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Youtrust (formerly Yousign): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Yousign, which is continuing under the new name Youtrust, is a French provider of electronic signatures and digital trust services. Its platform offers simple, advanced and qualified electronic signatures, electronic seals, and verification of identities, companies, bank accounts and documents. It is aimed at organisations and is used through a web application or an API, with integrations such as Zapier and HubSpot. According to the vendor, the service complies with the European eIDAS regulation.

The company is headquartered in France. According to its help centre, customer data is stored in France with three providers: OVH, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. Documents are encrypted with AES-256, and the vendor operates the encryption keys itself. AWS and Azure are operated by US companies, which is worth weighing if you need to rule out CLOUD Act exposure. The service is vendor-hosted, and the software is not open source.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 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-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-655
    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
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalAMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryE-signatures
TypeProduct
Websiteyoutrust.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 Youtrust (formerly Yousign)

The European alternatives to Youtrust (formerly Yousign) 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 Youtrust (formerly Yousign)

Youtrust (formerly Yousign) is headquartered in FR 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 Youtrust (formerly Yousign) scores best on data residency.

Youtrust (formerly Yousign) 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 Youtrust (formerly Yousign) 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 Youtrust (formerly Yousign)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Youtrust (formerly Yousign) include A-Trust, Agrello and Assently. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Youtrust (formerly Yousign)?

Our list of EU alternatives to Youtrust (formerly Yousign) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Youtrust (formerly Yousign) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Youtrust (formerly Yousign) is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Youtrust (formerly Yousign) 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 E-signatures

E-signatures: Electronic signatures, trust services, eIDAS services. 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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