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Tines: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Tines is a workflow platform that combines automation, AI and integrations. It was originally built for security and IT teams, who connect and automate recurring tasks such as incident handling without having to write code. Tines was founded in 2018 by Eoin Hinchy and Thomas Kinsella. The platform is delivered as a cloud service; its legal terms also include an addendum for self-hosted software.

The website is operated by Tines Security Services Limited in Dublin, Ireland. Job postings describe Dublin and Boston as headquarters. The legal page states that Tines hosts data in US or EU regions, so a European customer can choose the EU region. Investors include Accel, Index Ventures and Goldman Sachs; no single majority owner has been identified. Tines is not open source. Because there is also a US headquarters, European organisations should check which entity signs the contract.

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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

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersIE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, USVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryAI Cowork
TypeProduct
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Tines

The European alternatives to Tines 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 Tines

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

Tines 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.

Tines 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 Tines 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 Tines?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Tines include 2501.ai, Beam and Cognigy. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Tines?

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

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

Tines is headquartered in IE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Tines 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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