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.NET

By Microsoft

Open-source platform for C#/F#/VB apps (web, APIs, desktop). Cross-platform; Azure integrations are optional.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.7
Adobe Acrobat Sign

By Adobe

Enterprise e-sign inside the Adobe Document Cloud. Easy for Acrobat users; US vendor.

E-signature Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 5.0 Secure 3.3
Adobe Analytics

By Adobe

Enterprise web analytics in the Adobe Experience Cloud. Heavy; US vendor.

Web analytics Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.0
Adyen

By Adyen · EU entity

Dutch enterprise PSP for online, POS and marketplace payments.

FinancePayments EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 4.7
AirVPN

By AirVPN · EU entity

Italian VPN supporting OpenVPN and WireGuard.

VPN EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.3
Akaunting

By Akaunting

GPL online accounting for freelancers and small organisations. Self-host or use vendor cloud.

Finance Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.0
Alceris

By Alceris · EU entity

German lightweight analytics: async, no cookie banner, realtime and campaigns.

Web analytics EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 2.7
Aleph Alpha

By Aleph Alpha · EU entity

German enterprise LLM platform focused on sovereignty and explainability for public-sector use.

AI & language models EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.0 Secure 2.7
alfaview

By alfaview GmbH · EU entity

German video conferencing used by companies and public bodies. Strong EU hosting story.

Video meetings EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.3
AlphaVPS

By AlphaVPS · EU entity

Bulgarian VPS with EU and US locations — choose EU nodes.

VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.0
ALTCHA

By ALTCHA · EU entity

Czech open-source self-host captcha; hosted API is not EU — prefer self-host.

CAPTCHA Self-hosted

Fair 5.0 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.3
Amazon CloudFront

By Amazon

AWS global CDN for static assets, APIs and streaming. Strong with S3/ALB; AWS console complexity and US sovereignty exposure.

CDN Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.7
Amazon S3

By Amazon

Default object storage. Ubiquitous S3 API; US hyperscaler sovereignty issues.

Object storage Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7
Amazon SES

By Amazon Web Services

High-volume SMTP/API email from AWS. Cheap and integrable; console and IAM complexity; US cloud sovereignty exposure even in EU regions.

Transactional email Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.3
Amazon Web Services

By Amazon

Global hyperscaler. Huge service catalogue; US lawful-access and complexity for small NGOs.

Cloud platforms Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.7
Analyzati

By Analyzati · EU entity

Spanish cookieless analytics with a lightweight script and free plan.

Web analytics EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 2.3 Secure 2.7
Angular

By Google

Full-featured TypeScript framework from Google. Structured for large apps; steeper learning curve.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.3
Anytype

By Anytype

Swiss local-first open-source notes and knowledge objects.

Notes Global SaaS

Fair 2.7 Easy 3.3 Secure 4.0
Apache

By The Apache Software Foundation

Suggested by domain check (Apache/2.4.62)

Cloud platforms Global SaaS

Fair 2.7 Easy — Secure —
AppSignal

By AppSignal · EU entity

Dutch error and performance monitoring for Ruby, Node, JS and Elixir.

Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 2.7
Artikel10 DNS

By Artikel10 e.V. · EU entity

German non-profit DoH/DoT resolver.

Public DNS EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.7
Aruba Cloud

By Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

Italian cloud and VPS provider with many European datacentres, managed DB, domains and DNS.

Cloud platformsVPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.2 Secure 3.8
Aruba Domains

By Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

Italian Aruba ICANN domains with mailbox options.

Domain registrars EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.0
Aruba WordPress

By Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

Italian Aruba managed WordPress hosting.

Website & forms EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 2.3 Secure 2.7
ASP.NET Core

By Microsoft

Cross-platform .NET web framework for APIs and server-rendered apps. Open source; Azure is optional.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.0
Astro

By Astro

Content-focused web framework that ships little JS by default. Strong fit for brochure and docs sites.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.3
Autenti

By Autenti · EU entity

Polish AES and QES eIDAS signatures.

