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Netwrix Password Secure: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Netwrix Password Secure is an enterprise password manager for storing, sharing and auditing credentials, including passwords for privileged and service accounts. The software provides role-based access control, approval-based workflows, password expiration dates and automated rotation of service-account passwords. A mobile app works with the product's own server. According to Netwrix, the product can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid setup. It forms part of Netwrix's identity and data security portfolio.

Netwrix is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. Password Secure comes from MATESO, a software maker in Germany that Netwrix acquired in September 2022; the mobile app is published by MATESO GmbH. The product pages do not state where Netwrix's cloud deployments are hosted. For a European organisation, the relevant points are the German origin of the software, the US parent company that owns it, and the option to run the server on infrastructure the organisation controls.

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Sovereignty score

80 / 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-380
Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	USVerified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Password Manager
Type	Product
Website	netwrix.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Netwrix Password Secure

The European alternatives to Netwrix Password Secure come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Netwrix Password Secure

Netwrix Password Secure 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Netwrix Password Secure runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Netwrix Password Secure is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Netwrix Password Secure include AuthPass, Avira Password Manager and Dashlane. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Netwrix Password Secure?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Netwrix Password Secure include AuthPass, gopass, KeePass and KeePassDX. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Netwrix Password Secure GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Netwrix Password Secure is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Netwrix Password Secure 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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Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

security.txt: netwrix.com/.well-known/security.txt

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 12, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in Password Manager

Password Manager: Password vault — generate, store and autofill passwords. 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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