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Smash: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Smash is a file transfer service that lets individuals and organisations send files to recipients. According to the provider, files are encrypted both in transit and in storage. The service is available online, and recipients do not need to install software.

SMASH & CO is a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with its registered office in Lyon, registered with the Lyon trade and companies registry. The service runs on Amazon Web Services across nine regions, and the provider offers a 100% France-hosted option for organisations with sovereignty requirements. Smash states that it is GDPR-compliant for all data processing and storage. The legal notice names Amazon Web Services Inc., a US company, as a hosting provider, and the company's sole partner is not named. Standard storage is placed in a region close to the sender, and the homepage names London, Northern Virginia and Ohio among them. European organisations that need EU-only storage should choose the France-hosted option and confirm it in writing.

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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, OTHER)
  • 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
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryCollaboration
TypeProduct
Websitefromsmash.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Smash

The European alternatives to Smash 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 Smash

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

Smash hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. 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.

Smash 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 Smash 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 Smash?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Smash include BigBlueButton (self-host), CryptPad and Nextcloud Deck. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Smash?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Smash include BigBlueButton (self-host), CryptPad, Nextcloud Deck, FluffyChat and HedgeDoc. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Smash is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. That makes Smash 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 10, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Collaboration

Collaboration: Team communication, file sharing, video conferencing, document editing. 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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