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Software from China: 41 vendors in 27 categories

China lies outside the EU and the EEA. Contracts and data also fall under non-European law; every vendor below has a page with European alternatives.

vendors scored: 41
categories: 27
open source: 8
last checked: 11 October 2026

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Sovereignty score 79 out of 100DatabendData Platform & Warehouse · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source cloud-native data lakehouse written in Rust, developed by Datafuse Labs (Beijing, China); the core engine is Apache 2.0, with some enterprise features under the source-available Elastic License 2.0.
Sovereignty score 79 out of 100iRedMailBusiness Email & Groupware · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source mail server installer that sets up a full mail environment (SMTP/IMAP/POP3/webmail) within minutes on RedHat, Ubuntu or Debian. Developed by a Chinese company (iRedMail Information Technology Co., Ltd.).
Sovereignty score 79 out of 100RustDeskRemote Desktop & Support · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceOpen-source remote desktop in Rust with self-hosting; originally a Chinese developer — only sovereign when self-hosted in your own infrastructure
Sovereignty score 79 out of 100SiYuanNotes & Tasks · Non-EU vendor · open sourceLocal privacy-focused note-taking app with block references and graphs
Sovereignty score 77 out of 100DeepinDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceChinese Linux operating system with its own DDE desktop, developed by Deepin Technology in Wuhan (China) and owned by UnionTech.
Sovereignty score 77 out of 100DeepSeekAI · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceChinese AI company offering language models via chat, app and API; model weights (e.g. MIT licence) are downloadable. Based in Hangzhou, China.
Sovereignty score 77 out of 100openKylinDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceChinese open-source Linux desktop distribution, operated by the OpenAtom Foundation in Beijing. Licence: Mulan PSL v2.
Sovereignty score 77 out of 100SmartDNSDNS Privacy & Filtering · Self-hosted / open source · open sourceSmartDNS is a self-hosted local DNS server that picks the fastest-responding IP among several upstream resolvers (DoT/DoH/DoQ), actively maintained with releases through 2026, originating from China.
Sovereignty score 63 out of 100AOMEI BackupperPersonal Backup & Sync · Self-hosted / open sourceWindows backup, restore, clone and sync software from AOMEI (Chengdu, China), installed locally.
Sovereignty score 63 out of 100EaseUS Todo BackupPersonal Backup & Sync · Self-hosted / open sourceWindows backup and disk cloning software from EaseUS, a Chinese software company based in Chengdu, founded in 2004.
Sovereignty score 63 out of 100ZStackVirtualisation & Containers · Self-hosted / open sourceZStack: Chinese provider of private cloud and virtualisation software, deployed on-premises in customers' own data centres. Headquartered in Shanghai.
Sovereignty score 52 out of 100EMQXIoT & Embedded · Self-hosted / open sourceChinese MQTT broker under the source-available BSL 1.1 licence since v5.9, with 20M+ downloads and 1,500+ enterprise customers.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Alibaba CloudCloud IaaS · Non-EU vendorChinese public cloud provider (Alibaba Group, Hangzhou) offering compute, storage and databases; data centres include Frankfurt, Paris and London.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Amap (AutoNavi)Maps & Navigation · Non-EU vendor · owner in ChinaChinese mapping platform (Beijing), majority-owned by Alibaba since 2014.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Aurora SendCloudTransactional Email · Non-EU vendorChinese/Hong Kong email API platform with 200,000+ enterprise clients and 3.5B+ emails per month.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Baidu MapsMaps & Navigation · Non-EU vendorChinese mapping platform (Beijing), independently operated by Baidu Inc.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100CapCutPhoto & Video · Non-EU vendorChinese mobile/desktop video and photo editing software (ByteDance) with 300M+ monthly users.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Cyclone RoboticsProcess Mining & RPA · Non-EU vendorChinese fast-growing enterprise RPA and hyperautomation suite, active across the APAC region.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100FilmoraPhoto & Video · Non-EU vendorChinese cross-platform video editing software (Wondershare) for consumers and prosumers.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Huawei CloudCloud IaaS · Non-EU vendorPublic cloud of Chinese company Huawei (headquartered in Shenzhen) with IaaS, AI platforms, databases and security services, with regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100JooxMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorChinese music-streaming platform from Tencent Music Entertainment, market leader in Southeast Asia.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100LaiyeProcess Mining & RPA · Non-EU vendorChinese/Singaporean integrated platform for RPA, chatbot conversations and intelligent document processing.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100NetEase Cloud MusicMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorChinese independent streaming platform (Hangzhou) with 1M+ registered indie artists.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100SogouSearch Engines · Non-EU vendor · owner in ChinaChinese search engine (Tencent) with unique WeChat indexing, ~2-3% market share in China.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Tencent CloudCloud IaaS · Non-EU vendorCloud service of Chinese technology group Tencent (Shenzhen) offering IaaS, containers, AI services, databases and CDN, with regions in Asia, Europe and North America.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Tencent Cloud CaptchaCaptcha & Bot Detection · Non-EU vendorChinese behavioural CAPTCHA service of Tencent Cloud, with regional endpoints including Frankfurt and SDKs for PHP and Node.js.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Tuya SmartIoT & Embedded · Non-EU vendorChinese global IoT PaaS platform (Hangzhou) with 100M+ concurrent requests.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100WPS OfficeOffice & Productivity · Non-EU vendorChinese cross-platform office suite (Kingsoft, Beijing) with word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and PDF editing.
Sovereignty score 42 out of 100ZWCADCAD & Engineering · Non-EU vendorChinese DWG-compatible 2D/3D CAD package from ZWSOFT, significantly cheaper than AutoCAD, used in 90+ countries.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100BaiduSearch Engines · Non-EU vendorChina's largest search engine and web portal (Beijing, NASDAQ-listed).
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100BoardmixWhiteboarding & Visual Collaboration · Non-EU vendorOnline collaborative whiteboard from Shenzhen Pixso Technology (China), with mind maps, flowcharts, kanban boards and AI features.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100DingTalkCollaboration · Non-EU vendorChinese enterprise communication and collaboration platform from Alibaba Group, with chat, meetings, workflows and AI features, as apps and on the web.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100GeeTest CAPTCHACaptcha & Bot Detection · Non-EU vendorAdaptive CAPTCHA (v4) and device fingerprinting with 9 verification types and risk-based difficulty scaling.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100QQ MusicMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorChinese music streaming service of Tencent Music Entertainment, with principal offices in Shenzhen; app and website.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100TapdataData Integration & ETL · Non-EU vendorChinese real-time data platform (Shenzhen) for CDC replication and data services, as cloud, on-premises or hybrid, with an Apache-2.0 Community Edition.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100TeambitionProject Management · Non-EU vendorChinese project collaboration platform from Alibaba with task management and project views
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Tencent EdgeOneCDN, DNS & Domains · Non-EU vendorCDN and edge security platform from Tencent Cloud, part of the China-based Tencent group headquartered in Shenzhen.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100WangsuCDN, DNS & Domains · Non-EU vendorChinese CDN and edge services provider (Wangsu Science & Technology), listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, for content delivery and edge computing.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100WeChatSocial Media · Non-EU vendorChinese mega-platform (Shenzhen) combining messaging, social media, payments and commerce, from Tencent.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100WeiboSocial Media · Non-EU vendorChinese microblogging platform launched in 2009 by Sina Corporation; listed operator Weibo Corporation is based in Beijing.
Sovereignty score 32 out of 100YeastarTelephony & VoIP · Non-EU vendorChinese provider of IP PBX and cloud PBX systems (Xiamen), with hardware, software and hosted services for businesses.

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