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Wavebox: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Wavebox is a desktop browser for business use, built on the Chromium engine. It lets users stay signed in to several accounts at once, organises tabs into workspaces, supports split screens and runs extensions from the Chrome Web Store. A built-in AI assistant can be switched off. Wavebox is available for Windows, macOS and Linux; Wavebox Live is a remotely managed variant for teams in which, according to the company, team passwords are protected by an end-to-end encrypted master password.

The vendor is Bookry Ltd, registered in England and Wales with its office in Bangor in the United Kingdom, and therefore outside the EU. According to its privacy policy, the company has offices and hosting facilities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and the United States; sensitive data stays on the user's computer. Standard contractual clauses are cited for transfers outside the EEA. The source code is not public. European organisations should check which data leaves the devices through Wavebox Live and the AI features.

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Sovereignty score
42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (OTHER, EU, US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    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-630
    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
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingOTHER, EU, USVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryBrowser
TypeProduct
Websitewavebox.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Wavebox

The European alternatives to Wavebox come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Wavebox

Wavebox is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Wavebox hosts data in OTHER, 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.

Wavebox 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 Wavebox 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 Wavebox?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Wavebox include Ecosia Browser, Falkon and Iridium Browser. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Wavebox?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Wavebox include Falkon, Iridium Browser, Konqueror, LibreWolf, Midori, Mullvad Browser and Nyxt. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Wavebox is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER, EU, US. 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 10, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

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Digital sovereignty in Browser

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