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Cryptr: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cryptr is authentication infrastructure for providers of B2B software. Developers add enterprise single sign-on (SAML and OpenID) with a few lines of code, plus directory sync over SCIM and LDAP, audit logs for a SIEM and a hosted onboarding space where their customers' IT administrators connect their own identity provider. Cryptr also offers password, magic-link and multi-factor login. The service is delivered as SaaS and integrated through documentation and APIs.

Cryptr is a French company (SAS) in Lille; no foreign parent company is mentioned. The legal notice names Render, a US platform, as host. The trust centre lists data regions in the EU (Amazon Web Services, Germany), the US (Google Cloud Platform) and Asia (Singapore), and US sub-processors, among them for infrastructure management and sending magic links. Which region applies to your data is not stated. Because US providers are involved, the CLOUD Act may apply to them. Ask the vendor about the data location; Cryptr says in its trust centre that it offers a data processing agreement. No self-hosting option is mentioned.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
  • 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-645
    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 15, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Identity
Type
Product
Website
cryptr.co ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cryptr

The European alternatives to Cryptr come from our knowledge base of over 9,400 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 Cryptr

Cryptr 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.

Cryptr 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.

Cryptr 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 Cryptr 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 Cryptr?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cryptr include Adnovum, ADprofiler and Aegis Authenticator. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cryptr?

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

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

Cryptr is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Cryptr 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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