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101domain: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

101domain is a domain registrar and service provider for businesses. Its range covers generic and country-code domains, transfers, renewals, private registration and an API, complemented by VPS and dedicated hosting, business email, Google Workspace, SSL/TLS certificates, managed DMARC and registry locks. For larger organisations it also offers brand monitoring, enforcement and domain portfolio management. The service is delivered online and, according to the company, it has been an ICANN-accredited registrar since 2007.

The service is provided by 101domain GRS Limited, a company registered in Ireland with an office in Dublin and a US office in Vista, California. Its privacy statement names the company as data controller under Irish data protection law and the GDPR. The statement also says personal data may be transferred to and stored outside the EEA, without naming a fixed location. A European organisation is therefore advised to ask where data is kept and which processing terms apply.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
IE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Domain Name Registrars
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to 101domain

The European alternatives to 101domain come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with 101domain

101domain is headquartered in IE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

101domain hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

101domain is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs 101domain together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to 101domain?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to 101domain include Afnic, Aruba Domains and Ascio Technologies. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to 101domain?

Our list of EU alternatives to 101domain is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is 101domain GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

101domain is headquartered in IE (EU) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. That makes 101domain an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Domain Name Registrars

Domain Name Registrars: Companies that register and manage internet domain names. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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