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Progress ShareFile: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ShareFile is a cloud platform for secure file sharing and document workflows, aimed at collaboration with clients. It offers client portals and project workspaces, built-in e-signatures, forms and approvals, automated workflows with reusable templates, multi-factor authentication, access controls, file encryption and audit trails. It integrates with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Salesforce, and provides iOS and Android apps and APIs. ShareFile is delivered as a cloud service and is proprietary software.

ShareFile is part of Progress Software Corporation, whose global headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. When creating an account you choose whether your data is stored in the United States (the default) or in Europe; that choice cannot be changed afterwards. The European storage zones are in Dublin, Ireland and Frankfurt, Germany. Storing data in the EU does not change the fact that the provider is a US company, which is relevant to questions of US jurisdiction such as the CLOUD Act.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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 9, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryDocument Management (DMS)
TypeProduct
Websitesharefile.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Progress ShareFile

The European alternatives to Progress ShareFile come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Progress ShareFile

Progress ShareFile is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Progress ShareFile hosts data in EU, US, 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.

Progress ShareFile 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 Progress ShareFile 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 Progress ShareFile?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Progress ShareFile include agorum, AMAGNO and BlueSpice. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Progress ShareFile?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Progress ShareFile include agorum and BlueSpice. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Progress ShareFile GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Progress ShareFile is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, US, 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

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

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Document Management (DMS)

Document Management (DMS): Document management systems, archiving, workflows and digital records. 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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