European alternatives to WooCommerce

American open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress, owned by Automattic.

Automattic Inc. · Outside Europe

About WooCommerce

Company
Automattic Inc.
HQ
United States
Zone
Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act
#1

PrestaShop

82 · Strongly European

France · E-commerce platforms

Open-source e-commerce software from France. Self-host your store with full control over data, code, and hosting – no monthly platform fee.

Open-core · from Free Free tier Open source 🇪🇺 EU

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

These concerns apply to all United States tech companies — see our full analysis →