Category: BPM & Workflow

8 European alternatives to Kestra — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.

Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform for data, AI, and infrastructure workflows, built by Paris-headquartered Kestra Technologies (legally registered in La Madeleine, near Lille, France). Released under Apache 2.0, it lets teams declaratively define and run batch and event-driven workflows (YAML-based) with 1600+ plugins, and is used by large enterprises. The company raised a EUR 21M Series A in March 2026 to expand the orchestration platform. Actively maintained: v1.3.26 shipped June 30, 2026, with 27k+ GitHub stars and continuous commit activity.

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Facts

Headquarters: FR (EU)
Category: BPM & Workflow
Type: Product
GDPR-compliant: Yes
Open-source: Yes
Data hosting: EU

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kestra

ARIS
German enterprise BPM suite for process analysis, design and optimization
DE · commercial
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Bonitasoft
French open-source BPM and low-code platform for process automation
FR · open-source
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Camunda
Camunda is a German business process management (BPM) and workflow automation platform. Camunda 8 (Self-Managed) moved to the proprietary Camunda License v1 in October 2024 (v8.6); production use requires a paid license. Camunda 7 remains Apache 2.0 but is in maintenance mode.
DE · commercial
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Flowable
Swiss open-source BPM, CMMN and DMN platform for process automation
CH · open-source
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Imixs-Workflow
German open-source workflow engine based on BPMN 2.0 for Java applications
DE · open-source
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Joget
Open-source no-code/low-code platform combining BPM, workflow and app building
DE · open-source
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n8n
Open-source workflow automation tool with fair-code license and self-hosting option
DE · open-source
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Signavio (SAP)
German process management and mining platform, now part of SAP
DE · commercial
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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Kestra?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kestra include ARIS, Bonitasoft and Camunda. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kestra?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Kestra include Bonitasoft, Flowable, Imixs-Workflow, Joget and n8n. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Kestra is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Kestra an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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