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idgard: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

idgard is a German cloud platform for secure file exchange and collaboration, used by organisations to share sensitive data inside and outside the company. Its offerings include secure file sharing and a central enterprise drive. The vendor describes its technology as sealed rather than merely encrypted and states that even the operator cannot access customer data. The platform is delivered as a hosted service.

idgard GmbH is based in Munich, Germany. The website states that the service runs exclusively in high-security data centres in Germany and that the whole platform is GDPR-compliant; it links to a data processing agreement. The site also states that idgard is now part of the DriveLock group and is being integrated into the HYPERSECURE platform. For a European organisation, the German legal entity and German hosting are the main sovereignty considerations, while the group ownership is a point to confirm in the contract.

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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
Cloud Storage (Personal)
Type
Product
Website
idgard.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to idgard

The European alternatives to idgard 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 idgard

idgard 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 idgard scores best on data residency.

idgard 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 idgard 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 idgard?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to idgard include CloudMe, Cozy Cloud and Cryptee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to idgard?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to idgard include Cozy Cloud, Cryptee, Filen and Internxt. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

idgard is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes idgard 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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Digital sovereignty in Cloud Storage (Personal)

Cloud Storage (Personal): Personal cloud storage — sync and share files. 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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