Category: Document Management (DMS)
8 European alternatives to Alfresco — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
open-source content services platform for enterprise content management and workflow
Facts
- Headquarters
- GB (OTHER)
- Category
- Document Management (DMS)
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU, US
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Alfresco
- LogicalDOC↗
Italian open-source DMS with full-text search and document version management
IT · open-source
- OpenKM↗
OpenKM is a document management system (DMS). The Community Edition is available free of charge but has been distributed as a closed binary since version 7.0 (released 2024); source code is no longer published. Versions up to and including 6.x were released under GPL-2.0 with full source code. The Professional and Cloud editions are commercial.
ES · commercial
- Paperless-ngx↗
Open-source document management system for digitising physical documents
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Alfresco?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Alfresco include LogicalDOC, Nuxeo and OpenKM. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Alfresco?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Alfresco include LogicalDOC, Nuxeo, Paperless-ngx, SeedDMS and agorum. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Alfresco GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Alfresco is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, US. 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.