European alternatives to WordPress

The open-source software behind a huge share of the web, plus the WordPress.com hosting run by Automattic. The software itself is free and self-hostable; the hosted service is a US company under the CLOUD Act.

Company information about WordPress
Company
Automattic Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2003
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
Privately held
GDPR
No
Open source
Full
Infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure

Why people switch away from WordPress

Subject to US CLOUD ActNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to WordPress

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Sanity

Content management

Norway 63 · Mostly European

Headless CMS founded in Oslo in 2018. Data stored by default in Belgium (EU) on Google Cloud. Norwegian-founded, now co-headquartered in San Francisco after raising $173M.

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Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source Google Cloud EFTA
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Storyblok

Content management

Austria 53 · Mixed Origins

Austrian headless CMS trusted by enterprises and agencies worldwide. Visual editor for content teams, powerful API for developers, with EU-based infrastructure and $138M raised.

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Freemium · from Free Free tier Amazon AWS EU
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Contentful

Content management

Germany 43 · Not Very European

Berlin-born headless CMS – but no longer European-controlled. After raising from US investors (Sapphire, Tiger Global) it was acquired by Salesforce (US) in June 2026. Runs on AWS with a US-default region; EU data residency (AWS Dublin/Frankfurt) is opt-in. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified.

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Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source Amazon AWS Part of Salesforce, Inc. EU

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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.

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