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Disroot: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Disroot is a platform of online services built on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralisation. It covers email, cloud storage, CryptPad, XMPP chat, pads, file upload and more. The email service is available through Roundcube-based webmail or through clients such as Thunderbird, K-9 Mail and the iOS Mail app, using IMAP, POP and SMTP. Connections are protected with SSL/TLS; for end-to-end encryption Disroot recommends GPG. According to Disroot, there is no tracking, advertising or profiling.

Disroot is run by volunteers based in Amsterdam. The operator is Stichting Disroot.org, a Dutch foundation, which states that it stores all data on its own servers in a data centre in the Netherlands. The service is funded by donations and contributions from its users. Disroot says it uses only free and open-source software, and the source code of its website is public. For a European organisation this means a service under Dutch and European law with no US parent company; however, Disroot is a volunteer-run initiative rather than a commercial supplier offering service-level guarantees.

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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 5, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryEmail (Personal)
TypeProduct
Websitedisroot.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Disroot

The European alternatives to Disroot 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 Disroot

Disroot is headquartered in NL 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 Disroot scores best on data residency.

Disroot 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 Disroot 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 Disroot?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Disroot include Bluewin Mail, CounterMail and Ecomail. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Disroot?

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

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

Disroot is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Disroot 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Email (Personal)

Email (Personal): Personal email services — inbox, calendar, contacts. 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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