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SimpleMDM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SimpleMDM is a mobile device management (MDM) service for Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad and Mac. Administrators use it to enrol devices, deploy apps and push configuration profiles, and the product offers Munki integration and a REST API for automation. It is delivered as a cloud service managed through a web console and forms part of the PDQ product family.

The company behind SimpleMDM, PDQ.com Corporation, is established in the United States, with its principal place of business in Utah. The privacy policy states that customer data runs on Google Cloud and Azure, and that personal information may be transferred to or accessed in the United States. No European hosting region is named. The policy refers to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Standard Contractual Clauses and a data processing agreement for customer data. European organisations should therefore check that agreement and the transfer arrangements before deployment.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryEndpoint & Device Management
TypeProduct
Websitesimplemdm.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SimpleMDM

The European alternatives to SimpleMDM 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 SimpleMDM

SimpleMDM is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

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

SimpleMDM 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 SimpleMDM 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 SimpleMDM?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to SimpleMDM?

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

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

SimpleMDM is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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

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Compliance evidence

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