Category: Project Management
8 European alternatives to Trello — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Kanban task-management tool by Atlassian (US). No EU data residency; stored in AWS US regions under standard contractual clauses.
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Facts
- Headquarters
- US (US)
- EU adequacy decision
- Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
- Sovereignty model
- Vendor-hosted (non-EU)
- Category
- Project Management
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- US
Sources
Public sources used in the latest check of this record.
- trello.com
- support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/trello-and-gdpr-our-commitment-to-data-privacy/
- trello.com/trust
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)
- atlassian.com/legal/data-processing-addendum
- Security page / trust center
- atlassian.com/trust
- EU hosting documented
- atlassian.com/trust
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 Trello
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) | No EU hosting (US) | 100 |
| 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 | 83 |
Why digital sovereignty matters with Trello
Trello 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.
Trello hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and drives the data residency score up.
Trello 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.
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Trello
The European alternatives to Trello 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.
- OpenProject↗
German open-source project management software with Gantt, boards, and BIM
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Trello?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Trello include awork, factro and Leantime. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Trello?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Trello include Leantime, OpenProject, Taiga, Tuleap and WeKan. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Trello GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Trello is headquartered in US and hosts data in 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.
Digital sovereignty in Project Management
Project Management: Project planning, issue tracking, knowledge management, team collaboration. 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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