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Non-EU vendorRemote Desktop & SupportHeadquarters: US

Workspot: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Workspot is a Desktop-as-a-Service platform that lets organisations move virtual desktops and applications from on-premises VDI to cloud-hosted environments. The company describes its cloud-native platform as secure access to virtual desktops, applications and web applications. According to its website, the service can run on AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Akamai, and it is delivered as a hosted service rather than as software the customer installs.

Workspot, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its address in Campbell, California. As a US provider, it can be subject to US legal process such as the CLOUD Act for data it controls. Its privacy policy says personal information may be stored and processed in the United States and other countries. It states that it requires data processing agreements with customers that include EU Standard Contractual Clauses, that it complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and it names an EU data protection representative in Germany. The vendor's website does not name the regions where customer desktops run, so a European organisation should fix the hosting location in its contract.

Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US, OTHER)
  • 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 11, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUS, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryRemote Desktop & Support
TypeProduct
Websiteworkspot.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Workspot

The European alternatives to Workspot 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 Workspot

Workspot 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.

Workspot hosts data outside the EU (US, OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Workspot 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 Workspot 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 Workspot?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Workspot include AnyDesk, DWService and FastViewer. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Workspot?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Workspot include DWService. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Workspot is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, OTHER. 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

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Compliance evidence

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