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Arexdata DSPM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Arexdata DSPM is a data security platform from Arexdata Spain S.L. that helps organisations find, classify and protect sensitive data. It has four modules that you can activate separately or together: Audit Trail records file access and changes, Data Access Governance manages and reviews permissions, Data Classification identifies personal and critical data, and AI Risk Analytics detects shadow AI use and audits user prompts. According to the vendor, the platform connects to on-premises repositories, cloud services and Microsoft 365 from one console and supports GDPR, NIS2 and the Spanish ENS framework.

Arexdata Spain S.L. is a Spanish company headquartered in Madrid, with an office in London. The website does not say where data is processed, nor whether the platform runs as a hosted service or in your own environment, so ask before purchase. The vendor states that the AI module uses local AI models to respect data sovereignty. With a Spanish supplier, contract and jurisdiction stay within the EU, which matters for tooling that sees file contents and permissions.

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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 14, 2026
Headquarters
ES (EU)Verified by hand
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Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Arexdata DSPM

The European alternatives to Arexdata DSPM come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 Arexdata DSPM

Arexdata DSPM is headquartered in ES 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 Arexdata DSPM scores best on data residency.

Arexdata DSPM 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Arexdata DSPM?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Arexdata DSPM include Accutics, Amnesia and Anjana Data. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Arexdata DSPM?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Arexdata DSPM include Amnesia, ARX Data Anonymization Tool and Data Contract CLI. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Arexdata DSPM GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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

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