European alternatives to Help Scout
A help-desk and shared-inbox tool designed around a human, email-like support experience. A US public-benefit company on AWS, holding support conversations under US jurisdiction.
Company information about Help Scout
- Company
- Help Scout PBC
- Headquarters
- Boston, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Privately held
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Help Scout
European alternatives to Help Scout
French customer messaging platform combining live chat, shared inbox, chatbot, CRM, and knowledge base. Founded in Nantes in 2015 by Baptiste Jamin. Self-funded, no VC, EU-hosted with GDPR compliance built in from day one. Used by 600,000+ businesses.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.