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Self-hosted / open sourceERP & FinanceHeadquarters: FR

Paheko: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Paheko is management software for associations. It combines membership management, activities and subscriptions, full accounting, document management and a simple website, with extensions for a point of sale with stock management, bookings and volunteer-time tracking. It is aimed at small and medium-sized organisations such as clubs, NGOs, trade unions and works councils. You install Paheko yourself on your own server or computer, or use the hosted service Paheko.cloud.

Paheko is published by the French non-profit association Paheko and has been developed since 2012 for the needs of a French association. The source code is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3, so you may study it, modify it and run it with any hosting provider. When you self-host, your data stays with you. On Paheko.cloud, the terms state that data is stored on servers in France, with encrypted backups in Germany. The association states that it does not sell data to third parties. Data can be copied to your own server or to another host.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
ERP & Finance
Type
Product
Website
paheko.cloud ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Paheko

The European alternatives to Paheko come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 Paheko

Paheko 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 Paheko scores best on data residency.

Paheko 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 Paheko 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 Paheko?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Paheko include 24SevenOffice, A3ERP and Abacus. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Paheko?

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

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

Paheko is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Paheko 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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Compliance evidence

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