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Visma Severa: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Severa is a Finnish business software platform for managing projects, people and finances. Its modules cover project management, time tracking, invoicing, resourcing, CRM and sales, operations management, and reporting and forecasts. It is aimed at service businesses such as consultancies, engineering offices, architecture firms, IT companies and marketing agencies. Users sign in through a login portal, and a REST API is available for integrations.

Severa is part of the Visma group. The website footer names Visma Solutions Oy, with offices in Lappeenranta and Helsinki, Finland. The group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and is majority-owned by the British investor Hg. The website itself names no majority shareholder and does not state where customer data is hosted. Before signing up, check the data processing agreement, the sub-processors and the hosting locations.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 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-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 13, 2026
Headquarters
FI (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
GBVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Time Tracking
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Visma Severa

The European alternatives to Visma Severa come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Visma Severa

Visma Severa is headquartered in FI 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 GB. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

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

Visma Severa 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 Visma Severa 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 Visma Severa?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Visma Severa include askDANTE, Beebole and Clockodo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Visma Severa?

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

Is Visma Severa GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Visma Severa is headquartered in FI (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Visma Severa 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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Digital sovereignty in Time Tracking

Time Tracking: Apps for tracking time spent on tasks and projects. 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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