Self-hosted / open sourceStorage & BackupHeadquarters: CH

Bacula Systems: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Bacula Systems is a Swiss company that supplies enterprise backup software: Bacula Enterprise, derived from the open-source backup software Bacula. Bacula is a client-server system for mixed networks, with a catalogue in MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite and administration through a command line, graphical interface or web interface. According to the vendor, Bacula Enterprise supports virtualisation platforms, public clouds, containers, databases, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, tape and SAN/NAS storage, among others. The software runs in the environment you choose and is managed centrally through a web console.

Bacula Systems is based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, and was established in 2008. The core of Bacula is licensed under AGPLv3; Bacula Systems sells support contracts for the Enterprise edition, which also contains non-GPL components. Switzerland is not an EU member state but is an EFTA country. Because you install the software yourself, you decide where backup data is stored, for example on your own servers or tape in the EU. This makes the solution suitable for organisations that want to keep control over their backup data.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with Bacula Systems pre-selected

Mastodon LinkedIn Bluesky X Email

Sovereignty score

94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
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	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	OPENBUSINESS - Openbusiness S.A., CH (CH)Technically measured
Category	Storage & Backup
Type	Product
Website	baculasystems.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 Bacula Systems

The European alternatives to Bacula Systems 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

32 European Storage & Backup vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is Bacula Systems one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with Bacula Systems

Bacula Systems is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Bacula Systems scores best on data residency.

Bacula Systems 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 Bacula Systems 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 Bacula Systems?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Bacula Systems include Acronis, Atempo and Bareos. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Bacula Systems?

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

Is Bacula Systems GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Digital sovereignty in Storage & Backup

Storage & Backup: Business storage, backup solutions, object storage and data recovery. 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.

Also in this category

See all →

Open in the alternatives dashboard Missing a vendor? Submit it Are you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the Storage & Backup page — with no effect on your score