Non-EU vendorRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: GB

Codility: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Codility is a platform for technical skills testing and structured technical interviews, used by engineering leaders and talent acquisition teams. Its product lines are Screen, which lets teams filter candidates with realistic coding problems that candidates complete on their own schedule; Interview, which runs structured technical interviews in VS Code; and Skills Intelligence, which maps the capabilities of an engineering organisation. The service is delivered through the browser, so candidates do not need to install software.

The operating company is Codility Limited, registered in England and Wales with its registered office in London, so the contracting party sits outside the EU and EEA. Codility's trust centre states that customers select EU or US data residency when they sign the contract. The company states that it is GDPR compliant and lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications. Its privacy notice says personal data is not shared outside the Codility Group without explicit consent. For a European organisation, the data residency choice has to be fixed in the contract, and the UK seat falls outside EU jurisdiction.

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Sovereignty score

42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, 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 12, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Recruitment & ATS
Type	Product
Website	codility.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Codility

The European alternatives to Codility come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Codility

Codility is headquartered in GB, 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.

Codility hosts data in EU, US. 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.

Codility 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 Codility 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 Codility?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Codility include Adeptiq, Altamira Recruiting and Alva Labs. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Codility?

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

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

Codility is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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