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topboard: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

topboard is an online platform for preparing and recording meetings of boards, committees, and shareholder or member assemblies. It covers agenda management, invitations, a board pack with all documents, votes and polls, proxies, personal notes, minutes and an archive of decisions. Video conferencing is integrated into the meeting, and two-factor authentication can be enforced. It is aimed at foundations, associations, cooperatives, companies and property managers, and is offered as a subscription used through the browser.

topboard sàrl is based in Confignon near Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland is not in the EU but is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision. According to the vendor, data is kept only in Switzerland: at Hidora, in two data centres in Gland and Geneva operated by SafeHost SA. The vendor states that files are encrypted on the user's computer before upload and that the product complies with the Swiss data protection act and the GDPR. A self-hosted variant is not described.

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Sovereignty score
67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-380
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • 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 14, 2026
Headquarters
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
CHVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Collaboration
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to topboard

The European alternatives to topboard come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 topboard

topboard is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

topboard hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

topboard 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 topboard 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 topboard?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to topboard include ahead Intranet, alfaview and BigBlueButton (self-host). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to topboard?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to topboard include BigBlueButton (self-host), CryptPad and Nextcloud Deck. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

topboard is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH. That makes topboard an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 14, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Collaboration

Collaboration: Team communication, file sharing, video conferencing, document editing. 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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