EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: US

Headspace: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Headspace is a mental health app from Headspace Inc., with guided meditations, mindfulness exercises and sleep content. Online therapy and coaching are available as additional options. The app is offered for iOS and Android, with web access to a user account and an administrator portal for organisations. Individuals, families, students and educators can subscribe, and the company also provides services to employers and health plans.

Headspace Inc. is a US company based in Santa Monica, California. Its privacy policy states that the platform is operated in the United States, where personal data is primarily processed and stored. For users in the EU, the UK and Switzerland, transfers to the US rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and its UK and Swiss extensions. The company describes itself as a data controller under the GDPR. No sub-processors or EU storage option are named. For a European organisation, US jurisdiction and the absence of EU storage are the main considerations.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with Headspace pre-selected
MastodonLinkedInBlueskyXEmail
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 11, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryPersonal Health & DNA
TypeProduct
Websiteheadspace.com ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Headspace

The European alternatives to Headspace 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

38 European Personal Health & DNA vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is Headspace one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with Headspace

Headspace 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.

Headspace 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.

Headspace 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 Headspace 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 Headspace?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Headspace include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Headspace?

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

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

Headspace is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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

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 11, 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".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Digital sovereignty in Personal Health & DNA

Personal Health & DNA: Blood testing, preventive health checks, telehealth and consumer DNA tests. 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.

Also in this category

See all →
Open in the alternatives dashboardMissing a vendor? Submit itAre you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the Personal Health & DNA page — with no effect on your score
8 European alternatives to Headspace — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted · EU Sovereignty Score