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HUMAN Security (PerimeterX): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HUMAN Security was formed through the merger of HUMAN Security and PerimeterX, announced in 2022. The combined company operates under the HUMAN name and offers a platform for protection against bots and fraud. Bot Defender covers bot mitigation; Account Defender, which came from PerimeterX, targets account takeover and fake account creation. Customers include companies in advertising, media and e-commerce. The vendor verifies digital interactions to tell humans apart from bots and AI agents. The source pages consulted do not describe in detail how the products are delivered.

HUMAN Security is a US company headquartered in New York; PerimeterX came from Silicon Valley. It is therefore subject to US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. The software is not open source. The pages consulted give no information on where customer data is hosted, so European organisations with data-residency requirements should ask the vendor directly.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, APAC)
  • 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 4, 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
US, EU, APACVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Captcha & Bot Detection
Type
Product
Website
humansecurity.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to HUMAN Security (PerimeterX)

The European alternatives to HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 HUMAN Security (PerimeterX)

HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) 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.

HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) hosts data in US, EU, APAC. 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.

HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) 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 HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) 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 HUMAN Security (PerimeterX)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) include ALTCHA, ALTCHA Sentinel and Atmosvere. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to HUMAN Security (PerimeterX)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) include ALTCHA and CaptchaService (Stad München). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

HUMAN Security (PerimeterX) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, APAC. 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

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Compliance evidence

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