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Self-hosted / open sourceWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: NL

SimpleMind: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SimpleMind is a mind mapping and brainstorming app for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android. Users arrange ideas as branches around a central topic. The app is a program installed on the device, and the maps are files that the user keeps.

The publisher is ModelMaker Tools B.V. in Velp, the Netherlands; the privacy policy also names xpt Software & Consulting B.V. in Delft. According to the publisher, maps are not stored on its servers, so the company has no access to them. Users choose whether to sync, and through which cloud service such as Dropbox. The privacy policy does mention Google Analytics, whose data is stored on servers in the United States, and a customer database whose location is not stated. The policy text does not refer to the GDPR or a data processing agreement. For a European organisation, the sovereignty question therefore depends mainly on the sync service it chooses.

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Sovereignty score
80 / 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-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 12, 2026
Headquarters
NL (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type
Product
Website
simplemind.eu ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SimpleMind

The European alternatives to SimpleMind come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 SimpleMind

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

SimpleMind runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

SimpleMind is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs SimpleMind 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 SimpleMind?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SimpleMind include Beekast, Classroomscreen and Collaboard. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SimpleMind?

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

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

SimpleMind is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes SimpleMind an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration

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