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Non-EU vendorPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: US

Noom: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Noom is a subscription app for weight management and behaviour change. Users log meals and activity and receive algorithmic insights, coach feedback, peer interaction, articles and quizzes. The company also offers access to weight-loss medication and dietary supplements and has expanded into stress management and general wellness. The service is delivered as a mobile app and web service.

Noom is a privately held American company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, after moving from New York City in 2024. The storage location of user data and any GDPR commitment should be confirmed with the vendor. The data involved is health data, a special category of personal data, held by a US company and therefore subject to US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. A European organisation offering the app to employees should check the processing terms and the transfer basis beforehand.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    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
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Noom

The European alternatives to Noom 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 Noom

Noom 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.

Noom 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.

Noom 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Noom?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Noom include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Noom?

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

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

Noom 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

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Compliance evidence

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