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 eRecruiter

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

·February 9, 2026·

3 min read

If your reason for moving off eRecruiter 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

eRecruiter is right when you want an established, mature DACH applicant management that has existed since 2001, that you can run as cloud or on-premise, and that can evaluate over 100 recruiting KPIs. For larger recruiting departments with their own reporting ambitions, and for organisations that need on-premise for regulatory reasons, that's a strong argument. KI BMS is right for modern teams up to 100 staff that want KI pre-sort with reasoning as a default, want to be productive in hours not weeks, and prefer public, monthly-cancellable prices. Both are DACH-centric and take GDPR seriously - they target different generations of buyers.

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. eRecruiter'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 eRecruiter: EU comparison

	Ours KI BMS	Theirs eRecruiter
Hosted in Germany		DACH (cloud) or your house (on-prem)
On-premise deployment possible
Reporting depth (recruiting KPIs)	Core metrics	100+ KPIs
KI fit-score with reasoning		Not publicly stated
Careers portal + CV parsing
XING / LinkedIn import
Structured interviews + scorecards
GDPR auto-anonymisation		GDPR-strong, details quote-dependent
Free tier		14-day trial
Setup time	Hours	Weeks with setup
Pricing model	Public (€0 / €1 / €10 per month)	Quote-based
Minimum term	None - monthly	Contractual, usually annual

When to pick which

Pick KI BMS when

You're up to 100 staff and want KI pre-sort with reasoning as a default, not a later add-on.

You want to be productive in hours not weeks - free tier, self-serve, no setup project.

Public prices and monthly cancellation matter more to you than 100-KPI reporting.

Cloud is enough for you - you don't need on-premise in your own data centre.

Pick eRecruiter when

You need on-premise in your own data centre for regulatory or corporate reasons.

Your recruiting reporting is demanding - you regularly evaluate many KPIs against each other.

A long, stable market presence since 2001 is concrete trust value in procurement.

You want XING/LinkedIn import and a fully CI-customised careers portal from one source.

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.

finn.glas at aicuflow dot comLinkedIn Website