EU sovereignRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: DE

HeyJobs: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HeyJobs is a German platform for job advertising and candidate marketing. Candidates can search vacancies across many industries on its job site, while employers use a separate recruiter login to manage their advertisements and reach the registered candidate pool. The product is delivered online and is aimed at companies that want to advertise vacancies and find suitable candidates.

HeyJobs GmbH is based in Berlin, Germany, and is registered as a GmbH at the Charlottenburg commercial court. Its managing directors are named in public company register data. The website does not state where candidate data is stored, so the hosting location should be confirmed with the company before personal data is shared. As a company established in Germany, HeyJobs is subject to the GDPR.

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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 11, 2026

Headquarters	DE (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	Recruitment & ATS
Type	Product
Website	heyjobs.co ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to HeyJobs

The European alternatives to HeyJobs 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 HeyJobs

HeyJobs is headquartered in DE 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 HeyJobs scores best on data residency.

HeyJobs 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 HeyJobs 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 HeyJobs?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HeyJobs 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 HeyJobs?

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

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

HeyJobs is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes HeyJobs 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 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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