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Illustrative FES scores for tools organisations actually use. This is a curated reference for comparison — not a product shop, not a vendor ranking, and not legal advice.

• Adyen

  Adyen · EU entity

  Dutch enterprise PSP for online, POS and marketplace payments.

  FinancePayments EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.0 Easy 4.0 Secure 4.7

• AirVPN

  AirVPN · EU entity

  Italian VPN supporting OpenVPN and WireGuard.

  VPN EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.3

• Alceris

  Alceris · EU entity

  German lightweight analytics: async, no cookie banner, realtime and campaigns.

  Web analytics EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 4.3

• alfaview

  alfaview GmbH · EU entity

  German video conferencing used by companies and public bodies. Strong EU hosting story.

  Video meetings EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.3

• AlphaVPS

  AlphaVPS · EU entity

  Bulgarian VPS with EU and US locations — choose EU nodes.

  VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.0 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.0

• ALTCHA

  ALTCHA · EU entity

  Czech open-source self-host captcha; hosted API is not EU — prefer self-host.

  CAPTCHA Self-hosted

  Fair 5.0 Easy 3.3 Secure 5.0

• Amazon CloudFront

  Amazon

  AWS global CDN for static assets, APIs and streaming. Strong with S3/ALB; AWS console complexity and US sovereignty exposure.

  CDN Global SaaS

  Fair 1.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 3.7

• Amazon S3

  Amazon

  Default object storage. Ubiquitous S3 API; US hyperscaler sovereignty issues.

  Object storage Global SaaS

  Fair 2.0 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Amazon Web Services

  Amazon

  Global hyperscaler. Huge service catalogue; US lawful-access and complexity for small NGOs.

  Cloud platforms Global SaaS

  Fair 1.7 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.7

• Analyzati

  Analyzati · EU entity

  Spanish cookieless analytics with a lightweight script and free plan.

  Web analytics EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 4.3

• Anytype

  Anytype

  Swiss local-first open-source notes and knowledge objects.

  Notes EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 5.0

• AppSignal

  AppSignal · EU entity

  Dutch error and performance monitoring for Ruby, Node, JS and Elixir.

  Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Artikel10 DNS

  Artikel10 e.V. · EU entity

  German non-profit DoH/DoT resolver.

  Public DNS EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.0 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.7

• Aruba Cloud

  Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

  Italian cloud and VPS provider with many European datacentres, managed DB, domains and DNS.

  Cloud platformsVPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.7

• Aruba Domains

  Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

  Italian Aruba ICANN domains with mailbox options.

  Domain registrars EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Aruba WordPress

  Aruba S.p.A. · EU entity

  Italian Aruba managed WordPress hosting.

  Website & forms EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Autenti

  Autenti · EU entity

  Polish AES and QES eIDAS signatures.

  E-signature EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 5.0

• awork

  awork · EU entity

  German PM with boards, timelines, time tracking and calendar sync.

  Project management EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Bare.ID

  Bare.ID · EU entity

  German Keycloak-based managed IAM.

  Identity EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.3

• BigBlueButton

  BigBlueButton Inc.

  Designed for teaching and webinars. Strong for NGOs that train a lot.

  Video meetings Self-hosted

  Fair 5.0 Easy 3.0 Secure 4.0

• BlazingCDN

  BlazingCDN · EU entity

  Polish CDN with 50+ PoPs for static, reverse-proxy and video.

  CDN EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Bugfender

  Bugfender · EU entity

  German mobile/web log storage with offline sync and pre-crash traces.

  Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Bugsink

  Bugsink · EU entity

  Dutch Sentry-compatible error tracker; self-host or EU hosted without per-event pricing.

  Error tracking EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.0

• Bunny CDN

  BunnyWay · EU entity

  Slovenian CDN with image processing, video streaming and Edge Storage.

  CDN EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Bunny Storage

  BunnyWay · EU entity

  Slovenian Bunny object storage with regional or global edge replication.

  CDNObject storage EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Capacities

  Capacities · EU entity

  German object-based personal knowledge management across desktop and mobile.

