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 concludis

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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Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·May 7, 2026·

3 min read

If your reason for moving off concludis 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

concludis is right for German mid-markets and larger employers who value multi-posting to many job boards, a mature careers page, and an established German vendor with a support tradition. Multi-posting is a genuine strength we don't have at that breadth. KI BMS is right for modern teams up to ~100 people who want KI pre-sort as a default, value public prices and monthly cancellation, and don't want a procurement marathon with quote-only pricing. Both are German-centric; they target different buyer generations.

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. concludis'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 concludis: EU comparison

	Ours KI BMS	Theirs concludis
Hosted in Germany
Multi-posting to job boards		Very strong
KI fit-score with reasoning		KI features rolling out
Careers page builder
Multi-voice scorecards		Evaluation forms present
Audit log + GDPR auto-anonymisation		Configurable
Setup time	Hours	Weeks with onboarding
Pricing model	Public (€0 / €1 / €10 per month)	Quote-only, individual
Minimum term	None - monthly	Annual contract typical
API + webhooks + MCP		Interfaces yes, MCP no

When to pick which

Pick KI BMS when

You're up to ~100 people and want to be productive in hours, not run through an onboarding phase first.

KI pre-sort with reasoning as a default is the deciding lever, not a gradually rolled-out KI feature.

Public prices and monthly cancellation matter to you - no quote-only annual contract.

Pick concludis when

Multi-posting to many German job boards from one tool is a concrete lever for your role volume.

You want an established German vendor with a long support tradition and reference list.

A guided onboarding rather than self-serve is more of a plus than an obstacle for your team.

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

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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