Non-EU vendorProject ManagementHeadquarters: CA

Zenhub: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ZenHub is project management software that runs inside GitHub. It adds hierarchies of epics, objectives and sub-tasks, sprint planning assistance, reporting based on GitHub data and AI-generated summaries. It is used as a GitHub extension, and an on-premise option is offered for organisations that need one. According to the website, ZenHub is not affiliated with GitHub.

ZenHub is operated by Axiom Labs Inc., trading as Zenhub, with a listed address in Vancouver, Canada. The privacy policy states that personal data may be stored and processed in the United States, Canada or other countries where the company, its subsidiaries or service providers have facilities. Data from the EEA and Switzerland is transferred to the United States and Canada under contractual safeguards. A data protection officer and an EEA representative are named. No parent company is named. A European organisation using the cloud version should therefore take these transfers outside Europe into account.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US, 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 11, 2026

Headquarters	CA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Project Management
Type	Product
Website	zenhub.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Zenhub

The European alternatives to Zenhub 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 Zenhub

Zenhub is headquartered in CA, 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.

Zenhub 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.

Zenhub 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 Zenhub 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 Zenhub?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Zenhub include Arinto, awork and Bitrix24. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Zenhub?

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

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

Zenhub is headquartered in CA (OTHER) 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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