Self-hosted / open sourceCRMHeadquarters: EU

X2CRM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

X2CRM is an open-source CRM application written in PHP, described by its developer as a social sales application for small and medium-sized businesses. X2Engine's modules cover sales, marketing, customer service, HR and project management, with automation and a custom module builder, X2Studio, for creating tailored modules in PHP. You install the software on your own web server with a MySQL database; an internet connection is needed for automatic updates and for capturing web leads.

X2CRM is developed by X2Engine, Inc., which describes itself as a US company. Because the software is installed by the user, the administrator decides where the data is stored and who can access it. The source code is on GitHub; the latest release listed there dates from 2019. A European organisation considering X2CRM should check how actively it is maintained and who supplies security updates. Hosting in the EU is possible but remains the user's responsibility.

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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 July 2, 2026

Headquarters	EU (EU)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents	1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal	GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US (US)Technically measured
Category	CRM
Type	Product
Website	x2crm.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to X2CRM

The European alternatives to X2CRM 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 X2CRM

X2CRM is headquartered in EU 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 X2CRM scores best on data residency.

X2CRM 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 X2CRM 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 X2CRM?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to X2CRM include ADITO, Axelor CRM and Axonaut. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to X2CRM?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to X2CRM include Axelor CRM. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is X2CRM GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

X2CRM is headquartered in EU (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes X2CRM an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

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".

Security page / trust center: x2engine.com/privacy-policy/

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 21, 2026.

Digital sovereignty in CRM

CRM: Customer relationship management — sales pipelines, contact management. 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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