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Brainloop: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Brainloop is a German platform for secure board portals and data rooms. It serves supervisory boards, executive teams and project groups, with modules for board meetings (MeetingSuite), board and deal rooms (BoardRoom and DealRoom) and collaboration (CollaborationRoom). The solutions are offered as online platforms. The company is headquartered in Munich and has been part of the US group Diligent since its acquisition in 2018.

Brainloop states that it stores customer data exclusively in local data centres, naming Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Those locations are in the EU and in Switzerland. The parent company, Diligent Corporation, is headquartered in New York, so US law, including the CLOUD Act, can reach the group regardless of where data is stored. The product is not open source. European organisations should weigh this group relationship alongside the local hosting when reviewing contracts.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-390
    Hosting in the EU and Switzerland
  • 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 10, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyUSVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, CHVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryCompliance & GRC
TypeProduct
Websitebrainloop.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Brainloop

The European alternatives to Brainloop come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Brainloop

Brainloop 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Brainloop hosts data in the EU and in Switzerland. Switzerland is covered by a European Commission adequacy decision, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. If you require strictly EU hosting, check the data processing agreement for which data is stored in Switzerland.

Brainloop 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 Brainloop 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 Brainloop?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Brainloop include 2B Advice PrIME, Actecil and Adherent. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Brainloop?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Brainloop include CISO Assistant. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Brainloop is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU, CH. That makes Brainloop 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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