Non-EU vendorWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: JP

Lino: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Lino, also known as Linoit, is an online sticky-note and canvas service that runs in a web browser. Users post notes from any device, arrange photos and videos freely on a canvas, attach files to notes, set due dates with email reminders, and share boards with groups. Mobile apps are available from the App Store and Google Play, and the interface is offered in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

Lino is operated by Asteria Corporation, a Japanese software company with a postal address in Tokyo. Japan is outside the EU and EEA. Asteria's privacy policy names no storage region, GDPR commitment or data processing agreement, and does not say whether it covers this service. A European organisation that wants to use the service for work material should therefore request these details from the provider.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (JP)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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	JP (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type	Product
Website	en.linoit.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Lino

The European alternatives to Lino 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 Lino

Lino is headquartered in JP, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Lino hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Lino 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 Lino 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 Lino?

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

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

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

Lino is headquartered in JP (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. 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 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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