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Ofelia (Bonita): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Bonita is a platform for business process automation and low-code application development, built around BPMN process modelling. A process engine executes the modelled processes, applications are designed with Bonita Studio, and the engine can also be embedded as a component in a custom Java application. Bonita is developed by Bonitasoft, a company that adopted the name Ofelia in 2026 and now offers Bonita BPM alongside a suite for governed AI orchestration. The platform exists in Community and Enterprise editions; the Enterprise edition can run on-premises or as Bonita Cloud.

Bonitasoft is a French company; when Belgian investor Fortino Capital acquired a majority stake in 2022, it was described as Paris-based. Ultimate ownership therefore lies in Belgium, within the EU. The source code of the Bonita Engine is public on GitHub under LGPL-2.1, so self-hosting is possible. The sources consulted do not say where Bonita Cloud is hosted, so the hosting region should be settled contractually.

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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 9, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	BEVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARESPECTRUM - Cloudflare London, LLC, US (US)Technically measured
Category	BPM & Workflow
Type	Product
Website	ofelia.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 Ofelia (Bonita)

The European alternatives to Ofelia (Bonita) 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 Ofelia (Bonita)

Ofelia (Bonita) is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in BE, also within Europe.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Ofelia (Bonita) scores best on data residency.

Ofelia (Bonita) 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 Ofelia (Bonita) 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 Ofelia (Bonita)?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Ofelia (Bonita)?

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

Is Ofelia (Bonita) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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

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Compliance evidence

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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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