EU-hosted, non-EU parentDocument Management (DMS)Headquarters: FR

Nuxeo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Nuxeo is a Java-based content services platform on which organisations build applications for document management, case management and digital asset management. Hyland describes it as a cloud-native, open-source, low-code platform; according to Wikipedia it is licensed under Apache 2.0. Nuxeo can run on-premises or in the cloud, and Nuxeo Insight uses AI and machine learning to add business-specific metadata to content.

In April 2021 Hyland, based in Westlake, Ohio, USA, completed its acquisition of Nuxeo. The product continues as Hyland Nuxeo and is wholly owned by a US parent company, which is relevant to questions of US jurisdiction such as the CLOUD Act. Hyland states that supporting the open-source community remains a focus. Because the platform is open source, a European organisation can host it on its own infrastructure in the EU; the vendor's ownership structure does not change as a result.

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Sovereignty score

82 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, 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-690
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 July 2, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category	Document Management (DMS)
Type	Product
Website	nuxeo.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Nuxeo

The European alternatives to Nuxeo 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 Nuxeo

Nuxeo is headquartered in FR 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.

Nuxeo hosts data in EU, US. 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.

Nuxeo 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 Nuxeo 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 Nuxeo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Nuxeo include agorum, AMAGNO and BlueSpice. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Nuxeo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Nuxeo include agorum and BlueSpice. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Nuxeo is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Nuxeo 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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

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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Digital sovereignty in Document Management (DMS)

Document Management (DMS): Document management systems, archiving, workflows and digital records. 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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