Is KI BMS subject to the CLOUD Act?

No. The CLOUD Act compels US-based companies (or US subsidiaries) to hand over data they control, regardless of where it physically lives. KI BMS has no US entity, no US contracts, and no US-controlled infrastructure in the data plane. Stripe processes payment data and is US-headquartered, but that boundary is well-defined: payment metadata only, never your records.

Where exactly is my data stored?

On dedicated servers we operate ourselves, physically located in Germany. The audit log, attachments, embeddings - everything in the data plane - lives there. Backups stay within the same EU jurisdiction in different physical locations and roll off on a 30-day window. We deliberately do not name the exact data centre - knowing the rack does not buy the customer anything and would make operator changes a public event.

Do you log IPs or session metadata to a US service?

No third-party analytics, no Google Analytics, no Meta pixel, no third-country tag manager. The first-party device + session ledger lives in our own Postgres + Redis - same EU boundary as the rest of the data plane. Logs are operational only and rotate at 30 days.

What happens if I'm a customer outside the EU?

You can use KI BMS from anywhere. The data still lives in the EU; the request travels from your location to our servers and back. That's a posture choice on our side, not a geo-restriction on yours.

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KI BMS: the EU alternative to Greenhouse

Same job, hosted in the EU. KI BMS runs in Germany under German law - your data stays in EU jurisdiction end to end.

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Tech recruiting

Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·March 20, 2026·

2 min read

If your reason for moving off Greenhouse is data sovereignty, the comparison gets simpler. KI BMS is hosted in Germany on infrastructure we operate ourselves - no US-headquartered company in the request path. The CLOUD Act does not reach what physically lives here.

At a glance

Greenhouse is clearly the leader for US tech companies that have a dedicated recruiting team with their own sourcers, coordinators, and a documented hiring process. For a 1-3 person German HR team that doesn't think in English, the tool is often too big, too expensive, and too complex to configure. KI BMS isn't trying to clone Greenhouse for Germany - it's a deliberately leaner tool that serves the 80% recruiting reality where nobody needs 18 approval stages.

EU jurisdiction

What 'EU-hosted' actually means here, end to end

KI BMS runs on dedicated machines we operate ourselves, physically located in Germany. There is no US-headquartered subprocessor in the request path - the data plane (your records, your files, your audit log) lives entirely in EU jurisdiction. Two third parties exist outside that boundary: Stripe (payment information only, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework) and the mail relay for transactional email. Neither sees your records. Greenhouse's setup is the variable - if their primary infra is US-based, the CLOUD Act applies regardless of what their privacy page claims.

KI BMS vs Greenhouse: EU comparison

	Ours KI BMS	Theirs Greenhouse
Hosting region	Germany	US primary, EU region available
Pipeline depth (approvals, stage gates)	Mid	Very high
Sourcing tools	Talent pool
Structured interviews + scorecards
KI fit-score built in		Third-party plugin
Branded careers page
DACH languages + GDPR		GDPR yes, UI EN-centric
Setup time	Hours	Weeks with implementation partner
Price	€0 / €1 / €10 per month	5-figure per year (quote-only)
Minimum term	None	1+ year

When to pick which

Pick KI BMS when

You're 1-30 staff and recruiting is part of one HR person's job, not the whole job.

The workflow is reasonable: New -> Review -> Screening -> Interview -> Offer. Not 18 stages with approvals.

GDPR is required, German wording subtleties (Du form, salutation) shouldn't feel translated.

You want KI pre-sorting as a default, not as a paid third-party plugin.

Pick Greenhouse when

You have a recruiting team with dedicated coordinators, sourcers, and a documented process per role.

100+ roles a year, multi-country, multi-currency - Greenhouse's depth is then justified.

English is your working language and procurement accepts 5-figure annual contracts.

EU-jurisdiction questions

Specific to where the data lives, who can subpoena it, and what crosses borders.

Start with KI BMS

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Written by

Julia Yukovich

Co-Founder + CEO

Julia is one of the Co-Founders. She handles design, product direction, and most of the support replies that arrive in the morning.

julia.yukovich at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn