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Non-EU vendorProject ManagementHeadquarters: GB

Project.co: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Project.co is project management software for client work. It brings teams, clients and freelancers together with tasks, notes, files and time tracking, with discussion channels, in one place. Permissions can be set per role, user, project or task, and accounts can use custom branding and domain. The service is delivered as SaaS and is not open source.

According to its security page, the current version, V3, is built on the no-code platform Bubble.io, which runs on Amazon Web Services. Customer data is stored in the AWS region us-east-1 (N. Virginia). Project.co publishes a data processing agreement, a privacy policy and a list of subprocessors. For a European organisation this means that project data is stored in the United States on infrastructure of a US cloud provider. The website does not state which legal entity operates the service or where it is established, so that should be clarified in the contract.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • 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 9, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalAUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US (US)Technically measured
CategoryProject Management
TypeProduct
Websiteproject.co ↗

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 Project.co

The European alternatives to Project.co 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 Project.co

Project.co 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.

Project.co hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Project.co 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 Project.co 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 Project.co?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Project.co include Kanboard, OpenProject and Planka. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Project.co?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Project.co include Kanboard, OpenProject, Redmine (self-host), Taiga, Tuleap, WeKan and Wiki.js. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Project.co GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Project.co is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in US. 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

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Project Management

Project Management: Project planning, issue tracking, knowledge management, team collaboration. 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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