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Démarche Numérique: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Démarche Numérique is a platform for digitising administrative procedures. It combines a form builder, which a public body uses to set up online applications, with an environment in which officials process the files that are submitted. The service is connected to several French state services, such as FranceConnect, API Entreprise, API Géo and BAN. It was previously called demarches-simplifiees.fr and is offered as a ready-to-use online application for public bodies, with a GraphQL API for integrations.

The software is developed, hosted and maintained by the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM), the French inter-ministerial digital directorate in Paris. The source code is on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 licence and was still being updated in October 2026. According to its legal notice, the service is hosted by OVH in France. The repository also contains deployment instructions, so an organisation can in principle run the software itself. The hosted service is intended for French public bodies.

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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
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Forms & Surveys
Type
Product
Website
demarche.numerique.gouv.fr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Démarche Numérique

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

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Démarche Numérique

Démarche Numérique 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 Démarche Numérique scores best on data residency.

Démarche Numérique 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 Démarche Numérique 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 Démarche Numérique?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Démarche Numérique include 123FormBuilder, AidaForm and Appinio. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Démarche Numérique?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Démarche Numérique include ARSnova and CryptPad Forms. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Démarche Numérique GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Démarche Numérique is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Démarche Numérique 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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Compliance evidence

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