Non-EU vendorProject ManagementHeadquarters: GB

Resource Guru: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Resource Guru is web-based resource management software for scheduling people, equipment and meeting rooms and for planning capacity. It covers leave management, reporting and timesheets, and includes project planning with Gantt charts. The service is used through a web login and connects with calendars, task managers and financial software.

The software is developed by Resource Guru Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom, outside the EU and the EEA. Its privacy policy states that some service providers may process personal data outside the UK, with transfers safeguarded by UK mechanisms such as the International Data Transfer Agreement, and it names an EU representative for GDPR purposes. The public pages do not name a hosting provider or data centre region, and describe no self-hosted option. A European organisation should confirm hosting locations and sub-processors before use.

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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 (OTHER)
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 11, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Project Management
Type	Product
Website	resourceguruapp.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Resource Guru

The European alternatives to Resource Guru 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 Resource Guru

Resource Guru 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.

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

Resource Guru 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 Resource Guru 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 Resource Guru?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Resource Guru include Arinto, awork and Bitrix24. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Resource Guru?

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

Is Resource Guru GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Resource Guru is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in 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 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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