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Non-EU vendorDomain Name RegistrarsHeadquarters: US

NameSilo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

NameSilo is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar and hosting provider. You register and manage domain names with it and can use additional services such as DNS, premium DNS, email, hosting and SSL certificates. The company also operates a marketplace where domain names are bought and sold. The service is delivered online as SaaS.

The registrar, NameSilo LLC, is based in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. It is owned by NameSilo Technologies Corp., a publicly listed company with an office in Vancouver, Canada, traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange. The parent company is therefore Canadian, but the registrar entity is American and subject to US jurisdiction, so requests under the CLOUD Act cannot be ruled out. The sources consulted do not state where customer data is stored. The software is not open source and there is no self-hosting option. For European organisations this means domains are managed by a non-European party under non-European law.

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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 (EU, OTHER)
  • 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 9, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyCAVerified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryDomain Name Registrars
TypeProduct
Websitenamesilo.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to NameSilo

The European alternatives to NameSilo 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 NameSilo

NameSilo 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. The ultimate owner is based in CA. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

NameSilo hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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.

NameSilo 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 NameSilo 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 NameSilo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to NameSilo include 101domain, Afnic and Aruba Domains. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to NameSilo?

Our list of EU alternatives to NameSilo is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

NameSilo is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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

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 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Domain Name Registrars

Domain Name Registrars: Companies that register and manage internet domain names. 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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