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Dastra: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dastra is a French privacy and AI governance platform that supports compliance with the GDPR and also with the EU AI Act, NIS2 and DORA. It offers a record of processing activities, handling of data subject requests, data breach management, questionnaires, cookie consent, data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), risk and task management, regulatory watch and an AI assistant that can generate processing records. Single sign-on (SAML and OpenID), SCIM and APIs are available. Dastra is delivered as an online platform; no self-hosted or open-source edition is described.

Dastra is based in Saint-Mandé, France. According to the legal notice on its website, the service is hosted on Microsoft Azure with servers in France, and the vendor says the platform is designed and developed in Europe. Microsoft is a US company, which some organisations treat as a jurisdiction consideration. Dastra displays ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications and a CyberVadis badge. The website names no parent company.

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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 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
Category	Compliance & GRC
Type	Product
Website	dastra.eu ↗

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Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Dastra

Dastra 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 Dastra scores best on data residency.

Dastra 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 Dastra 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 Dastra?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dastra include 2B Advice PrIME, Actecil and Adherent. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dastra?

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

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

Dastra is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Dastra 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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