21 European CMS vendors.
CMS: Content management systems — websites, headless CMS, digital experience platforms. Below, every vendor in the knowledge base headquartered in the EU or the EEA, each checked by us for headquarters, owner, hosting and licence. Non-European vendors are listed at the bottom with a link to their European alternatives.
37 vendors in total: 21 European, 12 American, 4 other; 21 open source. Last checked: 6 October 2026.
Why this matters for digital sovereignty
A CMS manages not only content but often form submissions and user accounts as well, which makes the hosting location of the underlying database relevant under the GDPR. Check whether you can self-host the source code and database, whether the vendor offers an open-source option and how easily content exports to another platform.
European vendors
- Cockpit CMSSelf-hosted / open source
Open-source headless CMS with JSON API and flexible content models
Germany · open-source
- ContaoSelf-hosted / open source
German CMS widely used in DACH region; self-hostable
Germany · open-source
- HubSpot Content HubEU-hosted, non-EU parent
HubSpot Content Hub (formerly CMS Hub, renamed April 2024) is HubSpot's AI-powered content marketing and CMS platform, integrated with the HubSpot CRM. Hosted by HubSpot in the EU (AWS eu-west-1).
Ireland · owner in United States
- HygraphEU sovereign
German headless CMS from Berlin (formerly GraphCMS) with GraphQL API and content federation
Germany
- Ibexa DXPEU sovereign
Norwegian digital experience platform (formerly eZ Platform) for B2B
Norway · owner in Norway
- JahiaEU sovereign
Swiss enterprise CMS and digital experience platform (Jahia Solutions Group, founded 2002, HQ Geneva, Switzerland; privately held and independent), serving 120+ enterprise customers in finance, telecom, education and public sector with 96% customer retention.
Switzerland
- Kirby CMSEU sovereign
German flat-file CMS for self-hosting
Germany
- Magnolia CMSEU sovereign
Swiss enterprise CMS with headless and hybrid content delivery. Majority-owned by GENUI (Hamburg, Germany) since July 2022.
Switzerland · owner in Germany
- MicroweberSelf-hosted / open source
Bulgarian open-source drag-and-drop CMS and website builder (Sofia, Bulgaria), built on Laravel/PHP, MIT-licensed on GitHub, with an actively maintained codebase (27,000+ commits, release 2.0.20 in Aug 2025) and eCommerce support for freelancers through SMEs.
Bulgaria · open-source
- Neos CMSSelf-hosted / open source
Open-source content application framework; EU-hostable
Austria · open-source
- PimcoreEU sovereign
Austrian platform for PIM, MDM, CMS and digital commerce — open-core, proprietary core since v12
Austria
- PloneSelf-hosted / open source
Open-source enterprise CMS built on Python with strong security
Germany · open-source
- PrimoSelf-hosted / open source
Open-source visual CMS for static websites with component builder
Germany · open-source
- ProcessWireSelf-hosted / open source
Open-source CMS and CMF with powerful API and flexible architecture
Germany · open-source
- RoadizSelf-hosted / open source
French open-source polymorphic CMS built on Symfony and Doctrine, maintained by Rezo Zero (Strasbourg, France). Legacy v1.x (MIT licensed) is EOL/security-only, but development actively continues in the v2 monorepo (core-bundle-dev-app) with CI activity confirmed as recently as July 2026, so the product is alive under a new architecture.
France · open-source
- SilverStripeEU sovereign
open-source CMS and framework with flexible content management
Netherlands · open-source
- StoryblokEU sovereign
Austrian headless CMS with visual editor and component-based architecture
Austria
- Strapi (self-host)EU sovereign
French headless CMS; self-hostable
France · open-source
- SuluEU sovereign
Austrian open-source CMS built on Symfony for enterprise websites
Austria · open-source
- TYPO3Self-hosted / open source
Enterprise open-source CMS; governed by the Swiss TYPO3 Association; self-hostable
Switzerland · open-source
- UmbracoEU sovereign
Danish open-source CMS built on .NET for flexible content management
Denmark · open-source
Non-European vendors in this category
For each vendor, the page with European alternatives and the sovereignty profile.
- Non-EU vendorAdobe Experience ManagerUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorBloomreach CMSUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorContentfulUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCraft CMSUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceDrupal (self-host)United States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceGhostSingapore · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceGrav (self-host)United States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorKeystoneJSAustralia · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorPayload CMSUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSanityUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSquarespaceUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorTextpatternUnited Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorWagtailUnited Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorWixUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceWordPress (self-host)United States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorWordPress.comUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
Frequently asked questions
Which European CMS vendors are there?
The knowledge base lists 21 European CMS vendors, including Cockpit CMS, Contao, HubSpot Content Hub and Hygraph. Every record is checked for headquarters, ultimate owner, hosting locations and licence.
Are there open-source options for CMS?
Yes. Open-source CMS software from Europe includes Cockpit CMS, Contao, Microweber and Neos CMS; you can self-host it with the encryption keys under your own control.