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DNS.PT: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

The Associação DNS.PT manages and registers domain names under .pt, the country-code top-level domain for Portugal. Its website describes the .pt zone as Portugal's presence on the internet and offers domain registration through registrars. Its privacy policy gives the seat as Rua Eça de Queiroz 29 in Lisbon. The website also links to rules on the zone.

As a Portuguese association, the operator is established inside the EU, and no foreign parent company is identified in the sources reviewed. Its privacy policy names the association as controller, cites the GDPR and Portugal's implementing law, and says data processors must meet Article 28 GDPR. Transfers outside the EEA may occur, but only with an adequacy decision or safeguards such as standard contractual clauses. The policy does not state where registry data is stored, so a European organisation should ask the operator for that information directly.

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 10, 2026
Headquarters
PT (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DNS.PT

The European alternatives to DNS.PT 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 DNS.PT

DNS.PT is headquartered in PT 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 DNS.PT scores best on data residency.

DNS.PT 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 DNS.PT 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 DNS.PT?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DNS.PT include 101domain, Afnic and Aruba Domains. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to DNS.PT?

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

Is DNS.PT GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

DNS.PT is headquartered in PT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes DNS.PT 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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