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DeskTime: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

DeskTime is automatic time tracking software that records which apps, websites and documents a team uses and classifies them as productive or unproductive. Tracking starts when a device is switched on, with optional screenshots, a private mode that pauses tracking, project time tracking and offline entries. It also provides reports and dashboards, AI-generated summaries, shift scheduling and attendance management, integrates with Jira, Asana, Trello and GitLab, among others, and offers an API. It is delivered as a desktop application with mobile apps for Android and iOS.

DeskTime is operated by SIA DeskTime, a Latvian company based in Riga, and is part of the Draugiem Group. The vendor states that its primary data centre is in Germany, with additional services on Amazon Web Services in Ireland, that data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and that its practices align with ISO 27001 and ISO 27701. No self-hosted or open-source edition is mentioned. For a European organisation, vendor and data are both in the EU, although part of the infrastructure comes from a US cloud provider.

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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 2, 2026
HeadquartersLV (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryTime Tracking
TypeProduct
Websitedesktime.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DeskTime

The European alternatives to DeskTime come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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

28 European Time Tracking vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

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Why digital sovereignty matters with DeskTime

DeskTime is headquartered in LV 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 DeskTime scores best on data residency.

DeskTime 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 DeskTime 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 DeskTime?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DeskTime 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 DeskTime?

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

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

DeskTime is headquartered in LV (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes DeskTime an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 2, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Time Tracking

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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