EU Sovereignty Score
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nilly: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

nilly is a privacy-focused web analytics service from Switzerland. You add a tracking code to your website, or use the WordPress plugin, and review visitor statistics in a straightforward dashboard with real-time data. According to the provider, nilly works without cookies, so no cookie banner or consent notice is needed. The service is delivered as SaaS and requires a nilly account.

nilly is described as made and hosted in Switzerland. Switzerland is outside the EU but a member of EFTA. Through the WordPress plugin you choose Switzerland (the default) or Germany as the storage location. The sources used name no US parent company. The cookieless design limits the processing of personal data, but whether your own use complies with the GDPR still depends on your configuration and legal assessment. The sources consulted give no information on an open-source licence or self-hosting.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (OTHER, EU)
  • 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-645
    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
Headquarters
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
OTHER, EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Analytics
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to nilly

The European alternatives to nilly 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 nilly

nilly is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

nilly hosts data in OTHER, EU. 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.

nilly 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 nilly 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 nilly?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to nilly include Ackee, Adjust and Alceris. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to nilly?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to nilly include Ackee, Aptabase and Counter. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

nilly is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in OTHER, EU. That makes nilly an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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