Category: Project Management
8 European alternatives to Planka — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Open-source kanban board (self-hosted). Note: since v2.0 (May 2025) the project is no longer open source — it is distributed under a proprietary Fair Use License (source-available). Personal and internal company use remains free; commercial hosting for third parties requires a paid Pro/Enterprise licence from PLANKA Software GmbH.
Facts
- Headquarters
- DE (EU)
- Category
- Project Management
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Planka
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AI-powered project and resource management platform, formerly headquartered in Copenhagen (DK). Acquired by US-based Accelo in July 2025 and fully integrated into accelo.com by May 2026. Ultimate parent is Accelo Inc. (San Francisco, US). EU data sovereignty guarantees previously claimed under eu-strict no longer apply.
DK · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Planka?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Planka include awork, Bitrix24 and BookStack (self-host). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Planka?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Planka include BookStack (self-host) and Kanboard. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Planka GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Planka is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Planka an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.