Category: Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
8 European alternatives to Miro — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Visual collaboration platform (online whiteboard) with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Amsterdam. Acquisition by Italy's Nasdaq-listed Bending Spoons announced on 10 September 2026; closing expected in Q4 2026 subject to regulatory approval. EU data residency (Ireland/Frankfurt) available on all plans.
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Facts
- Headquarters
- US (US)
- Ultimate parent company
- IT
- EU adequacy decision
- Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
- Sovereignty model
- Vendor-hosted (non-EU)
- Category
- Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- US, EU
Sources
Public sources used in the latest check of this record.
- miro.com
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(collaboration_platform)
- investors.bendingspoons.com/newsroom/bending-spoons-agrees-to-acquire-miro
- help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/23084283851026-Data-residency-at-Miro
Compliance evidence
The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".
- Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
- miro.com/legal/customer-data-processing-addendum/
- Security page / trust center
- miro.com/legal/vendor-information-security-schedule/
Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated
Links checked on September 21, 2026.
Technical hosting signal
Independently established via a DNS/network lookup (not information from the vendor itself). This shows which network currently serves this vendor's website — often a CDN — so it does not necessarily reflect where the actual service or data is hosted.
- Network
- AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)
Provenance:Technically measured
Sovereignty profile of Miro
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 US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702 | 90 |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency (DRS) | EU and non-EU hosting (US, EU) | 50 |
| Cryptographic key sovereignty (CKS) | Key management with a non-European vendor | 80 |
| Platform lock-in (PLS) | Closed source: switching requires data migration | 60 |
| Source & runtime sovereignty (SRS) | Closed source, runtime with the vendor | 85 |
| Average | 73 |
Why digital sovereignty matters with Miro
Miro is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model. The ultimate owner is based in IT, also within Europe.
Miro hosts data in US, EU. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.
Miro 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 Miro together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Miro
The European alternatives to Miro 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.
- Collaboard↗
Swiss-made GDPR-compliant online whiteboard with European data hosting and an on-premises option for sovereign collaboration.
CH · commercial
- Conceptboard↗
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.
DE · commercial
- Explain Everything↗
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.
PL · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Miro?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Miro include Collaboard, Conceptboard and CryptPad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Miro?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Miro include CryptPad, Excalidraw, Huly and Nextcloud. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Miro GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Miro is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU. 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.
Digital sovereignty in Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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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