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Self-hosted / open sourcePersonal Backup & SyncHeadquarters: FR

Plakar: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Plakar is an open-source backup and restore tool. It creates encrypted, deduplicated snapshots of servers, virtual machines, databases, Kubernetes clusters and cloud or SaaS sources such as Google Drive and Dropbox. The tool runs as a command-line program with a terminal interface. A self-hostable Control Plane adds central backup management on infrastructure that the organisation operates itself. The software is released under the ISC licence.

Plakar SAS is a French company with its registered office in Paris. The website does not describe the shareholding. Organisations choose where backups are stored, for example on their own servers or with a European storage provider. The privacy policy refers to managed backup services in which Plakar acts as a data processor, but it names no hosting location and no GDPR data processing agreement. European organisations should therefore review those terms directly before taking up a managed service.

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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
Personal Backup & Sync
Type
Product
Website
plakar.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Plakar

The European alternatives to Plakar 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 Plakar

Plakar 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 Plakar scores best on data residency.

Plakar 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 Plakar 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 Plakar?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Plakar include Acronis True Image, Ashampoo Backup and Backup4all. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Plakar?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Plakar include BorgBackup, Cryptomator and FreeFileSync. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

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

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Personal Backup & Sync

Personal Backup & Sync: Personal backup tools, file synchronisation and data recovery. 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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