Category: Domain Name Registrars
8 European alternatives to easyname — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Austrian registrar (Vienna, founded 2006) with 230k+ customers, ISO/IEC 27001 certified and CO2-neutral.
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Facts
- Headquarters
- AT (EU)
- Sovereignty model
- Vendor-hosted (EU)
- Category
- Domain Name Registrars
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- EU
Sources
Public sources used in the latest check of this record.
Compliance evidence
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Sovereignty profile of easyname
How this vendor scores on the five dimensions of the Digital Sovereignty Heatmap: 0 is sovereign, 100 is high exposure. These are the same scores the assessment uses.
| Jurisdictional exposure (JES) | Headquartered in the EU: European law applies | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency (DRS) | EU-only hosting | 0 |
| Cryptographic key sovereignty (CKS) | Key management with a European vendor | 40 |
| Platform lock-in (PLS) | Closed source: switching requires data migration | 60 |
| Source & runtime sovereignty (SRS) | Closed source, runtime with the vendor | 45 |
| Average | 29 |
Why digital sovereignty matters with easyname
easyname is headquartered in AT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.
Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so easyname scores best on data residency.
easyname 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 easyname together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to easyname
The European alternatives to easyname come from our knowledge base of over 3,600 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.
- Ascio Technologies↗
Danish ICANN-accredited wholesale registrar and DNS engine (Hellerup), owned by Tucows.
DK · commercial
- IONOS Domains↗
Domain registration service by Germany's IONOS (United Internet group), with EU-only data centres.
DE · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to easyname?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to easyname include Aruba Domains, Ascio Technologies and Domainnameshop. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to easyname?
Our list of EU alternatives to easyname is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.
Is easyname GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
easyname is headquartered in AT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes easyname an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.
Digital sovereignty in Domain Name Registrars
Domain Name Registrars: Companies that register and manage internet domain names. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.
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