7 European Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration vendors.
Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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.
25 vendors in total: 7 European, 12 American, 6 other; 2 open source. Last checked: 5 October 2026.
Why this matters for digital sovereignty
Whiteboarding tools often retain unstructured, sensitive brainstorms (strategy, product plans, passwords on sticky notes) for longer and with less protection than formal documents. Check where boards are stored, whether they default to private, and who ultimately owns the vendor.
European vendors
- CollaboardEU sovereign
Swiss-made GDPR-compliant online whiteboard with European data hosting and an on-premises option for sovereign collaboration.
Switzerland
- ConceptboardEU sovereign
German privacy-first whiteboard platform for regulated industries; all data is processed exclusively on German servers (IONOS, ISO 27001) with no transfer to third countries. On-premises option available.
Germany
- Explain EverythingEU sovereign
Interactive whiteboard with screen recording, real-time collaboration and presentation features for educators and remote teams. Poland-headquartered company, but all customer data is hosted in a single AWS data centre in Northern Virginia (US) — there is no EU data-centre option.
Poland
- KlaxoonEU-hosted, non-EU parent
French visual-collaboration platform from Rennes with an infinite whiteboard and interactive tools; owned by US-based Wrike since 2025.
France · owner in United States
- SketchboardEU sovereign
Finnish whiteboard and diagramming tool for collaborative sketching and planning.
Finland
- Whiteboard.fiEU sovereign
Finnish education-focused digital whiteboard, owned by Kahoot! (Norway).
Finland · owner in Norway
- ZiteboardEU sovereign
Hungarian minimalist online whiteboard (Budapest) with PDF import and export.
Hungary
Non-European vendors in this category
For each vendor, the page with European alternatives and the sovereignty profile.
- Self-hosted / open sourceAFFiNESingapore · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorApple FreeformUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAyoaUnited Kingdom · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCoggleUnited Kingdom · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCreatelyAustralia · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorFigJamUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorFrescoUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorLimnuUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorLucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark)United States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMicrosoft WhiteboardUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMiroUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMuralUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorPadletUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorStormboardCanada · 7 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourcetldrawUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorVibe CanvasUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorWiteboardUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorZoom WhiteboardUnited States · 7 EU alternatives
Frequently asked questions
Which European Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration vendors are there?
The knowledge base lists 7 European Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration vendors, including Collaboard, Conceptboard, Explain Everything and Klaxoon. Every record is checked for headquarters, ultimate owner, hosting locations and licence.
Which non-European Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration vendors have a European alternative?
AFFiNE, Apple Freeform, Ayoa and Coggle each have a curated list of European Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration alternatives, checked for headquarters, owner and hosting.