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EU-hosted, non-EU parentPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: PT

Sword Health: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Sword Health develops digital physical therapy programmes for musculoskeletal conditions, pelvic health and injury prevention. Its products include Thrive for musculoskeletal therapy, Bloom for pelvic health, Move for movement and injury prevention, and Atlas for pain management. The company describes its care model as digital physical therapy with artificial intelligence integrated, delivered as a digital service.

The company was founded in Portugal in 2015. Its European operations are run by Sword Health, S.A., based in Porto, which is the data controller for users in the European Union. The EU privacy notice states that the services are owned by Sword Health Technologies, Inc. and its affiliates, a US company, and that personal data may be transferred to the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses. The notice does not say where data is stored, so for a European organisation the storage location and US access are the points to clarify.

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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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
PT (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified 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
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
swordhealth.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Sword Health

The European alternatives to Sword Health 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 Sword Health

Sword Health is headquartered in PT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Sword Health 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.

Sword Health 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 Sword Health 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 Sword Health?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Sword Health include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Sword Health?

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

Is Sword Health GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Sword Health is headquartered in PT (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Sword Health 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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Compliance evidence

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