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Self-hosted / open sourceWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: DE

NeoBoard: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

NeoBoard is a collaborative online whiteboard from Nordeck IT + Consulting GmbH. It runs as a widget in Element Web or as a standalone app, built on the Matrix protocol. Teams use it for brainstorming, mind maps, mockups and diagrams and for project planning, with an infinite canvas, templates and a presentation mode. Editing works in real time or asynchronously. According to the vendor it targets public administrations, regulated institutions and schools. The source code is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Nordeck is based in Hamburg, Germany; no parent company is named. NeoBoard can run on premises or on a dedicated server, for example as a container or through a Helm chart, so the organisation decides where the data sits. The vendor states no fixed hosting location, so ask about this for any hosted variant. Whiteboard data is stored in Matrix rooms, and the vendor mentions end-to-end encryption and GDPR compliance. The vendor's website itself is served from GitHub Pages in the US. For organisations already running Matrix, it is a self-managed alternative to Miro or Mural.

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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 15, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type
Product
Website
neoboard.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to NeoBoard

The European alternatives to NeoBoard come from our knowledge base of over 9,400 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 NeoBoard

NeoBoard 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 NeoBoard scores best on data residency.

NeoBoard 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 NeoBoard 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 NeoBoard?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to NeoBoard?

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

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

NeoBoard is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes NeoBoard 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 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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