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RcodeZero DNS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

RcodeZero DNS is an anycast authoritative DNS service for registries, registrars, internet service providers and enterprises. Customers delegate their zones to a worldwide network of anycast nodes instead of running their own name servers. The service was developed by the research and development department of the Austrian registry nic.at, and it is operated by ipcom GmbH. The .eu registry EURid uses it, and the service is offered as an alternative to DNS services from large international providers.

ipcom GmbH has its seat in Vienna, Austria. Because the operator is established in an EU member state, the service falls under EU data-protection law, and the operator states that it holds ISO 27001 certification, in place since 2014. The network includes nodes outside the EU, and processing locations for zone and query data are not stated on the public pages. European organisations with strict residency requirements should ask the operator for those locations and for a data processing agreement before relying on the service.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
AT (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
CDN, DNS & Domains
Type
Product
Website
rcodezero.at ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to RcodeZero DNS

The European alternatives to RcodeZero DNS 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 RcodeZero DNS

RcodeZero DNS is headquartered in AT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

RcodeZero DNS hosts data in EU, 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.

RcodeZero DNS 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 RcodeZero DNS 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 RcodeZero DNS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to RcodeZero DNS include Bunny.net, CDNsun and ClouDNS. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to RcodeZero DNS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to RcodeZero DNS include deSEC and dnsdist. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is RcodeZero DNS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

RcodeZero DNS is headquartered in AT (EU) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. That makes RcodeZero DNS 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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