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Apache ShenYu: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Apache ShenYu is an open-source API gateway written in Java. The project describes it as an extensible, multi-protocol gateway that handles HTTP, Dubbo, gRPC, WebSocket and MQTT services, so that both REST APIs and RPC services can sit behind it. The software is offered as a download on the project website and runs on the organisation's own infrastructure. It can therefore serve as an open alternative to commercial API gateways.

ShenYu is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and is developed within the Apache Software Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The legal entity behind the project is therefore subject to US law. The source code is open, so a European organisation can decide where its traffic is processed and which version it runs. That control over the software and the infrastructure applies even though the foundation is based in the United States.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • 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 12, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
API Management
Type
Product
Website
shenyu.apache.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Apache ShenYu

The European alternatives to Apache ShenYu come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Apache ShenYu

Apache ShenYu is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

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

Apache ShenYu 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 Apache ShenYu 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 Apache ShenYu?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Apache ShenYu include Alumio, Apideck and Axway. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Apache ShenYu?

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

Is Apache ShenYu GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Apache ShenYu is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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 API Management

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