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Goose VPN: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

GOOSE VPN is a VPN service that encrypts your internet traffic and routes it through remote servers. It has a kill switch that blocks traffic if the VPN connection drops, and a feature called Cyber Alarm that warns about risks such as malware and ransomware. There are no data caps. Apps are available for iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and Android TV, and the service can also be used on routers. According to the provider, servers are located in thirty countries.

The service is provided by GOOSE B.V., with its registered address in Rijswijk, the Netherlands. According to its privacy policy, the VPN network and development are based in Rotterdam. GOOSE says it does not record browsing or connection activity; it does store data usage per account and certain IP addresses at sign-up and website login. No parent company is mentioned. Because servers are located in many countries, where your traffic exits depends on the location you choose.

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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 5, 2026
Headquarters
NL (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
VPN
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Goose VPN

The European alternatives to Goose VPN come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Goose VPN

Goose VPN is headquartered in NL 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 Goose VPN scores best on data residency.

Goose VPN 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 Goose VPN 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 Goose VPN?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Goose VPN include AdGuard VPN, AirVPN and Avast SecureLine VPN. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Goose VPN?

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

Is Goose VPN GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Goose VPN is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Goose VPN 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 5, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in VPN

VPN: Virtual private network — privacy protection, encrypted connection. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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