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onlyfy by XING: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

onlyfy by XING is recruiting software from XING (New Work SE), aimed mainly at small and mid-sized companies. Its application manager centralises job postings, applications, candidate communication and tasks. Jobs can be published to up to 900 channels, and the tool suggests candidates for each vacancy, including from the XING network. It offers configurable application forms, mobile applications, WhatsApp communication, customisable workflows with automation, unlimited users and reports, including natural-language questions about recruiting data. Retention periods, deletion requests and privacy notices can be managed inside the tool. Customers use it as an online service.

onlyfy is operated within the XING group of New Work SE, which is based in Hamburg, Germany, and mainly owned by Hubert Burda Media. The vendor states that the product supports GDPR-compliant recruiting; its website does not say where the data is hosted. The software is not open source. European organisations should confirm hosting location and sub-processors in the data processing agreement.

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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	Recruitment & ATS
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

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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 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 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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