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Enpass: sovereignty score and 6 European alternatives

Enpass is a password manager for individuals, families and businesses, with apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android and browser extensions. The encrypted vault is kept on the user's device rather than on Enpass servers. Devices synchronise through the user's own cloud account (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud or Box), through self-hosted WebDAV storage such as Nextcloud or ownCloud, over Wi-Fi, or through a local folder. A business edition with managed vaults is also available. Enpass is proprietary software; its source code is not published.

Enpass is offered by Sinew Software Systems, a privately held company with operations in Gurugram, India and Hong Kong; the app and website name Enpass Technologies Inc. Because the vendor does not host the vaults itself, the sync service you choose determines where the encrypted data is stored. A European organisation can pick a European cloud or its own storage for this. The vendor is based outside the EU but does not hold the vault data by default.

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Sovereignty score
65 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (IN)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 9, 2026
HeadquartersIN (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionNo — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Data hostingSelf-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Compliance documents1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signalAMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryPassword Manager
TypeProduct
Websiteenpass.io ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Enpass

The European alternatives to Enpass come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Enpass

Enpass is headquartered in IN, 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.

Enpass runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Enpass is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Enpass 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 Enpass?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Enpass include heylogin, Pleasant Password Server and Sticky Password. On this page you can compare 6 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Enpass?

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

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

Enpass is headquartered in IN (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center
enpass.io/security

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 22, 2026.

Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

Report a vulnerability
enpass.io/vulnerability-reporting/

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in Password Manager

Password Manager: Password vault — generate, store and autofill passwords. 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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