Self-hosted / open sourceEmail (Personal)Headquarters: CH

SimpleLogin: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SimpleLogin is an email alias service that protects the user's real address. Mail sent to an alias is forwarded straight to the user's own mailbox, and replies go out through the alias so the personal address stays hidden. Users can connect their own domain, use browser extensions and install the Android and iOS apps. PGP encryption before forwarding and two-factor authentication with TOTP and WebAuthn are supported.

SimpleLogin is operated by Proton AG, which is domiciled in Geneva, Switzerland, and the service is governed by Swiss law. The service runs on servers from Proton and from UpCloud, a Finnish cloud provider. Its components are open source, and the vendor describes a self-hosting option, so a European organisation can run the service on its own infrastructure. Proton also names an EU representative in Luxembourg for its services.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
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 11, 2026

Headquarters	CH (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	Email (Personal)
Type	Product
Website	simplelogin.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SimpleLogin

The European alternatives to SimpleLogin 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 SimpleLogin

SimpleLogin is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so SimpleLogin scores best on data residency.

SimpleLogin 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 SimpleLogin 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 SimpleLogin?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SimpleLogin include Bluewin Mail, CounterMail and Disroot. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SimpleLogin?

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

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

SimpleLogin is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes SimpleLogin 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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Email (Personal): Personal email services — inbox, calendar, contacts. 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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