Non-EU vendorRecruitment & ATSHeadquarters: GB

Pinpoint: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Pinpoint is an applicant tracking system for talent teams, hiring managers and external recruiters, designed for running several hiring streams side by side. Features include approval workflows, a branded careers site, application forms, employee referrals, job board advertising, a recruitment agency portal, automations, a talent pipeline CRM, anonymised screening, scorecards, interview and offer management, and background and reference checks. AI tools include candidate filters, match scores and a hiring copilot. The vendor lists over 100 native integrations and an open API.

Pinpoint's privacy policy gives addresses in St Helier, Jersey, and names an EU representative in Dublin; the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner is the complaint authority. The policy states that data is stored on service providers' servers but does not name their location or the cloud provider, and it relies on standard contractual clauses for transfers to third countries. The website shows SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and GDPR badges. The software is not open source. European organisations should confirm the hosting region and sub-processors in writing.

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Sovereignty score

42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
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 5, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Recruitment & ATS
Type	Product
Website	pinpointhq.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Pinpoint

The European alternatives to Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint

Pinpoint is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Pinpoint hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint 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 Pinpoint?

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

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

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

Pinpoint is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

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Compliance evidence

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Recruitment & ATS: Recruitment, applicant tracking systems and talent management. 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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