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Scoby Analytics: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Scoby Analytics is a web analytics service from Scoby GmbH for website operators who want traffic statistics without cookies or consent banners. According to Scoby, it captures usage data on the server and needs no interaction with the visitor's browser, then anonymises it and reports aggregated metrics such as page views, entry and exit pages, engagement and traffic sources. Further features include AI-based content classification, anonymous audience segmentation for A/B tests, and integrations with WordPress, Google Tag Manager and Looker Studio. It is delivered as a hosted service with a dashboard login. Scoby states that its architecture is compliant with the GDPR and ePrivacy rules by design.

Scoby GmbH is a German company with its address in Düsseldorf, so it operates under German and EU law. The WordPress plugin documentation says processing runs on servers operated by Scoby. Scoby does not state the country of those servers in its privacy policy, so ask the vendor about the data location and processors before use. The service is also listed on the STACKIT and OVHcloud marketplaces.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 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-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-655
    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 6, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryAnalytics
TypeProduct
Websitescoby.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Scoby Analytics

The European alternatives to Scoby Analytics come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Scoby Analytics

Scoby Analytics is headquartered in DE 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 Scoby Analytics scores best on data residency.

Scoby Analytics 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 Scoby Analytics 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 Scoby Analytics?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Scoby Analytics include Ackee, Adjust and Alceris. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Scoby Analytics?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Scoby Analytics include Ackee, Aptabase and Counter. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Scoby Analytics GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Scoby Analytics is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Scoby Analytics 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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