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Self-hosted / open sourceEndpoint & Device ManagementHeadquarters: US

FOG Project: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

FOG is an open-source solution for cloning and imaging computers and managing their inventory. Using PXE boot, PartClone and a web interface, you can image Windows PCs up to Windows 11. The suite also includes memory and disk tests, disk wiping, antivirus scanning, task scheduling, inventory management, remote deployment of operating systems and installation of software packages. FOG is server software that you install on your own Linux server with an installation script.

FOG Project is a community project; no legal entity is named anywhere. Its core developers show locations in the United States on their public profiles. The source code is licensed under the GPLv3 and the documentation is published at docs.fogproject.org. Because you run FOG on your own infrastructure, images and inventory data stay inside your network; the developers do not offer a hosted service.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Endpoint & Device Management
Type
Product
Website
fogproject.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to FOG Project

The European alternatives to FOG Project 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 FOG Project

FOG Project 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.

FOG Project 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.

FOG Project is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to FOG Project include Aagon ACMP, Applivery and AppTec360. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to FOG Project?

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

Is FOG Project GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

FOG Project 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

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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