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FRILO: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

FRILO is a structural analysis software brand for structural engineers and planners. Its editions, including FRILO Geotechnik and FRILO Ultimate, bundle modules for roofs, beams, slabs, columns, frames, foundations and excavation walls, covering timber, steel, concrete and soil mechanics. The software also offers BIM and documentation functions, and the website provides a download section. FRILO has been part of the Nemetschek Group since 1999, and the group has announced that the FRILO brand will merge into ALLPLAN over time while its products continue as independent offerings.

The legal notice on the FRILO website names ALLPLAN GmbH, with its company seat in Munich, Germany. The website does not say where customer data is hosted, and it does not state whether each edition runs locally or in the cloud. The announced brand merger does not change the operating entity named there. For a European organisation, the main points to check are the delivery model of each edition and the hosting of project data, both of which the vendor should confirm in writing.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
CAD & Engineering
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to FRILO

The European alternatives to FRILO come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 FRILO

FRILO is headquartered in DE 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 FRILO scores best on data residency.

FRILO 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 FRILO 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 FRILO?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to FRILO include ACCA software, ALLPLAN and AUCOTEC Engineering Base. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to FRILO?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to FRILO include Blender. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

FRILO is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes FRILO 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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