EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: GB

Coggle: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Coggle is an online tool for mind maps and flowcharts, used for note-taking, brainstorming and planning. Several people can edit a diagram at the same time, and version history lets you return to an earlier copy. It supports image uploads, floating text and images, and loops and joined branches for process flows. Paid plans add flowchart shapes and sharing through a secret link without logging in. The Organisation plan adds SAML single sign-on and user management. Coggle is delivered as a cloud service; an enterprise option offers on-premise instances behind a firewall.

Coggle is a product of CoggleIt Limited, registered in England and Wales. The United Kingdom is outside the EU. Coggle's website does not state where diagram data is stored or which hosting provider is used, so organisations considering it should ask the vendor about storage location and data-processing terms. The enterprise on-premise option is the route that keeps data within an organisation's own infrastructure.

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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, OTHER)
  • 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 5, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryWhiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
TypeProduct
Websitecoggle.it ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Coggle

The European alternatives to Coggle 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 Coggle

Coggle 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.

Coggle hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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.

Coggle 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 Coggle 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 Coggle?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Coggle include Collaboard, Conceptboard and Explain Everything. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Coggle?

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

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

Coggle is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 5, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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Digital sovereignty in Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration

Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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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