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Crème CRM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Crème CRM is a configurable CRM package for managing contacts, activities, invoices and sales opportunities. It is built on an entities-and-relationships architecture and written in Python with the Django framework. Organisations use it to record customer relationships and sales processes, and it can also serve as a base for a custom-built CRM. It is delivered as server software that you install yourself, and an online demo is available.

Crème has been developed since 2008 by Hybird, a French limited liability company (SARL) in Marseille. The software is released under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL), an open-source licence, and the source code is on GitHub. If you run Crème on your own infrastructure, the data stays with you and nothing is sent to the developer. Hybird also offers a hosted version under the name Crème Vanille; according to the provider, the data is hosted in France. Hybird points to a user club, a forum and a chat channel for the community.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 14, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
CRM
Type
Product
Website
cremecrm.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Crème CRM

The European alternatives to Crème CRM come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 Crème CRM

Crème CRM is headquartered in FR 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 Crème CRM scores best on data residency.

Crème CRM is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Crème CRM 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 Crème CRM?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Crème CRM include ADITO, Atomic CRM and Axelor CRM. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Crème CRM?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Crème CRM include Atomic CRM and Axelor CRM. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Crème CRM GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Crème CRM is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Crème CRM 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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Digital sovereignty in CRM

CRM: Customer relationship management — sales pipelines, contact management. 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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