UK-headquartered open-source Matrix protocol commercialisation; powers Bundeswehr BwMessenger + French Tchap + NATO + UN.
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A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
Norwegian Euronext-listed (Oslo Børs) video collaboration platform, defense + government grade; self-host or hyperscaler-cloud-of-choice.
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.
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.
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
Exposure depends on how you run this product.
Vendor-operated: the sub-processors below apply.
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
Deploy on your own EU infrastructure and you control hosting and every sub-processor.
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act).
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.
Bug investigation tooling
Calendar synchronization (Pexip Engage / Skedify)
Infrastructure / PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud)
Email notifications (Pexip Engage / Skedify)
Zendesk Ticket Connector
Teams CVI service PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud)
Hosting (Pexip Engage / Skedify)
Database support (Pexip Hosted Cloud)
Error monitoring
Email and SMS services
Helpdesk support
Calendar sync (Pexip Engage / Skedify)
Service log collection (Pexip Hosted Cloud)
Room management support
SMS (Pexip Engage / Skedify)
| Vendor | Country | Purpose | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | United States | Bug investigation tooling | US |
| United States | Calendar synchronization (Pexip Engage / Skedify) | US | |
| Google Cloud Platform | United States | Infrastructure / PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud) | US |
| Mailchimp / Mandrill | United States | Email notifications (Pexip Engage / Skedify) | US |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | United Kingdom | Zendesk Ticket Connector | US |
| Microsoft Azure | United States | Teams CVI service PoPs (Pexip Hosted Cloud) | US |
| Microsoft Azure (NL region) | Netherlands | Hosting (Pexip Engage / Skedify) | US |
| NetApp | United Kingdom | Database support (Pexip Hosted Cloud) | US |
| Sentry.io | United States | Error monitoring | US |
| Twilio | United States | Email and SMS services | US |
| Zendesk | United States | Helpdesk support | US |
| Cronofy | United Kingdom | Calendar sync (Pexip Engage / Skedify) | non-US |
| Elastic | Netherlands | Service log collection (Pexip Hosted Cloud) | EU |
| Mividas | Sweden | Room management support | EU |
| Spryng BV | Netherlands | SMS (Pexip Engage / Skedify) | EU |
UK-headquartered open-source Matrix protocol commercialisation; powers Bundeswehr BwMessenger + French Tchap + NATO + UN.
Free Swiss browser-based video meetings (Infomaniak, Geneva, since 1994); no guest account, own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001, no CLOUD Act.
French E2EE messenger (Olvid SAS, Paris, founded 2019), ANSSI CSPN certified, mandated for French government ministers; no phone number/identifier, content + metadata encrypted.