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Userlytics: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Userlytics is a UX research and usability testing platform. It supports moderated, unmoderated and AI-moderated studies for websites, apps, prototypes and accessibility, using a global participant panel or the customer's own testers. AI features assist with study design, sentiment and video analysis, and reporting. The service is delivered as SaaS and is intended as an alternative to UserTesting.

Userlytics Corporation is a US company headquartered in Miami, Florida, with offices in Madrid and Mississauga. Its website states that the platform is hosted in the EU; the privacy policy names no storage location. The vendor says it complies with the GDPR, is self-certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and lists ISO 27001:2022 certification. Outside that framework it relies on standard contractual clauses. As a US company, Userlytics is subject to US jurisdiction even where data sits in the EU. A European organisation that records participants' video and voice in test sessions should weigh this.

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Sovereignty score
37 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    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 12, 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
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Product Feedback & Roadmapping
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Userlytics

The European alternatives to Userlytics 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 Userlytics

Userlytics 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.

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

Userlytics 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 Userlytics 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 Userlytics?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Userlytics include airfocus, Condens and Feature Upvote. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Userlytics?

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

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

Userlytics is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU. 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 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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