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Yoti: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Yoti is a London-based company that provides age verification and identity verification services. Its facial age estimation offers privacy-preserving age checks, while its identity checks combine automated document verification with expert human review. Organisations can use the service through a web portal, through integrations with software-as-a-service products, or through APIs and SDKs. Yoti also offers a Digital ID app for consumers, along with eSignature services and AI services under the MyFace name.

Yoti Ltd is located at 1 Aldgate in London. Its privacy page states that Yoti acts as controller for data used in its Digital ID app, and as processor for its clients in most age and identity checks. The page does not say where personal data is hosted or stored, and it does not describe an EU data-residency option, so organisations should request this in writing. As a UK company, Yoti sits outside the EU, and European organisations should therefore check the transfer basis and the locations of its sub-processors before sending personal data.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • 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 hostingOTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryIdentity
TypeProduct
Websiteyoti.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Yoti

The European alternatives to Yoti 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 Yoti

Yoti 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.

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

Yoti 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 Yoti 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 Yoti?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Yoti include Adnovum, Airlock and Auðkenni. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Yoti?

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

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

Yoti is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. 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.

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Compliance evidence

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