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UrBackup: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

UrBackup is an open-source client/server network backup system that combines image and file backups. Backups run while the system is in use, including open files such as Outlook .pst files, and a client watches folders for changes so that incremental file backups stay fast. Identical files from several clients are stored only once. Restores are possible through the web interface, the client or Windows Explorer, and drive images can be restored with a bootable USB stick (bare-metal restore). The server runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and several NAS systems; the client runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

UrBackup is free software under the AGPLv3+ and is developed by Martin Raiber. Commercial add-ons and appliances are offered by Infscape UG (haftungsbeschränkt) in Ulm, Germany. You install UrBackup yourself, so you decide where the backups are stored, for example on servers in a European data centre. No non-European parent company is known, and the source code is public and can be inspected.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • 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-6100
    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 5, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryStorage & Backup
TypeProduct
Websiteurbackup.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to UrBackup

The European alternatives to UrBackup 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 UrBackup

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

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

UrBackup 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 UrBackup 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 UrBackup?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to UrBackup include Acronis, Atempo and Bacula Systems. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to UrBackup?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to UrBackup include Bacula Systems, Bareos and BorgBackup. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

UrBackup is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes UrBackup 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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