  Notes EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Captcha

  Captcha · EU entity

  Austrian proof-of-work captcha with WP, Keycloak and Joomla integrations.

  CAPTCHA EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 4.7

• CaptchaFox

  CaptchaFox · EU entity

  German accessible privacy captcha with WP/JS framework integrations.

  CAPTCHA EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.3

• cidaas

  cidaas · EU entity

  German identity and access management SaaS.

  Identity EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 4.3

• CiviCRM

  CiviCRM LLC

  CRM built for non-profits. Fair and flexible; Easy depends on the implementer.

  CRM & members Self-hosted

  Fair 5.0 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.3

• Clearhaus

  Clearhaus · EU entity

  Danish payment service provider.

  FinancePayments EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 3.3 Secure 4.7

• clever cloud

  Clever Cloud · EU entity

  French PaaS runtimes for JS, PHP, Java, Ruby, Python and more.

  PaaS EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• clever cloud Cellar

  Clever Cloud · EU entity

  French Clever Cloud S3-compatible Cellar storage with free trial quota.

  Object storagePaaS EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 3.7

• Clockodo

  Clockodo · EU entity

  German time tracking with offline support, reports and absence approval.

  Time tracking EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Cloud IAM

  Cloud IAM · EU entity

  French managed Keycloak with EU host choices (e.g. Scaleway) and export.

  Identity EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 4.7 Secure 4.3

• Cloudflare

  Cloudflare

  Dominant global CDN and edge platform. Easy; US sovereignty exposure.

  CDN Global SaaS

  Fair 1.7 Easy 5.0 Secure 3.3

• Clouding

  Clouding.io · EU entity

  Spanish flexible hourly VPS with live resource scaling.

  VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.7

• cloudscale

  cloudscale.ch AG

  Swiss VPS with NVMe, 99.99% SLA and daily traffic allowance.

  VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.0 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.7

• Combell Cloud

  Combell · EU entity

  Belgian OpenStack VPS with Linux/Windows, free LB and unlimited traffic claims.

  VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 3.0 Secure 3.7

• Combell Domains

  Combell · EU entity

  Belgian ICANN domains with free mailbox and simple site; DNSSEC.

  Domain registrars EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Combell Email

  Combell · EU entity

  Belgian Combell mailbox hosting; optional Microsoft 365 add-ons.

  Email EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.0 Secure 3.7

• Combell WordPress

  Combell · EU entity

  Belgian managed WP with staging and automatic backups/updates.

  Website & forms EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.7

• Contabo

  Contabo · EU entity

  German budget VPS with datacentres worldwide — pin EU locations for sovereignty.

  VPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.0 Easy 3.3 Secure 3.0

• Contabo Object Storage

  Contabo · EU entity

  German Contabo S3-compatible object storage.

  Object storage EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.0

• Counter

  Counter · EU entity

  German open-source privacy analytics without tracking individuals.

  Web analytics EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 4.0 Secure 4.3

• Craft

  Craft Docs

  UK note-taking and documents app.

  Notes EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 2.3 Easy 4.3 Secure 3.3

• cryptee

  Cryptee · EU entity

  Estonian open-source E2EE photos/docs with Markdown editor and ghost folders.

  Files & officeNotes EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 5.0

• CryptPad

  XWiki SAS · EU entity

  End-to-end encrypted pads and drives. Excellent for sensitive notes, not a full office suite.

  Files & office EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 4.7 Easy 3.7 Secure 4.7

• Cubbit DS3 Cloud

  Cubbit · EU entity

  Italian S3-compatible storage with multi-region, IAM, versioning and object lock.

  Object storage EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 4.0 Secure 4.0

• Cyso Cloud

  Cyso · EU entity

  Dutch OpenStack cloud: GPU/memory instances, object storage, load balancers, managed K8s and DNS.

  Cloud platformsVPS hosting EU-hosted SaaS

  Fair 3.7 Easy 2.7 Secure 3.7

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