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CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) is an enhanced PostgreSQL distribution from CYBERTEC PostgreSQL International GmbH, aimed at database operations at enterprise scale. According to the vendor, PGEE combines additional security features with performance, user-friendly monitoring and professional support. Around the product, the company offers support packages, migration to PostgreSQL, training, monitoring, high availability and automation, as well as separate tools such as pg_timetable, pgwatch and a Kubernetes operator. As a database distribution, PGEE runs on the infrastructure you choose yourself.

CYBERTEC is based in Wöllersdorf in Austria, an EU member state, and the pages consulted name no foreign parent company. The vendor does not state where PGEE is hosted. Because the organisation deploys the database itself, data location follows its own choice of data centre and jurisdiction, and a European site keeps the data within the EU. Whether PGEE is available under an open-source licence is not stated on the product pages, so ask the vendor about licence terms and exit options. PostgreSQL itself is open source, which limits lock-in at the data-format level.

Sovereignty score
80 / 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-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
AT (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
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Type
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE)

The European alternatives to CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) 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 CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE)

CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) is headquartered in AT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) 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 CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) include Aiven, DuckDB and Elastic. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) include DuckDB, Elastic, Firebird SQL, HeidiSQL, Heurist and Meilisearch. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) is headquartered in AT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes CYBERTEC PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition (PGEE) 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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