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ePoc: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ePoc (electronic Pocket open course) is a free mobile-learning solution developed by Inria. With the ePoc editor, a desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux, teachers and trainers build short, scripted courses without programming skills, using video, audio, infographics, quizzes and interactive exercises. The ePoc app for Android and iOS plays these courses and, according to the developer, also works offline. A course can end with a certificate or badges. Further features, such as plugins and a web player, are on the roadmap.

ePoc is developed by Inria, the French national research institute for digital science and technology, through its Inria Learning Lab. The privacy notice names Inria as the data controller and states that no data is transferred outside the European Union. The source code is on GitHub under the CeCILL-B licence, a French free-software licence that is not listed as OSI-approved. You create and store courses locally with the editor.

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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
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
E-learning Authoring
Type
Product
Website
epoc.inria.fr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ePoc

The European alternatives to ePoc come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 ePoc

ePoc is headquartered in FR 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 ePoc scores best on data residency.

ePoc 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 ePoc 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 ePoc?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ePoc include 360Learning, Attensi and bettermarks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ePoc?

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

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

ePoc is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes ePoc 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 E-learning Authoring

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