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Leave Google Workspace, without changing your habits

Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet: we replace each Google tool with an open source equivalent hosted in France, and migrate your data step by step.

0 Cloud Act email, files and documents hosted in France
Gmail · Drive · Docs · Meet each tool replaced by an open source equivalent
One area at a time email, files, documents, video: each step validated

Why leave Google Workspace

Your data under US law

Google is subject to the Cloud Act and FISA (section 702), wherever the data is hosted. Your emails, documents and meeting notes remain accessible to US authorities.

Prices that follow Google’s strategy

A price rise in 2025 with the Gemini AI bundled in, one more licence for every new hire: the budget follows the vendor’s decisions.

Everything in one account

Email, files, calendars and documents all depend on the same Google account: a suspension or a change of terms hits the whole organisation at once.

What we replace

Gmail, Calendar and Contacts → koopération

  • Email on your own domain name, with history carried over
  • Shared calendars and address books
  • Works with email clients and smartphones
  • Hosted in France, antispam and encryption included

Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides → koopération

  • Synced, shared files (Nextcloud) instead of Drive
  • Real-time collaborative editing (Collabora Online)
  • Google documents converted to .docx, .xlsx and .pptx
  • Link sharing with expiry and password

Meet and Chat → koopération

  • Video calls with no install, permanent rooms
  • Instant messaging by channel
  • Screen sharing and recording
  • All in the same suite as files and calendar

Sites, audit and support

  • Google Sites and internal documentation moved to XWiki (konnaissance)
  • Google dependency audit and costed exit plan (konseil)
  • User training on the new tools (koformation)
  • Support for Google, Microsoft and Linux devices during the transition (kollaborateur)

An exit without disruption

Gradual, never all at once

Email first, then files and documents, then video. Each step is validated before the next; Google stays available as long as needed.

Your documents stay usable

Google documents are converted to open, Office-compatible formats. Nothing stays locked in a proprietary format.

Familiar habits

Co-editing, link sharing, video in the browser: your teams keep the gestures they know, in tools hosted in France.

Your data stays yours

Open source software, open formats, hosting in France: you can change provider, including leaving ekuITy, without losing your data.

What replaces what

At GoogleReplaced byekuITy offer
Gmail, Calendar, ContactsEmail, calendars and address bookskoopération
DriveNextcloud, synced and shared fileskoopération
Docs, Sheets, SlidesCollabora Online, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx formatskoopération
Meet, ChatVideo calls and instant messagingkoopération
SitesXWikikonnaissance

How the exit works

  1. Audit: accounts, volumes, shares, documents and Google integrations, with a costed exit plan.
  2. Pilot: one team moves to the new tools and reports its needs.
  3. Migration by area: email, then files and documents, then video, with data carried over.
  4. Cut-over: your domain points to the new email service, shares are recreated.
  5. Training and operations: users trained, hosting, backups and support by ekuITy.

Also using Microsoft or Atlassian? See how to leave Microsoft and how to leave Confluence and Jira.

Prepare your exit from Google Workspace

Free first discussion: inventory of your Google usage, volumes to migrate and a realistic timeline, one area at a time.

Let’s talk about the IT you dream of

Frequently asked questions about leaving Google

What can replace Google Workspace?
koopération, ekuITy’s suite hosted in France: email and calendars, synced files (Nextcloud), collaborative document editing (Collabora Online), video calls and instant messaging. Google Sites and internal documentation can move to XWiki (konnaissance).
What happens to our Google Docs, Sheets and Slides?
They are converted to .docx, .xlsx and .pptx, then co-edited in koopération. Simple formatting is kept; complex documents are checked during the pilot.
Can we keep our email address?
Yes. Your domain name belongs to you: ekuITy carries over your mailboxes and their history, then points your domain to the new email service at cut-over.
Do we have to migrate everything at once?
No. ekuITy migrates one area at a time: email, then files and documents, then video. Each step is validated with your teams before the next, and Google stays available during the transition.
Is our Google data hosted in Europe protected from the Cloud Act?
No. The Cloud Act and FISA section 702 apply to US companies wherever the data is hosted. With koopération, your data is hosted in France by a French company, out of reach of these laws.