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Dashlane: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dashlane is a password and credential management platform for individuals, families and businesses. It provides an encrypted vault for logins, passkeys and secure notes, secure sharing with role-based administrator controls, and browser-based detection of weak or compromised credentials, plus passwordless login, dark web monitoring, single sign-on integrations and phishing protection. It is delivered as a cloud service with a browser extension and mobile apps. Dashlane describes a zero-knowledge architecture in which vaults are encrypted and decrypted on the user's devices.

Dashlane was founded in Paris. Its privacy policy names Dashlane SAS in Paris, France, as GDPR controller and lists Dashlane, Inc. in New York for general enquiries; the website's copyright notice names Dashlane, Inc. The policy names Amazon Web Services as hosting provider for encrypted data without specifying regions, and states that data may be stored and processed outside the user's home country, including in the United States. Parts of the mobile app source code are published under a non-commercial licence; the product as a whole is proprietary. European organisations should confirm hosting region and transfer terms contractually.

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 5, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified 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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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Dashlane

The European alternatives to Dashlane 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 Dashlane

Dashlane 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 Dashlane scores best on data residency.

Dashlane 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Dashlane?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dashlane include AuthPass, Avira Password Manager and F-Secure ID Protection. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dashlane?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Dashlane include AuthPass, gopass, KeePass, KeePassXC and KeeWeb. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Dashlane is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Dashlane 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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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

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For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in Password Manager

Password Manager: Password vault — generate, store and autofill passwords. 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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