Who is my contractual counterparty?

Finn Glas, a German sole proprietor based in 72461 Tailfingen, Germany. Address, press contact under §18(2) MStV and every disclosure required by §5 TMG live at /imprint.

Where is the data stored?

On dedicated servers we operate ourselves, physically located in Germany. Records, attachments, audit log, embeddings - all in the same EU jurisdiction. Backups stay within Germany at other physical locations and roll off on a 30-day window. We deliberately don't name the exact provider or data centre - it doesn't help the customer and would make operator changes a public event.

Which law applies in case of a dispute?

German law, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence remain unaffected. Venue is the registered seat of the operator (see /imprint), where legally permitted. No arbitration clause - you have the same legal recourse as with any other German vendor.

Can I get German-language support?

Yes. Both co-founders reply in German and English. No outsourcing, no ticket queue, no bot replies - you talk to someone who wrote the code.

How does the invoice + refund work?

Stripe issues a PDF invoice automatically after every payment, with VAT shown where applicable (the German Kleinunternehmer status under §19 UStG can drop the VAT line - the invoice is still fully bookkeeping-grade). Refund is self-serve in account settings: within the first 30 days of any new paid period you can refund the most recent charge yourself - no email, no exit interview. Full text in /terms §4.

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Contact Book: the German alternative to Garden

Hosted in Germany, German operator of record, German law. Same three pillars, English URL.

German alternative

Personal CRM

Networking

Privacy

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·February 6, 2026·

3 min read

Contact Book is the German alternative to Garden: hosted in Germany, German operator of record, German law applies. Three things that travel together for a reason - any one of them on its own is half a promise.

At a glance

Garden's appeal is that it can build a picture of your network from the channels you connect - mail, calendar, social - and surface who you're drifting from. Contact Book deliberately does none of that: we never read your email, calendar, or social accounts. You log what you choose, and nothing else is observed. Pick Garden if auto-surfacing your network from your accounts is the value you want; pick us if "the tool reads my channels" is exactly the line you don't want crossed, and you'd rather keep a deliberate, private record hosted in Germany.

Three pillars together

Three pillars that travel together

Hosted in Germany alone means little if the operator of record is a Delaware LLC - the CLOUD Act follows the seat, not the server. A German operator alone means little if the servers sit in Virginia - the access risk lives there. German law alone means little if both of those are missing - the venue clause cannot solve a data problem. Contact Book brings all three together: dedicated servers in Germany, Finn Glas (sole proprietor) registered in 72461 Tailfingen, German law on the contract. The gap to Garden is usually that one of these three is missing.

Contact Book vs Garden: German-vendor comparison

	Ours Contact Book	Theirs Garden
Hosted in Germany
Reads your mail / social to build the graph
Auto-suggests who to reach out to
Per-person cadence you set
Conversation log
Life events + gifts		Limited
Family / relationship graph		Network-style
Works without connecting accounts		Core needs sync

When to pick which

Pick Contact Book when

You don't want any tool reading your email, calendar, or social accounts.

You'd rather decide who matters yourself than have a graph inferred for you.

Hosting in Germany and a no-sync, no-tracking posture matter to you.

Pick Garden when

You genuinely want the tool to surface your network automatically from your accounts.

Connecting mail and social to get suggestions is a trade you're happy to make.

Common questions

What German-buying teams typically want answered before they switch.

Start with Contact Book

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

finn.glas at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn Website