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EU-hosted, non-EU parentE-learning AuthoringHeadquarters: NO

H5P: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

H5P is a free technology, released under the MIT licence, for creating, sharing and reusing interactive HTML5 content such as interactive videos, presentations and games. A web browser is enough to create or view content. You can self-host H5P through plugins for WordPress, Moodle, Drupal and other systems, or use the paid cloud service H5P.com, which connects through LTI to learning platforms such as Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard and Moodle.

H5P is developed by H5P Group AS, a company whose staff are mainly based in Norway. In July 2024 the Canadian company D2L, based in Kitchener, announced the acquisition of H5P Group, so the ultimate owner is Canadian. According to the H5P community, H5P.com runs on servers in the US, the EU and Australia with a worldwide CDN and offers a data processing agreement, while the free test site H5P.org runs on a single server in the EU and offers no data processing agreement. Because the software is open source, a European organisation can run the plugins on its own infrastructure.

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Sovereignty score
82 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EEA: the GDPR applies directly
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, 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-690
    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 9, 2026
HeadquartersNO (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyCAVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryE-learning Authoring
TypeProduct
Websiteh5p.org ↗

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 H5P

The European alternatives to H5P 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 H5P

H5P is headquartered in NO, which falls under the GDPR through the European Economic Area. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in CA. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

H5P hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

H5P 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 H5P 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 H5P?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to H5P include 360Learning, Attensi and bettermarks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to H5P?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to H5P include eXeLearning. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is H5P GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

H5P is headquartered in NO (EFTA) and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes H5P 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 E-learning Authoring

E-learning Authoring: E-learning authoring software, interactive content and presentation tools. 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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