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AnyDesk: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

AnyDesk is a proprietary application for remote access to computers and other devices. It offers remote control, file transfer, a VPN function, unattended access, a whiteboard, chat and a REST API, and runs on systems including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The company uses its own video codec, DeskRT. According to the company, connections are encrypted with TLS 1.2 and AES-256. Organisations use AnyDesk for IT support, administration and collaboration.

AnyDesk Software GmbH is based in Stuttgart, Germany, and was founded in 2014. EQT Ventures has been an investor since 2018. AnyDesk's public GDPR support pages describe technical and organisational measures and encryption of data in transit and at rest, but do not state where relay servers or session data are hosted. According to an independent directory, organisations can run the full relay network on their own infrastructure with the on-premises edition, under a separate licence. The software itself is not open source. For a European organisation, the server location is the point to confirm in advance.

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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 1, 2026
Headquarters
DE (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
Hosting signal
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category
Remote Desktop & Support
Type
Product
Website
anydesk.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to AnyDesk

The European alternatives to AnyDesk 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 AnyDesk

AnyDesk is headquartered in DE 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 AnyDesk scores best on data residency.

AnyDesk 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 AnyDesk 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 AnyDesk?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to AnyDesk include DWService, FastViewer and IGEL OS. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to AnyDesk?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to AnyDesk include DWService. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

AnyDesk is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes AnyDesk 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 1, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Remote Desktop & Support

Remote Desktop & Support: Remote access, remote support and screen sharing. 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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