Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: FR

Modelio: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Modelio is an open-source modelling tool for UML, BPMN, ArchiMate and TOGAF, aimed at enterprise architecture, software development and systems engineering. It is aimed at architects, developers and systems engineers who model systems and processes. It is installed as a desktop application on the user's own computer, and its source code is published on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 licence. Downloads come through the GitHub releases, and the project website currently points to that space.

The publisher is Modeliosoft, which SOFTEAM owns entirely. SOFTEAM is a subsidiary of Docaposte, itself part of the French La Poste group, so the ownership chain stays in France. Modelio is distributed as a downloadable desktop application, and source code and releases are maintained in the ModelioOpenSource organisation on GitHub. For a European organisation, it is a self-managed option for architecture and process modelling, with a licence that allows the code to be inspected and modified.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 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-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 12, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	BPM & Workflow
Type	Product
Website	modelio.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Modelio

The European alternatives to Modelio come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Modelio

Modelio is headquartered in FR 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 Modelio scores best on data residency.

Modelio is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Modelio 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 Modelio?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Modelio include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Modelio?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Modelio include Automatisch, Ofelia (Bonita) and CIB seven. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Modelio is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Modelio an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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