Category: Storage & Backup
8 European alternatives to UrBackup — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Open-source client/server network backup system (AGPL) with deduplication and full partition imaging, commercially sponsored by Infscape UG (Germany).
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Facts
- Headquarters
- DE (EU)
- Sovereignty model
- Open-source, distributed
- Category
- Storage & Backup
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Sources
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Compliance evidence
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Sovereignty profile of UrBackup
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) | Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control | 10 |
| Platform lock-in (PLS) | Open source: low switching costs | 20 |
| Source & runtime sovereignty (SRS) | Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable | 0 |
| Average | 6 |
Why digital sovereignty matters with UrBackup
UrBackup is headquartered in DE 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 UrBackup scores best on data residency.
UrBackup is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.
What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs UrBackup together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to UrBackup
The European alternatives to UrBackup 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.
- Bacula Systems↗
Swiss enterprise backup company (Yverdon-les-Bains) providing commercial support and an enterprise edition built on the open-source Bacula backup engine (AGPLv3 core); self-hosted, cross-platform (mixed OS, containers, cloud) backup used by organizations including NASA and Swisscom; confirmed actively trading in 2026 via current marketing content and recent blog posts.
CH · open-source
- BorgBackup↗
Open-source deduplicating archival backup program with compression and encryption
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to UrBackup?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to UrBackup include Acronis, Atempo and Bacula Systems. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to UrBackup?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to UrBackup include Bacula Systems, Bareos and BorgBackup. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is UrBackup GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
UrBackup is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes UrBackup an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.
Digital sovereignty in Storage & Backup
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