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EU VETTED

Pexip

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Video conferencing · Norway
Founded 2012 · pexip.com ↗

Norwegian Euronext-listed (Oslo Børs) video collaboration platform, defense + government grade; self-host or hyperscaler-cloud-of-choice.

In short

Pexip, in the Video conferencing category, offers EU hosting with Norway as its hosting location, but a US parent or sub-processor leaves material CLOUD Act exposure.

Assessment notes

Pexip AS (Oslo, founded 2012, Norway Organisation Number 819 850 232) is a Norwegian video-collaboration platform listed on Oslo Børs since May 2020: Euronext-listed, EEA jurisdiction, no US-PE majority on record. The product is uniquely deployable as self-hosted on customer infrastructure or on Azure / GCP / AWS / hybrid / managed SaaS. Defense-grade customers include NATO, US Department of Veterans Affairs, US Air Force, US Treasury, the Irish and US governments, and Airbus. EU-adequate jurisdiction (Norway EEA), public DPA with disclosed sub-processors; CLOUD Act exposure held at material because the managed SaaS defaults to hyperscaler-of-customer-choice and a US Delaware entity (Pexip Inc.) handles US-government contracting; self-host on EU infrastructure removes the exposure entirely.

CLOUD ACT
OWNERSHIP
SUB-PROCS
15 · 11 US
CLOUD Act by deployment

Exposure depends on how you run this product.

Hosted SaaS (default)

Vendor-operated: the sub-processors below apply.

Self-hosted (open-source)

Deploy on your own EU infrastructure and you control hosting and every sub-processor.

Verified signals
Jurisdiction
  • EU / adequacy hosting
  • EU / adequacy operator
  • No US CLOUD Act exposure
Transparency
  • Public DPA
  • Sub-processors disclosed
  • Open-source clients
  • Third-party certification
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OVERVIEW

About Pexip

Pexip is a Norwegian video-collaboration platform operated by Pexip AS (Oslo, Norway Organisation Number 819 850 232), founded in 2012 and listed on Oslo Børs (Euronext) since 14 May 2020 (the first fully-virtual IPO during the pandemic). The product portfolio covers three lines: Pexip Secure Meetings (purpose-built for secure environments with custom integrations and on-premise deployment), Pexip Connect (meeting-room interoperability across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco), and Pexip Engage (appointment scheduling). The customer roster reads as a who's-who of defense and government video procurement: NATO, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the US Air Force, the US Department of the Treasury, parts of the Irish government, and Airbus. Strategic partners: Microsoft, Google, Zoom, Cisco, HP, Logitech, NVIDIA.

For procurement-grade EU buyers the differentiator is the flexible deployment model: Pexip can be deployed self-hosted on the customer's own infrastructure, in the customer's own Azure / GCP / AWS / OCI subscription, in a hybrid configuration, or as a managed SaaS, meaning a regulated buyer can run the entire Pexip stack inside their security perimeter on EU infrastructure (Hetzner, OVHcloud, Scaleway, IONOS, STACKIT, T Cloud Public) and meet the strictest sovereignty requirements. The privacy notice (last updated 11 November 2025) names three controllers: Pexip AS (Norway, primary), Pexip Inc. (USA, Delaware File Number 5215317, for US-government contracting), and Pexip Belgium (Belgium Enterprise number 0537.590.925, for EU-customer contracting where Belgium incorporation is preferred). The dual NO + BE EU legal-entity structure plus the US Inc for US-government customers is a sophisticated procurement-aware architecture.

Pricing is enterprise-grade and sales-engaged. Pexip does not publish a self-serve tier price. Best fit: government, defense, judicial, healthcare, financial-services, and other regulated mid-market and enterprise buyers who need video conferencing inside a controlled security perimeter; organisations evaluating Teams / Zoom / Webex alternatives where vendor lock-in to a US hyperscaler is unacceptable; multi-cloud deployments where a single video platform must work across Azure + AWS + GCP + on-prem. The material CLOUD Act exposure flag reflects the US Inc entity for US-government contracting and the SaaS-on-hyperscaler default; self-host on EU infrastructure removes the exposure entirely.

SUB-PROCESSORS

Sub-processor map · 15

Source ↗
  • GitHub Copilot US
    United States

    Bug investigation tooling

  • Google US
    United States

    Calendar synchronization (Pexip Engage / Skedify)

  • Google Cloud Platform US
    United States

    Infrastructure / PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud)

  • Mailchimp / Mandrill US
    United States

    Email notifications (Pexip Engage / Skedify)

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot US
    United Kingdom

    Zendesk Ticket Connector

  • Microsoft Azure US
    United States

    Teams CVI service PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud)

  • Microsoft Azure (NL region) US
    Netherlands

    Hosting (Pexip Engage / Skedify)

  • NetApp US
    United Kingdom

    Database support (Pexip Hosted Cloud)

  • Sentry.io US
    United States

    Error monitoring

  • Twilio US
    United States

    Email and SMS services

  • Zendesk US
    United States

    Helpdesk support

  • Cronofy non-US
    United Kingdom

    Calendar sync (Pexip Engage / Skedify)

  • Elastic EU
    Netherlands

    Service log collection (Pexip Hosted Cloud)

  • Mividas EU
    Sweden

    Room management support

  • Spryng BV EU
    Netherlands

    SMS (Pexip Engage / Skedify)

11 of 15 sub-processors are US-incorporated. CLOUD Act exposure applies.
CERTIFICATIONS

Frameworks & certifications · none listed

We checked the vendor's website and standard certification body registries. No active certifications found at the time of last audit (2026-05-18).
FEATURES

Capability matrix

Self-hostable Yes
Screen sharing Yes
Recording Yes
End-to-end encryption Yes
Webinar mode Yes
Browser join (no app) Yes
INTEGRATION & ACCESS
REST API Yes
SSO (SAML / OIDC) Yes
COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE
Audit log Yes
Self-host / on-prem option Yes
PRICING

Pricing & tiers

PAID
Custom pricing

Contact vendor for tier or volume pricing.

View pricing page ↗
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Public documents

  • Data Processing Addendum (DPA)
    www.pexip.com/legal…
    Open ↗
  • Sub-processors list
    help.pexip.com/service…
    Open ↗
  • Terms of Service
    www.pexip.com/legal…
    Open ↗
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