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Self-hosted / open sourceCloud Storage (Personal)Headquarters: CH

CargoServer: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CargoServer is a managed file transfer product from Swiss Cyber Gate AG for organisations that need to send and receive confidential files. Users share files through a web interface or over SFTP and FTPS, with time and location restrictions, two-factor authentication and a full audit trail. It connects to Active Directory and LDAP, supports SAML single sign-on and offers an API. A Content Collaboration edition adds data rooms and workflows for working with external partners.

Swiss Cyber Gate AG is headquartered in Rapperswil, Switzerland, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hostpoint AG, also Swiss. Whether Hostpoint itself has a parent is not stated by the vendor. The software can run in your own infrastructure or in a private, public or hybrid cloud, and the vendor also offers managed operation. According to its terms of use, the services are operated entirely in Switzerland. Switzerland is not an EU member but is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision. For managed operation, ask the vendor to confirm the hosting location in writing.

Sovereignty score
80 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 14, 2026
Headquarters
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in CH (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
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The European alternatives to CargoServer come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 CargoServer

CargoServer 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.

CargoServer runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

CargoServer is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CargoServer include CloudMe, Cozy Cloud and Cryptee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CargoServer?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to CargoServer include Cozy Cloud, Cryptee, Cyberduck, Filen and FileSender. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

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

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