Pexip vs Zoom
Pexip is a European alternative to Zoom: same project management & productivity use case, headquartered in Norway and governed by EU GDPR, while Zoom is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Zoom became the default video conferencing tool during the pandemic and is still widely used for meetings and webinars. Free calls are capped at 40 minutes; paid licences are sold per host. Zoom Communications is based in San Jose, California, so meeting data and metadata are handled under US law.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Pexip vs Zoom at a glance
| Pexip | Zoom | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Norway | 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 project management & productivity built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Zoom ecosystem |
Choose Pexip 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 Zoom if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Zoom ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
About Pexip
Pexip delivers secure video collaboration with full deployment control, letting organizations run meetings on their own infrastructure or in any cloud. The platform powers interoperable video across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, and Cisco, making it the reference choice for governments and defense agencies that cannot accept standard SaaS video tools.
Pexip's engine can be deployed self-hosted, in private cloud, or as managed service, with add-ons for private AI transcription, meeting-room scheduling, one-touch join, and appointment booking via Pexip Engage. The Connect product bridges legacy and modern room systems with Teams and Zoom, and Secure Meetings ships dedicated environments with custom integrations for classified or regulated workloads.
Key benefits:
- Self-hosted deployment with full control over data, keys, and network topology
- Teams and Zoom interoperability so existing room hardware keeps working
- Private AI for transcription and summarization without data leaving the estate
- Air-gapped and classified operation supported for defense and government
- Global partner ecosystem including Microsoft, Google, HP, Logitech, and NVIDIA
Pexip AS is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with engineering across Europe. The platform meets GDPR requirements, holds ISO 27001 certification, and is FedRAMP-authorized for US federal use, giving European customers sovereign deployment options under EU and Norwegian jurisdiction while maintaining the highest public-sector assurance levels.
Trusted by NATO, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the German Bundesagentur für Arbeit.
Why choose Pexip over Zoom?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Zoom 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.
Pexip removes that overhead. As a Norway-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.