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 Workable

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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Julia YukovichCo-Founder + CEO

·January 6, 2026·

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If your reason for moving off Workable 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

Workable is right when you run an internationally distributed recruiting setup: roles in Berlin, London, Lisbon, multi-language, built-in distribution to ~200 boards. KI BMS is right when your recruiting focus is DACH: hosted in Germany, GDPR auto-anonymisation, direct founder line, monthly contracts. Features are similar - the difference is market specificity.

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. Workable'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 Workable: EU comparison

	Ours KI BMS	Theirs Workable
Hosted in Germany
Careers page included
Multi-job-board posting
KI fit-score built in		Add-on (Workable AI)
Multi-voice scorecards
Multi-language UI	DE + EN	20+ languages
GDPR auto-anonymisation		Manually configurable
Free tier		15-day trial
Starting price	€0 / €1 / €10 / month	from ~$169/month
Contract model	Monthly	Monthly or annual discount
API + webhooks
Direct founder contact

When to pick which

Pick KI BMS when

Your recruiting is DACH-centric; DPA + hosting in Germany are mandatory, not nice-to-have.

You want KI pre-sorting without an add-on surcharge from day 1.

Small to mid recruiting load (5-30 open roles per quarter); Workable's list price doesn't pencil out at that scale.

Pick Workable when

You recruit in 5+ countries simultaneously and need multi-language UI for hiring managers.

Your application source is primarily international job boards (Indeed Global, Monster International).

You're already on Workable and the migration cost outweighs the monthly price advantage.

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