Observed arrival · 2026-09-29
Local First’s sourced guide to Australian tech alternatives
A pilot directory of Australian-owned alternatives to familiar tech services, with ownership and data-location criteria and a shortlist saved on the visitor’s device.
- For
- Australians comparing locally owned email, storage, and office tools
- Worth noticing
- It excludes US-owned or US-hosted services and distinguishes Australian options with ownership or data-location caveats.
Field notes
The page’s categories distinguish Australian ownership and control from Australian-held data; for ASX-listed firms, the stated test also looks for Australian headquarters and no controlling foreign shareholder. The project says it has not audited share registers. It treats ownership, headquarters, and data location as separate fields, labels company-site-only sourcing, and excludes price, product quality, and security record from its ratings. Several named entries remain unrated pending questions such as current shareholders or data-centre operators.
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