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Sesame HR: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Sesame HR is a cloud platform for human resources administration, offered by SESAME LABS, S.L. It covers time tracking, shift management, holidays and absences, onboarding, employee surveys, performance evaluation, recruitment, HR reports, an employee database and payroll. The service is delivered online with mobile apps and is aimed at employers that manage their own HR and payroll processes.

The operating company's address in its privacy policy is in Valencia, Spain, and the policy refers to the Spanish Data Protection Agency and to European legislation. The policy does not state where customer data is hosted, but it names transfers to providers in the United States, so processing outside the European Economic Area may occur and should be checked. No majority owner is stated, so no non-EU parent is recorded. The software is not open source and no self-hosted version has been identified. A European organisation should review the processing terms and the list of sub-processors before use.

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, US)
  • 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

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
Headquarters
ES (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Sesame HR

The European alternatives to Sesame HR 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 Sesame HR

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

Sesame HR hosts data in EU, US. 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.

Sesame HR 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Sesame HR?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Sesame HR include AFAS, AlexisHR and ATOSS Workforce Intelligence. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Sesame HR?

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

Is Sesame HR GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Sesame HR is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Sesame HR 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 HR

HR: Human resources — personnel management, payroll, recruiting. 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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