Hypervault vs Dashlane
Hypervault is a European alternative to Dashlane — same password managers use case, built under EU data-protection law.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- GDPR by default
- Yes
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Dashlane by Dashlane.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
About Hypervault
Hypervault is a Belgian digital vault for trusted and confidential data, combining password management with structured storage for contracts, licences, SSH keys, API tokens, and client secrets. It targets SMBs, agencies, and professional services firms that need more than a consumer password manager but want to stay inside Europe.
The product organises credentials and sensitive records into customizable item types, shared workspaces, and granular team permissions, so employees, freelancers, and clients each see only what they should. Data is encrypted end to end, and administrators get clear audit trails for access and changes.
Key benefits:
- Structured vault passwords, contracts, licences, and secrets in one place
- Team sharing granular permissions for employees, clients, and partners
- End-to-end encryption zero-knowledge architecture for sensitive records
- Custom item types model the data your business actually stores
- Audit trail visibility into who accessed or changed each entry
Hypervault is built and operated from Belgium, bringing it under EU jurisdiction and GDPR. Data is hosted inside the European Union, giving Belgian, Dutch, and other EU customers clear sovereignty over confidential business information and avoiding the legal exposure that comes with US-based password managers subject to the CLOUD Act.
For European teams who want a single secure home for credentials, secrets, and confidential documents, Hypervault offers a Belgian-built alternative to the dominant US password managers, with a business-oriented data model and EU-only hosting.
Why choose Hypervault over Dashlane?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Dashlane is headquartered in US, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes — the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Hypervault removes that overhead. As a Belgium-based provider, it operates natively under GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors — health, public administration, finance — that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single non-EU jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.