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DSM-Online: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

DSM-Online is a data protection management tool developed by CPExperts GmbH for small and mid-sized businesses and for data protection officers. You manage your GDPR documentation in one place: templates, tasks, reminders, exports and the upload of existing documents. The software guides users step by step through their obligations and shows where gaps remain. There are variants for Germany and for Switzerland. The product grew out of the practice of experienced data protection officers and is deliberately kept simple.

CPExperts GmbH is based in Dachau, Germany; no parent company is named. According to the product page, the software is hosted in Germany. For a European organisation this means data about your processing activities and vendors stays within the EU and under German law. No self-hosted variant is mentioned. Ask the vendor about the data processing agreement and about the ability to export all your data.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
DE (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
Compliance & GRC
Type
Product
Website
dsm-online.eu ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DSM-Online

The European alternatives to DSM-Online come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 DSM-Online

DSM-Online is headquartered in DE 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 DSM-Online scores best on data residency.

DSM-Online 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 DSM-Online 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 DSM-Online?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DSM-Online include 2B Advice PrIME, 360inControl and Acadias. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to DSM-Online?

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

Is DSM-Online GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

DSM-Online is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes DSM-Online 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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