EU Sovereignty Score
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Exaia (Examin): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Exaia is Examin's SaaS platform, designed as a digital assistant for compliance. Organisations use it to manage audits, internal controls, certifications and KYC/KYS checks of their suppliers and partners, with a dashboard, automated action plans and documentation ready for auditors. The platform includes frameworks for GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS 2 and the AI Act, among others. Consultancies, lawyers and external data protection officers get an administrator view across their clients and automated reports. Examin also offers services, such as GDPR and cybersecurity support.

Examin is a French SAS headquartered in Paris; no foreign owner is mentioned. According to the legal notice, the data of the website and of the Exaia platform is hosted in France, in an environment the vendor calls 'sovereign'; the hosting provider is not named, so ask the vendor. No self-hosted option is mentioned. For European organisations it is relevant that compliance and audit data, which often reveals weak spots and suppliers, stays under French and European jurisdiction.

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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 17, 2026
Headquarters
FranceVerified 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
examin.eu ↗

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European alternatives to Exaia (Examin)

The European alternatives to Exaia (Examin) come from our knowledge base of over 9,900 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 Exaia (Examin)

Exaia (Examin) is headquartered in France 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 Exaia (Examin) scores best on data residency.

Exaia (Examin) 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 Exaia (Examin) 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 Exaia (Examin)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Exaia (Examin) 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 Exaia (Examin)?

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

Is Exaia (Examin) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Exaia (Examin) is headquartered in France (EU) and hosts data in the EU. That makes Exaia (Examin) an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 17, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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