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onlyfy by XING: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

onlyfy by XING is a recruiting suite within the XING ecosystem. Its product onlyfy Bewerbungsmanager (applicant manager) brings job postings, applications, candidate communication and recruiting reports together in one place. It also offers suggestions for approaching candidates actively, applications via mobile and WhatsApp, and reporting in natural language. According to the provider it is meant for small and mid-sized companies that want to organise their hiring. The service is used online through a login portal.

onlyfy belongs to XING's recruiting solutions; XING's operator, New Work SE, is based in Hamburg, Germany. Burda Digital holds the largest stake in New Work SE. The product pages describe GDPR-oriented features such as configurable retention periods and handling of deletion requests, but do not state a hosting location. European organisations are well advised to have hosting, subprocessors and transfers recorded in the data processing agreement beforehand. The software is not open source.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 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-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-655
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 July 2, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	COMBELL-AS - Combell NV, BE (BE)Technically measured
Category	HR
Type	Product
Website	onlyfy.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 onlyfy by XING

The European alternatives to onlyfy by XING 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

58 European HR vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

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Why digital sovereignty matters with onlyfy by XING

onlyfy by XING 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.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so onlyfy by XING scores best on data residency.

onlyfy by XING 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 onlyfy by XING 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 onlyfy by XING?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to onlyfy by XING include AFAS, AlexisHR and ATOSS Workforce Intelligence. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to onlyfy by XING?

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

Is onlyfy by XING GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

onlyfy by XING is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes onlyfy by XING 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

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HR: Human resources — personnel management, payroll, recruiting. 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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