Non-EU vendorPaymentsHeadquarters: GB

Dojo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dojo is a card payment service for small and mid-sized businesses in the United Kingdom, mainly in hospitality and retail. It offers card terminals that accept contactless, chip and mobile wallet payments, along with an app and integrations with point-of-sale systems. Dojo is a trading name of Paymentsense Limited, which is registered in England and Wales.

The United Kingdom is outside the EU and EEA, so the EU General Data Protection Regulation does not apply directly to the company, which is registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office under UK data protection law. The website does not state where customer data is hosted or who owns the company; private equity backing is reported without a named controlling owner. For a European organisation, the main points are the transfer of payment data to a UK company, the absence of an EU data-residency statement, and contract terms that cover UK-EU transfers.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Payments
Type	Product
Website	dojo.tech ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Dojo

The European alternatives to Dojo 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 Dojo

Dojo is headquartered in GB, 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.

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

Dojo 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 Dojo 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 Dojo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dojo include Adyen, Alma and Autopay. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dojo?

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

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

Dojo is headquartered in GB (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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Payments

Payments: Payment services, payment gateways, online payments and financial transactions. 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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