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Small Improvements: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Small Improvements is a cloud-based performance management platform for HR teams and growing organisations. It brings performance reviews, objectives, one-to-one meetings, pulse surveys, 360-degree feedback and peer recognition into one platform. The software is delivered as software as a service through a web login, and the vendor does not describe a self-hosted version.

Small Improvements Software GmbH is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The privacy policy states that the platform is hosted by Google Ireland Ltd. in Dublin. The same policy names US providers for analytics and marketing tools and describes transfers to the United States under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses. For a European organisation the German seat and the Irish hosting provider are the main reference points, while the transfers to the United States and their safeguards deserve closer review.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (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
Category
HR
Type
Product
Website
small-improvements.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Small Improvements

The European alternatives to Small Improvements 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 Small Improvements

Small Improvements 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.

Small Improvements 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.

Small Improvements 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 Small Improvements 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 Small Improvements?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Small Improvements include absence.io, AFAS and AlexisHR. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Small Improvements?

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

Is Small Improvements GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Small Improvements is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Small Improvements 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 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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