EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: US

Limnu: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Limnu is an online whiteboard for drawing and sketching together on a canvas that is effectively unlimited. It runs in the browser and as an iOS app, and people can start drawing without an account. Boards can be shared with others, who follow changes live, and a "Leading" mode keeps all viewers on the same part of the board. According to the vendor, it is aimed at teams, tutors, teachers and schools, among others. Team plans add administrator controls, such as restricting sharing to the organisation, and an educator plan exists.

Limnu is a US company; its privacy policy gives a postal address in Salt Lake City, Utah. The service therefore falls under US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. The privacy policy does not say where boards are stored and names no hosting provider; it only refers to hosting providers in general and to Google Analytics. No self-hosting option is documented. A European organisation should ask the vendor about data location and processing terms before placing sensitive material on its boards.

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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 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
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type
Product
Website
limnu.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Limnu

The European alternatives to Limnu 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 Limnu

Limnu 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.

Limnu 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.

Limnu 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 Limnu 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 Limnu?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Limnu include Collaboard, Conceptboard and Explain Everything. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Limnu?

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

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

Limnu is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. 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 4, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration

Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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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