Self-hosted / open sourcePassword ManagerHeadquarters: DE

Pleasant Password Server: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Pleasant Password Server is a proprietary multi-user password manager developed by Pleasant Solutions. It adds central management to KeePass: users work through a KeePass client or the web interface, and according to the vendor it also works with Password Safe. Administrators control who can access which passwords, enforce security policies and connect through Active Directory or LDAP. Additional modules include Universal SSO and a Reset Server for password resets in AD or LDAP environments. According to the vendor, passwords are encrypted on the user's device so that the server cannot decrypt them. The product is also presented under the name Keepass Hub.

The vendor describes the software as a download that runs on your own servers; no hosted option is mentioned. Its privacy policy names Pleasant Solutions Inc. and PPass Software Inc. and refers to developers across North America; it states no country of establishment. Because you host it yourself, you decide where the data resides. The source code is not open.

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Sovereignty score

80 / 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-380
Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 9, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents	1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation, US (US)Technically measured
Category	Password Manager
Type	Product
Website	pleasantpasswords.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Pleasant Password Server

The European alternatives to Pleasant Password Server 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 Pleasant Password Server

Pleasant Password Server is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Pleasant Password Server runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Pleasant Password Server is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Pleasant Password Server 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 Pleasant Password Server?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Pleasant Password Server include AuthPass, Avira Password Manager and Dashlane. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Pleasant Password Server?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Pleasant Password Server include AuthPass, gopass, KeePass and KeePassXC. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Pleasant Password Server GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Pleasant Password Server is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Pleasant Password Server 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 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center: pleasantpasswords.com/privacy-policy

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 23, 2026.

Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

Digital sovereignty in Password Manager

Password Manager: Password vault — generate, store and autofill passwords. 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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