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Non-EU vendorRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: US

Greenhouse: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system and hiring platform from Greenhouse Software, Inc. Its core product, Greenhouse Recruiting, supports sourcing, interviewing, decision-making and onboarding, with reporting and integrations with other business tools. Further products include a voice-based AI first interview, candidate fraud detection and identity verification (Real Talent), and MyGreenhouse, a portal where candidates follow their application. Companies from early-stage to enterprise use it, and it is delivered as an online platform.

Greenhouse Software, Inc. is a US company based in New York. In its earlier privacy policy it states that it acts as a data processor on behalf of employers, who remain the data controllers, and that service data is hosted on US servers. Its sub-processor list names Amazon Web Services for hosting, without saying which customers are placed in which region. The software is proprietary. European organisations should confirm in the data processing agreement where candidate data is stored, and weigh US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    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
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Recruitment & ATS
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Greenhouse

The European alternatives to Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse

Greenhouse 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.

Greenhouse 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.

Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse 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 Greenhouse?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Greenhouse include Adeptiq, Altamira Recruiting and Beetween. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Greenhouse?

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

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

Greenhouse is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. 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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Digital sovereignty in Recruitment & ATS

Recruitment & ATS: Recruitment, applicant tracking systems and talent management. 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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