Self-hosted / open sourceE-learning AuthoringHeadquarters: US

SQL-LRS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SQL LRS is a learning record store: a server that receives, stores and serves xAPI statements and their attachments. It implements the xAPI specification, so learning platforms, authoring tools and other applications can send activity data to it. The data can be kept in SQLite, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or MySQL. There is no bundled dashboard: users query the data with SQL from business-intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Grafana. SQL LRS is distributed as a Docker image and as source code and runs on your own infrastructure.

SQL LRS is developed by Yet Analytics, Inc., a US company based in Savage, Maryland. The software is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and free to use; the company earns its income from support and complex deployments. Because you host the software yourself, you decide where the data is kept, including inside the EU. The sovereignty question is mainly operational: who administers the database and the server. The code can be inspected and run independently of the vendor.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-3100
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-675
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 9, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	E-learning Authoring
Type	Product
Website	github.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SQL-LRS

The European alternatives to SQL-LRS 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 SQL-LRS

SQL-LRS is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

SQL-LRS hosts data in EU, 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.

SQL-LRS is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SQL-LRS include 360Learning, Attensi and bettermarks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SQL-LRS?

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

Is SQL-LRS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

SQL-LRS is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in E-learning Authoring

E-learning Authoring: E-learning authoring software, interactive content and presentation 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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