Non-EU vendorWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: GB

Spreo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Spreo, formerly Metro Retro, is an online whiteboard for agile and engineering teams, used for retrospectives, sprint planning, brainstorming and workshops. It offers sticky notes, private writing, voting, zones, connectors, actions with owners and due dates, anonymous polls and timers, plus over a hundred templates and a Jira integration. It is a SaaS service that runs in the browser.

The provider is Deqo Software Ltd, which describes itself as a software company based in the United Kingdom. The UK is outside the EU, but no owner in another country is named. According to its security page, Spreo runs on Digital Ocean in Amsterdam and all data is hosted within the EU. Digital Ocean is itself a US company, which some organisations may want to take into account. A data processing agreement is available and the company states it operates in accordance with the GDPR. Intercom (US) is optionally used for support and can be disabled on request. European organisations can review the sub-processor list to assess the supply chain.

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Sovereignty score

52 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type	Product
Website	spreo.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Spreo

The European alternatives to Spreo 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 Spreo

Spreo is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Spreo 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 Spreo 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 Spreo?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Spreo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Spreo include Nextcloud Whiteboard. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Spreo is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. 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

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 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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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