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FTAPI: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

FTAPI is a platform from FTAPI Software GmbH for secure data exchange. It consists of four combinable products: SecuMails for encrypted email from Outlook or the browser, including large files, SecuRooms for secure file storage and sharing and for virtual data rooms, SecuFlows for automating sensitive data processes and SecuForms for structured data intake through forms. According to the vendor, SecuMails uses end-to-end encryption, and sign-in via SAML and two-factor authentication are supported. The platform is aimed at public authorities, healthcare, insurers and manufacturers, among others.

FTAPI Software GmbH is based in Munich, Germany. Its website speaks of investors focused on cybersecurity but names none, so a parent country cannot be determined. According to the vendor, the platform runs exclusively on servers in Germany, and for data rooms it names data centres in Frankfurt am Main. For a European organisation, data therefore stays within the EU. Ask about the data processing agreement and about the ownership structure.

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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
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
YesVendor-stated
Category
Document Management (DMS)
Type
Product
Website
ftapi.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to FTAPI

The European alternatives to FTAPI come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 FTAPI

FTAPI 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 FTAPI scores best on data residency.

FTAPI 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 FTAPI 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 FTAPI?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to FTAPI include 2Charta ECM, ABF iGEKO and AGORA Trust Rooms. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to FTAPI?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to FTAPI include agorum, Archifiltre and asalae. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

FTAPI is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes FTAPI 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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Compliance evidence

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