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 softgarden

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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Careers page

Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·February 6, 2026·

2 min read

If your reason for moving off softgarden 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

softgarden is right when your company needs careers-page depth as a core function: 30+ open roles per quarter, branded setup, multi-channel posting across 8+ boards. KI BMS is right when you want KI pre-sorting from day 1, a free tier to try, and no 12-month commitment. Both host in Germany; both are GDPR-clean. The difference is speed + pricing model.

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. softgarden'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 softgarden: EU comparison

	Ours KI BMS	Theirs softgarden
Hosted in Germany
Careers page included
Careers-page builder depth	Standard	Very deep
Multi-job-board posting
KI fit-score built in		Announced 2026
Live kanban pipeline
Multi-voice scorecards
Free tier
Starting price	€0 / €1 / €10 / month	from ~€3,000/year (negotiated)
Minimum contract	None - monthly	12 months typical
Setup time	Hours	Weeks
API + webhooks
MCP + 15 drop-in clients
GDPR auto-anonymisation		Manual

When to pick which

Pick KI BMS when

You want KI pre-sorting now, not in a roadmap quarter.

A hands-on free tier matters more to you than a dedicated account manager.

Monthly cancellation, prices public on the website.

You want a modern UI that your MD will check on their own.

Pick softgarden when

Careers page + role branding is your most important recruiting asset (industrial, healthcare).

You publish each role to 6+ job boards simultaneously and need that in the tool.

You have 50+ employees and procurement requires a framework agreement anyway.

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