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Better: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Better is a digital health company that provides an integrated platform built on openEHR and FHIR repositories. The platform includes a clinical data repository, an operational data repository and Better Studio, a low-code environment for building clinical forms and electronic health records. Solutions built on it cover medication management, shared care records and patient-reported outcome measures. Health and care organisations implement and configure the platform for their own services.

The company is headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where Better, programska oprema d.o.o. is the data controller for its website. It also has a UK subsidiary, Better Ltd, in Cardiff. For the UK Universal Care Planning service, the privacy policy states that patient data is processed in the UK and, in some cases, in Slovenia, which has UK adequacy status. For a European organisation, the Slovenian seat and EU-based processing are the relevant anchors, while NHS-related processing in the UK falls under a separate jurisdiction that should be addressed in the contract.

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Sovereignty score

59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
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-645
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

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	SI (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Healthcare
Type	Product
Website	better.care ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Better

The European alternatives to Better come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Better

Better is headquartered in SI and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Better hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Better 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.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Better include Ada Health, Agfa HealthCare and Aiforia. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Better?

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

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

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

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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