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Otoroshi: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Otoroshi is an open-source reverse proxy and API gateway for routing, securing and observing HTTP traffic. It supports hot configuration, so routes and policies can be changed while it runs, and includes built-in security and observability features. The user installs and operates the software, and the project notes that some AI gateway features rely on extensions from the wider Otoroshi ecosystem.

Otoroshi is maintained by MAIF, a French mutual insurer headquartered in Niort, France, and is published under its #OSSbyMAIF programme. The software is licensed under Apache 2.0. The project website describes deployment on the operator's own infrastructure and states that there is no call-home function or telemetry requirement. For a European organisation this is a self-hosted gateway maintained by a French organisation rather than a US group, so data flows stay under the operator's control. It can suit organisations that currently run US-owned commercial API gateways.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 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-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-6100
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 October 12, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	API Management
Type	Product
Website	otoroshi.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Otoroshi

The European alternatives to Otoroshi come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Otoroshi

Otoroshi 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.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Otoroshi scores best on data residency.

Otoroshi 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 Otoroshi 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 Otoroshi?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Otoroshi include Alumio, Apideck and Axway. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Otoroshi?

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

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

Otoroshi is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Otoroshi an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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