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Non-EU vendorRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: GB

Oleeo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Oleeo is a UK software company for recruitment that supports talent acquisition teams. Its product range includes an applicant tracking system, a candidate CRM, selection and skills-based screening, job-content generation and a candidate chatbot, with AI features for screening. The software is proprietary and not open source.

Oleeo Limited is a UK company with a data-controller address in Wimbledon, London. The United Kingdom is outside the EU, so transfers between the EU and Oleeo require an appropriate transfer mechanism. Its privacy statement says personal data may be stored and processed in any country where Oleeo operates, and it names transfers to its US office, Oleeo Inc. The statement does not name a hosting provider, data centres or sub-processors, and refers to a third-party supplier list for each service. For a European organisation, hosting location, sub-processors and the transfer mechanism are the points to confirm.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    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-630
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingOTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryRecruitment & ATS
TypeProduct
Websiteoleeo.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Oleeo

The European alternatives to Oleeo 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 Oleeo

Oleeo is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Oleeo 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 Oleeo 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 Oleeo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Oleeo include Adeptiq, Altamira Recruiting and Beetween. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Oleeo?

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

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

Oleeo is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. 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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