EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceNetwork & MonitoringHeadquarters: CA

Gatus: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Gatus is an open source tool for uptime monitoring and status pages, aimed at developers and operations teams. You describe in a configuration file which endpoints to check and which conditions apply; Gatus shows the results on a status page and can send alerts through several channels, such as Telegram and Zulip. It is installed by you, for example as a container, and is listed in Sweden's public-sector software catalogue, offentligkod.se.

Gatus has no company or foundation behind it: the repository sits under the account of an individual developer whose GitHub profile gives Canada as the location. The project is therefore outside the EU. The licence is Apache-2.0 and development is active; the latest changes in the repository date from October 2026. Because you host Gatus yourself, monitoring data stays on your own infrastructure. According to the developer's profile, a hosted service is being built at gatus.io; no further details were published there.

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Sovereignty score
77 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • 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
CA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Network & Monitoring
Type
Product
Website
gatus.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Gatus

The European alternatives to Gatus 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 Gatus

Gatus is headquartered in CA, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Gatus 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 Gatus 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 Gatus?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Gatus include Akvorado, Centreon and Checkmk. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Gatus?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Gatus include Akvorado, Centreon, Checkmk and collectd. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Gatus is headquartered in CA (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. 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

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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