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nebenan.de: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

nebenan.de is a German neighbourhood network that connects residents of local areas through an online platform and a mobile app. The offer is organised around local neighbourhoods, so that people can connect with others who live close by. The operating company is Good Hood GmbH, whose company profile lists its seat in Berlin.

Good Hood GmbH is a German limited company, and the platform is aimed at users in Germany. A 2020 report in German legal press described Burda acquiring a majority stake, while the founders and several German media investors remained shareholders. Because the operator and its owners are German, the service falls under EU and German data protection law. The shareholding reported dates from the 2020 transaction, so organisations should check the current imprint and privacy notice for present shareholders and data locations.

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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
NoVendor-stated
Category
Social Media
Type
Product
Website
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The European alternatives to nebenan.de 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 nebenan.de

nebenan.de 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 nebenan.de scores best on data residency.

nebenan.de 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 nebenan.de 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 nebenan.de?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to nebenan.de include Agorapulse, Akkoma and BeReal. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to nebenan.de?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to nebenan.de include Akkoma and Diaspora. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is nebenan.de GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

nebenan.de is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes nebenan.de 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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Digital sovereignty in Social Media

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