to your Google account, held by a US company under US law. If you lose your Google account, you can lose the codes to everything else too. European authenticators back up your codes encrypted, or keep them offline.
Replace Google Authenticator with a private authenticator app based in Europe. Compare Proton Authenticator, Yubico Authenticator, Proton Pass, all operated under European privacy law.
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Proton Authenticator (Switzerland) Free app for your login codes, on phone and computer. Works without an account; with a Proton account you get an encrypted backup.
✓ Open source ✓ Free tier -
Yubico Authenticator (Sweden) Keep your login codes on a small key from Swedish Yubico. The app is free; you buy the key once.
✓ Open source -
Proton Pass (Switzerland) Password manager from Proton that also generates private email aliases so websites never get your real address.
✓ Open source ✓ Audited ✓ Free tier
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