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Sphinx iQ: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Sphinx iQ is survey and data-analysis software used for market research and data analysis. It lets users design questionnaires, collect responses and analyse the results. The product is published by Le Sphinx Développement SAS, a French company with its registered office in Chavanod, in the Haute-Savoie department near Annecy. The Spanish website for the product is run by Le Sphinx Iberoamérica S.L., based in Madrid, and presents the software as SPHINX iQ3.

The publisher is French, so French and EU law govern the contracting entity. Hosting locations and data-protection terms are not stated on the Spanish website reviewed here, so they should be confirmed directly with the vendor. Press items mention corporate ownership changes, but the sources reviewed do not confirm a current owner, so none is identified. For a European organisation, the key questions are where responses are stored and which sub-processors are used, and these should be answered in writing before the software is adopted.

Sovereignty score
71 / 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-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-655
    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
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Sphinx iQ

The European alternatives to Sphinx iQ 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 Sphinx iQ

Sphinx iQ 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.

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

Sphinx iQ 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 Sphinx iQ 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 Sphinx iQ?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Sphinx iQ include 123FormBuilder, AidaForm and Askia. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Sphinx iQ?

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

Is Sphinx iQ GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Sphinx iQ is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Sphinx iQ 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Forms & Surveys

Forms & Surveys: Online forms, surveys and feedback tools. 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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