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EU sovereignRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: NL

OTYS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

OTYS Go! is an applicant tracking system for recruitment and staffing organisations. The vendor describes the product as a system made by recruiters for recruiters. It is offered as an online service, and the website is available in English, Dutch, German and French.

According to the website, OTYS is part of the Mysolution Group. The postal address in the footer is in Houten, the Netherlands, and the disclaimer applies Dutch law to use of the website. The vendor states ISO 27001 certification, EU hosting and GDPR compliance for security and data handling. The website does not name a hosting provider or data centre, and the group owner and legal form are not stated. For European organisations, the Dutch base, the EU hosting statement and the GDPR commitment fit an EU-based choice, but the hosting provider and group ownership should be confirmed in the contract.

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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 October 11, 2026
Headquarters
NL (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
Category
Recruitment & ATS
Type
Product
Website
otys.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to OTYS

The European alternatives to OTYS 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 OTYS

OTYS is headquartered in NL 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 OTYS scores best on data residency.

OTYS 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 OTYS 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 OTYS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to OTYS 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 OTYS?

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

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

OTYS is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes OTYS 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 October 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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