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RaspiSMS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

RaspiSMS is a web application for sending and receiving SMS messages. You manage contacts and groups, build dynamic mailing lists or personalised messages, and run SMS campaigns, for example for an association. RaspiSMS provides the interface and the logic; the actual sending goes through an SMS provider with an HTTP API, through a GSM modem with a SIM card, or, with the SaaS version, through an Android phone running the RaspiSMS Relay app. The software is officially intended for Debian-based Linux systems and is installed as a .deb package.

RaspiSMS is free software under the GPL v3 and is offered from France by a sole trader. You can self-host it free of charge, or take the SaaS version, which according to the legal notice runs at OVH in France. Note that the messages themselves pass through the SMS provider you choose, such as OVH or Twilio, and that provider therefore determines where the traffic is processed.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
SMS APIs
Type
Product
Website
raspisms.fr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to RaspiSMS

The European alternatives to RaspiSMS come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 RaspiSMS

RaspiSMS 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 RaspiSMS scores best on data residency.

RaspiSMS 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 RaspiSMS 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 RaspiSMS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to RaspiSMS include 46elks, Agile Telecom and AnyMessage. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to RaspiSMS?

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

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

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

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Digital sovereignty in SMS APIs

SMS APIs: API services for sending SMS messages to customers. 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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