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Self-hosted / open sourceEndpoint & Device ManagementHeadquarters: FR

SambaÉdu: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SambaÉdu is a free educational server solution based on GNU/Linux (Debian). It lets a school manage its mixed fleet of Windows and GNU/Linux computers from one place. It is built on Samba, Apache, PHP, MySQL and iPXE, and recent versions use a Samba Active Directory domain. It was developed by teachers for teachers and their pupils, and it is installed as server software on the infrastructure of the school or local authority.

SambaÉdu is maintained by the SambaÉdu association, a French non-profit under the 1901 law with its seat in Paris. It supports and promotes the software and offers services around it, such as installation, configuration, advice and training; members can also receive personalised assistance. Because you run the server yourself, directories, files and logs stay on infrastructure you control, and there is no hosted offering from the maintainer.

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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
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Endpoint & Device Management
Type
Product
Website
sambaedu.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SambaÉdu

The European alternatives to SambaÉdu 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 SambaÉdu

SambaÉdu 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 SambaÉdu scores best on data residency.

SambaÉdu 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 SambaÉdu 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 SambaÉdu?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SambaÉdu include Aagon ACMP, Applivery and AppTec360. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SambaÉdu?

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

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

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