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Cohort: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cohort is a customer loyalty platform from the French company Cohort, which calls it 'Smart Loyalty'. CRM and loyalty teams build campaigns without code in which customers take actions, such as posting on social networks, taking a challenge or submitting user-generated content. They pick a template and attach a reward such as points, badges or discounts. The platform generates the customer-facing pages automatically, builds dynamic segments and so enriches CRM or CDP data. It does not replace the existing loyalty engine: connectors synchronise the data with the tools already in place.

According to its terms of service, Cohort is incorporated under French law with its seat in Paris, France. The site names no parent company. Where the product's data is hosted is not stated on the site. The privacy policy refers to the GDPR and says that transfers outside the EEA rely on an adequacy decision or contractual safeguards. Because the platform processes personal data of your customers, ask beforehand about the hosting location, the sub-processors and the data processing agreement.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • 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

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 17, 2026
Headquarters
FranceVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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European alternatives to Cohort

The European alternatives to Cohort come from our knowledge base of over 9,900 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 Cohort

Cohort is headquartered in France and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Cohort scores best on data residency.

Cohort 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 Cohort 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 Cohort?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cohort include AccuRanker, Actito and Acumbamail. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cohort?

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

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

Cohort is headquartered in France (EU) and hosts data in the EU. That makes Cohort 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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