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Self-hosted / open sourceRemote Desktop & SupportHeadquarters: CA

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Remote Desktop Manager is a connection manager for IT administrators and support teams. It stores and organises connections to remote computers, servers and devices, and launches them over RDP, SSH, VNC and other protocols from one workspace. The desktop application is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The vendor also offers a self-hosted server, Devolutions Server, and a cloud option, Devolutions Cloud.

The product is made by Devolutions Inc., which the vendor's website gives as based in Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada, and founded in 2010. Canada is outside the EU and EEA, so the company is not subject to EU jurisdiction. The website does not name an owner, does not state where its cloud service is hosted, and makes no explicit GDPR statement, although it shows SOC 2 and ISO 27001 badges. The desktop application is installed on the user's own devices, and the site does not describe Remote Desktop Manager as open source. For a European organisation, the choice between local storage, a self-hosted server and the vendor cloud determines where the data sits.

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Sovereignty score
63 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
HeadquartersCA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Data hostingSelf-hosted, e.g. in OTHER (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryRemote Desktop & Support
TypeProduct
Websitedevolutions.net ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

The European alternatives to Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 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

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is headquartered in CA, 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.

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 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 Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager include AnyDesk, DWService and FastViewer. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager include DWService. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is headquartered in CA (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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Compliance evidence

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Remote Desktop & Support: Remote access, remote support and screen sharing. 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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