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Self-hosted / open sourceNetwork & MonitoringHeadquarters: US

NetBox: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

NetBox is an open-source platform for documenting and modelling network infrastructure, covering areas such as IP address management (IPAM) and data-centre infrastructure management (DCIM). Its developers describe it as a source of truth for network automation, which automation tools can draw on. The project was started around 2016 by Jeremy Stretch. The commercial company NetBox Labs, based in New York, continues development, offers paid editions and runs the hosted NetBox Cloud service.

The core NetBox code is released under the Apache 2.0 licence and can be run on an organisation's own servers or in its own cloud environment. NetBox Labs is headquartered in the United States and is therefore subject to US jurisdiction. The location of customer data on NetBox Cloud is not stated on the pages reviewed and should be asked about before use. For a European organisation, self-hosting the open-source core keeps the data within its own infrastructure; for a hosted option, the hosting location and contractual terms need to be reviewed.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • 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-665
    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 10, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Data hostingSelf-hosted, e.g. in US (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryNetwork & Monitoring
TypeProduct
Websitenetboxlabs.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to NetBox

The European alternatives to NetBox come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 NetBox

NetBox 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.

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

NetBox 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 NetBox 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 NetBox?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to NetBox include Centreon, Checkmk and collectd. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to NetBox?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to NetBox include Centreon, Checkmk, collectd and Healthchecks.io. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

NetBox is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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 10, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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