Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: DE

Automatisch: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Automatisch is an open-source workflow automation tool presented as an alternative to Zapier. Users connect web services such as Slack into automated flows without writing code. A flow is built from steps, for example searching for a keyword and posting the results to a chat channel, and it keeps running until you stop it. A cloud service is available, but the software can also be self-hosted, for instance with Docker. The documentation covers installation, advanced configuration and building your own integrations.

The source code is on GitHub. The Community Edition is licensed under AGPL-3.0, while files marked as enterprise fall under a separate commercial licence. The project says it is made in Berlin, Germany. Its main selling point is data control: if you self-host, your data and automation logic stay on servers of your choice, for example within the EU, and dependence on a single vendor is reduced. The website does not say where the managed cloud service runs. Organisations with strict data-location requirements can ask the team or run Automatisch themselves.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 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-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-6100
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 1, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	RENDER - Render, US (US)Technically measured
Category	BPM & Workflow
Type	Product
Website	automatisch.io ↗

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 Automatisch

The European alternatives to Automatisch 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 Automatisch

Automatisch 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 Automatisch scores best on data residency.

Automatisch 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 Automatisch 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 Automatisch?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Automatisch include Albato, ARIS and Axon Ivy. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Automatisch?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Automatisch include Ofelia (Bonita) and Flowable. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Automatisch is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Automatisch 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.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in BPM & Workflow

BPM & Workflow: Business process management, workflow automation and process modelling. 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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