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Self-hosted / open sourceCaptcha & Bot DetectionHeadquarters: CA

Anubis: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Anubis is an open-source web firewall utility that protects websites and their upstream resources from scraper bots. It places one or more challenges in front of requests, which the software uses to weigh the connection before access is granted. The code is published on GitHub under the MIT licence and is run by the operator of the website on its own infrastructure.

The maintainer, Techaro, presents Anubis on its website as made in Canada and names no separate legal entity or parent company. Because the software is released under an open-source licence, an operator can inspect the code and run it without a vendor cloud service. For a European organisation this means the software itself has no US or other foreign parent named, although the maintainer's support and governance should be assessed separately. Anubis is a self-hosted component rather than a hosted captcha service.

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Sovereignty score
77 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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
CA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in OTHER (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Captcha & Bot Detection
Type
Product
Website
anubis.techaro.lol ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Anubis

The European alternatives to Anubis 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 Anubis

Anubis is headquartered in CA, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Anubis hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Anubis is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Anubis 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 Anubis?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Anubis include ALTCHA, ALTCHA Sentinel and Atmosvere. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Anubis?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Anubis include ALTCHA and CaptchaService (Stad München). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Anubis GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Anubis is headquartered in CA (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Captcha & Bot Detection

Captcha & Bot Detection: Services that detect whether a real user or bot is visiting a website. 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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