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Non-EU vendorScheduling & BookingHeadquarters: US

Eventbrite: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Eventbrite is a platform on which organisers sell tickets, handle registrations and manage events, and attendees discover local events. According to the vendor, its offering includes online ticketing, a ticket app, a payment system, a check-in app with QR codes, event marketing and ads, a virtual events platform, and an app marketplace with developer tools. It is delivered as SaaS.

Eventbrite, Inc. is a US company (Delaware) headquartered in San Francisco. According to its privacy policy, Bending Spoons S.p.A. of Italy is the parent company; a Bending Spoons financial filing dates the acquisition to 10 March 2026. Its servers are in the United States. Transfers outside the EEA rely on standard contractual clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and organisers can use a data processing agreement with pre-signed model clauses. An EU representative is based in Cork, Ireland. Because the operating entity is American and data sits in the US, US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act, remains relevant.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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
US (US)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
ITVerified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Scheduling & Booking
Type
Product
Website
eventbrite.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Eventbrite

The European alternatives to Eventbrite 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 Eventbrite

Eventbrite is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model. The ultimate owner is based in IT, also within Europe.

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

Eventbrite 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 Eventbrite 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 Eventbrite?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Eventbrite include Agendize, Billetto and Bokadirekt. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Eventbrite?

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

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

Eventbrite is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Scheduling & Booking

Scheduling & Booking: Appointment scheduling, online booking systems and calendar management. 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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