LiveSpace vs Close
LiveSpace is a European alternative to Close: same crm & marketing use case, headquartered in Poland and governed by EU GDPR, while Close is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
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- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Sales teams stay for the built-in calling: power dialer, SMS, and email sequences live inside the CRM rather than bolted on. Seats run from 9 dollars for a solo plan to 139 dollars per user per month, with no free tier and call minutes billed on top. Ownership sits in San Francisco, which places customer records under US jurisdiction.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
LiveSpace vs Close at a glance
| LiveSpace | Close | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Poland | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need crm & marketing built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Close ecosystem |
Choose LiveSpace if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Close if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Close ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
Why choose LiveSpace over Close?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Close is headquartered in the United States, 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.
LiveSpace removes that overhead. As a Poland-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and 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 jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.