Self-hosted / open sourcePersonal Backup & SyncHeadquarters: CN

AOMEI Backupper: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

AOMEI Backupper is backup, restore, clone and synchronisation software for Windows. It is used to back up and restore systems, disks and files, keep files in sync and clone or migrate disks. The vendor also offers a macOS edition and a Server edition. It is desktop software installed on the user's own computer or server, not a hosted service.

AOMEI publishes its privacy policy under the name AOMEI International Network Limited. AOMEI Technology is based in Chengdu, China, so the vendor is a non-EU company. The privacy policy says third-party vendors and hosting partners are used for networking and storage, without naming locations, and it does not mention the GDPR by name. Because the software runs locally, backups stay on the storage you choose. A European organisation should still check what the application sends to the vendor. The software is proprietary.

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Sovereignty score

63 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (CN)
Data residency SOV-3100
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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	CN (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in OTHER (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Personal Backup & Sync
Type	Product
Website	ubackup.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to AOMEI Backupper

The European alternatives to AOMEI Backupper 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 AOMEI Backupper

AOMEI Backupper is headquartered in CN, 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.

AOMEI Backupper runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

AOMEI Backupper is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to AOMEI Backupper include Acronis True Image, Ashampoo Backup and Backup4all. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to AOMEI Backupper?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to AOMEI Backupper include BorgBackup, Cryptomator and FreeFileSync. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is AOMEI Backupper GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

AOMEI Backupper is headquartered in CN (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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