Non-EU vendorHealthcareHeadquarters: AU

Cliniko: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cliniko is practice management software for clinics and allied health practitioners. It covers scheduling, clinical records, invoicing and payments in one account. The product is sold as an online subscription and is used through a web browser.

The legal entity behind Cliniko is Red Guava Pty Ltd, an Australian company; its privacy policy applies Australian law because the company is based there. The vendor states that customer data is stored in Australia and the United States, on infrastructure from Amazon Web Services, and that it has a data processing addendum with standard contractual clauses for EU customers, as well as a data protection officer. For a European practice this means data stored outside the EU under contractual safeguards rather than in an EU region. Cliniko is not documented as open source.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (AU)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER, US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
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 11, 2026

Headquarters	AU (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHER, USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Healthcare
Type	Product
Website	cliniko.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cliniko

The European alternatives to Cliniko 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 Cliniko

Cliniko is headquartered in AU, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Cliniko hosts data outside the EU (OTHER, US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Cliniko 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 Cliniko 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 Cliniko?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cliniko 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 Cliniko?

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

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

Cliniko is headquartered in AU (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER, US. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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