EU Sovereignty Score
EU-hosted, non-EU parentCRMHeadquarters: NL

Gripp: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Gripp, marketed as Exact Gripp, is a Dutch software-as-a-service platform for professional service providers such as marketing, communication, content, engineering and architecture agencies. It combines quotes, project administration, planning and capacity, time tracking, invoicing (including recurring and retainer invoices) and customer relations in one tool, with a mobile app, an AI support agent and integrations with other tools. Gripp is based in Tilburg.

Exact, headquartered in Delft, acquired Gripp in April 2021, and gripp.com now redirects to Exact's website. Exact has been majority-owned by the US private equity firm KKR since 2019, with Silver Lake holding a minority stake, so the ultimate parent sits outside the EU, which is a CLOUD-Act signal. The vendor's product page does not state where Exact Gripp is hosted, and the software is not offered as open source. A European organisation should therefore confirm the hosting location and the sub-processors in its data processing agreement.

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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 9, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyUSVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryCRM
TypeProduct
Websitegripp.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Gripp

The European alternatives to Gripp come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Gripp

Gripp 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Gripp scores best on data residency.

Gripp 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 Gripp 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 Gripp?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Gripp include ADITO, Axelor CRM and Axonaut. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Gripp?

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

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

Gripp is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Gripp 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 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in CRM

CRM: Customer relationship management — sales pipelines, contact 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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