EU-hosted, non-EU parentERP & FinanceHeadquarters: ES

Contasimple: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Contasimple is an online accounting and tax-filing platform for freelancers, small businesses and some sectors such as hospitality, clinics and accounting firms in Spain. It covers invoicing, collections, bank reconciliation, time tracking, stock control and a point-of-sale module, and it includes Verifactu compliance. The service is cloud-based, with web access, iOS and Android apps.

The product is marketed as Contasimple by Shine. Its privacy policy names SHINE SPAIN SMB, S.L., registered in Madrid, as data controller. Shine has been acquired by Cegid, a French software group headquartered in Lyon, and Cegid's majority shareholder is the US investor Silver Lake, so ultimate control sits outside Europe. The privacy policy states that no international transfers of personal data take place, but it names no data centres, hosting locations or sub-processors. European organisations should request those details before relying on the service.

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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 10, 2026

Headquarters	ES (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	ERP & Finance
Type	Product
Website	contasimple.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Contasimple

The European alternatives to Contasimple 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 Contasimple

Contasimple is headquartered in ES and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

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

Contasimple 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 Contasimple 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 Contasimple?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Contasimple include 24SevenOffice, A3ERP and Abacus. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Contasimple?

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

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

Contasimple is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Contasimple 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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Compliance evidence

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