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EU-hosted, non-EU parentTesting & QAHeadquarters: PT

Xray: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Xray is a test management app that runs inside Jira. Teams plan, design, execute and report on manual and automated tests using Jira's own work item types, screens and workflows, and link tests to requirements for coverage reporting. Xray supports BDD frameworks such as Cucumber and connects through a REST API to CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket. The vendor also lists AI features for generating test cases. Xray Cloud is purchased through the Atlassian Marketplace and operates on top of Jira.

Xblend Software, the provider of Xray, was acquired in 2021 by Idera, Inc., whose press release is datelined Houston; Idera's website lists Xray in its Sembi Test & Security group. Xray documents that its data can be pinned or moved together with the Jira product to a chosen location, such as Europe, through Atlassian's data residency setting. A European organisation should therefore check that both Jira and Xray are pinned to the EU. Because Xray is owned by a US group, this is relevant when assessing exposure to US law.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
  • 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-645
    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 9, 2026
HeadquartersPT (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyUSVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, USVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryTesting & QA
TypeProduct
Websitegetxray.app ↗

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 Xray

The European alternatives to Xray 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 Xray

Xray is headquartered in PT 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 US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Xray hosts data in 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.

Xray 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 Xray 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 Xray?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Xray include aqua cloud, BTC Embedded Systems and Cantata. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Xray?

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

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

Xray is headquartered in PT (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Xray 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 October 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Testing & QA

Testing & QA: Software testing, test automation, browser testing and quality assurance. 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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