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Self-hosted / open sourceStorage & BackupHeadquarters: IL

Zerto: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Zerto is a software platform for ransomware resilience, disaster recovery and data mobility across on-premises and cloud environments. It uses continuous data protection with journal-based recovery, real-time encryption detection and orchestration for failover, migration and recovery testing. The vendor describes a software-only approach that requires no additional hardware or appliances and fits into the customer's existing infrastructure.

The data controller is Zerto Ltd, with its contact address in Herzliya, Israel. The privacy policy also lists wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. Zerto is now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a US company, so US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act, is relevant to the vendor relationship. Because the software runs in the customer's own environment, the location of backup and recovery data is determined mainly by the deployment. A GDPR section of the privacy policy covers visitors from the EU and the UK. For a European organisation, the Israeli entity sits outside the EU and the EEA.

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Sovereignty score
63 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (IL)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
HeadquartersIL (OTHER)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyUSVerified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Data hostingSelf-hosted, e.g. in OTHER (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryStorage & Backup
TypeProduct
Websitezerto.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Zerto

The European alternatives to Zerto 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 Zerto

Zerto is headquartered in IL, 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Zerto runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Zerto is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Zerto 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 Zerto?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Zerto include Acronis, Atempo and Bacula Systems. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Zerto?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Zerto include Bacula Systems, Bareos and BorgBackup. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Zerto is headquartered in IL (OTHER) and hosts data in 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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