Non-EU vendorTime TrackingHeadquarters: AU

Deputy: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Deputy is a workforce application for businesses that run shift-based work. It covers rostering, time and attendance tracking, timesheets, and integrations with payroll systems such as Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and ADP. The software is delivered as a cloud service and includes a time clock app for mobile devices.

Deputy was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 2008, and its legal entity is Deputechnologies Pty Ltd. The website also lists a San Francisco mailing address for Deputy Corporation. The sources reviewed name no parent company. The hosting locations for customer data are not stated on the pages reviewed, and a linked GDPR help article was not read. A European organisation planning to use Deputy for employee data should confirm the hosting region and the data processing agreement first.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (AU)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
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 10, 2026

Headquarters	AU (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Time Tracking
Type	Product
Website	deputy.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Deputy

The European alternatives to Deputy 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 Deputy

Deputy is headquartered in AU, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Deputy hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Deputy 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 Deputy 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 Deputy?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Deputy include askDANTE, Beebole and Clockodo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Deputy?

Our list of EU alternatives to Deputy is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

Deputy is headquartered in AU (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Time Tracking: Apps for tracking time spent on tasks and projects. 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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