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DigiCert UltraDNS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

DigiCert UltraDNS is a managed authoritative DNS service that lets organisations manage DNS records, automate DNS changes and steer traffic by geography, latency or availability. According to DigiCert, it includes failover and active-active redundancy, DNSSEC, built-in DDoS protection and automation of domain control validation for certificates. It can run as primary or secondary DNS; UltraDNS² is an independent secondary anycast network. The product was previously called Vercara UltraDNS and is delivered as SaaS.

DigiCert completed its acquisition of Vercara on 23 September 2024. DigiCert is based in Lehi, Utah (US) and is privately held, backed by Clearlake Capital, Crosspoint Capital and TA Associates. As a US provider, the service falls under US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. No specific data centre locations for customer data are published; DNS zones are answered through a global anycast network. European organisations that need to know where zone data is held should ask DigiCert.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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 11, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
CDN, DNS & Domains
Type
Product
Website
digicert.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DigiCert UltraDNS

The European alternatives to DigiCert UltraDNS come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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

19 European CDN, DNS & Domains 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 DigiCert UltraDNS

DigiCert UltraDNS is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

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

DigiCert UltraDNS 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 DigiCert UltraDNS 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 DigiCert UltraDNS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DigiCert UltraDNS include Bunny.net, CDNsun and ClouDNS. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to DigiCert UltraDNS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to DigiCert UltraDNS include deSEC and dnsdist. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is DigiCert UltraDNS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

DigiCert UltraDNS is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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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CDN, DNS & Domains: Content delivery networks, DNS services and domain registration. 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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