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Alva Labs: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Alva Labs is a Swedish platform that hiring teams use to assess candidates during recruitment. It is offered as a web-based service with a customer log-in, so the software runs on the vendor's infrastructure rather than on the customer's own systems. The company states that it was founded in Stockholm, and its website describes the platform as used by hiring teams.

The operating company is Alva Labs AB, according to its terms of service. The vendor states that it has evaluated its processing activities, enters into data processing agreements with its providers and has carried out transfer impact assessments. Personal data is encrypted with keys held by a third-party key broker. The website does not say where customer data is hosted, and it does not describe the software as open source or as available for self-hosting. Organisations that run a European procurement should therefore ask for the sub-processor list and the hosting locations before signing.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
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-655
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 12, 2026

Headquarters	SE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Recruitment & ATS
Type	Product
Website	alvalabs.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Alva Labs

The European alternatives to Alva Labs come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Alva Labs

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

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Alva Labs scores best on data residency.

Alva Labs 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 Alva Labs 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 Alva Labs?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Alva Labs include Adeptiq, Altamira Recruiting and Beetween. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Alva Labs?

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

Is Alva Labs GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Alva Labs is headquartered in SE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Alva Labs an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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