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Adnovum: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Adnovum is a software company based in Zurich. Adnovum AG is registered in the Zurich commercial register. Its website lists product and service areas including digital identity security, cyber resilience, a secure cloud factory, the Swiss e-ID and the swiyu API, self-sovereign identity and application lifecycle management. It also lists enterprise software among its solution areas.

Adnovum AG is a stock corporation with its legal seat in Zurich. The commercial information reviewed does not show its shareholders, so its ownership cannot be confirmed. The website does not state where customer data is hosted, or whether its products run on premises or in the cloud. Switzerland is not an EU member state, so for a European organisation data location, support access and contractual safeguards should be checked before a project is awarded.

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Sovereignty score
67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-380
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
CHVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Identity
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Adnovum

The European alternatives to Adnovum come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Adnovum

Adnovum is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

Adnovum hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

Adnovum is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Adnovum together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Adnovum?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Adnovum include Airlock, Auðkenni and AUTHADA. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Adnovum?

Our list of EU alternatives to Adnovum is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Adnovum GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Adnovum is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH. That makes Adnovum an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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