E-signature EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7
awork

By awork · EU entity

German PM with boards, timelines, time tracking and calendar sync.

Project management EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7
Axeptio

By Axeptio · EU entity

French CMP focused on brandable consent UX. EU-hosted SaaS.

Cookie consent EU-hosted SaaS

Fair — Easy — Secure —
Azure OpenAI

By Microsoft

OpenAI models under Microsoft Azure contracts and regions. Enterprise controls; US hyperscaler dependency.

AI & language models Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.3
Bare.ID

By Bare.ID · EU entity

German Keycloak-based managed IAM.

Identity EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 4.3 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.3
Bash

By Free Software Foundation

Default shell on most Linux servers. Ubiquitous for deploy scripts, cron and ops glue.

Programming languages Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.0
BigBlueButton

By BigBlueButton Inc.

Designed for teaching and webinars. Strong for NGOs that train a lot.

Video meetings Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.0 Secure 4.0
Billit

By Billit · EU entity

Belgian e-invoicing and Peppol access for structured invoices (UBL). Fits public-sector and B2B mandates.

Finance EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.7
BlazingCDN

By BlazingCDN · EU entity

Polish CDN with 50+ PoPs for static, reverse-proxy and video.

CDN EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7
Blazor

By Microsoft

.NET UI framework for interactive web apps (WASM or server). Keeps C# across the stack; Microsoft gravity remains.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.3 Secure 2.7
Bootstrap

By Bootstrap team

Widely used CSS/JS component toolkit. Fast prototypes; visual sameness without custom theming.

Frameworks & runtimes Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 3.3
Borlabs Cookie

By Borlabs · EU entity

German WordPress cookie consent plugin. Runs in your WP install; no third-party CMP SaaS required.

Cookie consent Self-hosted

Fair — Easy — Secure —
Brevo

By Brevo · EU entity

French transactional and marketing email platform (formerly Sendinblue). SMTP/API, templates and CRM-style campaigns under an EU vendor.

Transactional email EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.3
Bugfender

By Bugfender · EU entity

German mobile/web log storage with offline sync and pre-crash traces.

Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 2.7
Bugsink

By Bugsink · EU entity

Dutch Sentry-compatible error tracker; self-host or EU hosted without per-event pricing.

Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 4.3 Easy 4.7 Secure 2.7
Bunny CDN

By BunnyWay · EU entity

Slovenian CDN with image processing, video streaming and Edge Storage.

CDN EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.3
Bunny Storage

By BunnyWay · EU entity

Slovenian Bunny object storage with regional or global edge replication.

CDNObject storage EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.7 Secure 3.7
C#

By Microsoft

Modern multi-paradigm language on .NET. Strong Windows heritage; first-class on Linux via .NET.

Programming languages Self-hosted

Fair 4.7 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.3
C++

By ISO/IEC

ISO standardised systems language. Maximum control and performance; higher skill and security burden.

Programming languages Self-hosted

Fair 3.3 Easy 2.7 Secure 2.7
Capacities

By Capacities · EU entity

German object-based personal knowledge management across desktop and mobile.

Notes EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.0
Captcha

By Captcha · EU entity

Austrian proof-of-work captcha with WP, Keycloak and Joomla integrations.

CAPTCHA EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.0
CaptchaFox

By CaptchaFox · EU entity

German accessible privacy captcha with WP/JS framework integrations.

CAPTCHA EU-hosted SaaS

Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.0
CCM19

By Papoo Software · EU entity

German consent manager used across public-sector and private sites. EU-hosted CMP.

Cookie consent EU-hosted SaaS

Fair — Easy — Secure —
ChatGPT

By OpenAI

Default consumer/enterprise LLM assistant. Excellent UX; US vendor and training/data posture need careful policy review.

AI & language models Global SaaS

Fair 1.7 Easy 5.0 Secure 2.7

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