EU Sovereignty Score
EU sovereignIoT & EmbeddedHeadquarters: DE

ASPION Cloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ASPION Cloud is an IoT platform from ASPION GmbH of Karlsruhe for monitoring shipments. It processes the measurements of ASPION data loggers, such as the G-Log for shocks and climate and the L-Track with worldwide live tracking. Users see location and shipment progress on a map, analyse shocks, temperature and humidity in dashboards, and set thresholds, geofences and email alerts. User roles, audit logs, exports and unlimited user management for partners and service providers are included. The cloud is available in German and English and works with ASPION's own hardware.

ASPION GmbH is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany; the pages consulted name no foreign owner. According to the vendor, the platform runs entirely in Germany on Deutsche Telekom's Cloud of Things in certified data centres, and the map service collects no personal data. For a European organisation, shipment data therefore stays within the EU. Keep in mind that the offer is tied to hardware: the cloud is designed for ASPION's own loggers.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with ASPION Cloud pre-selected
MastodonLinkedInBlueskyXEmail
Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • 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 14, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
aspion.de ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ASPION Cloud

The European alternatives to ASPION Cloud come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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

110 European IoT & Embedded vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is ASPION Cloud one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with ASPION Cloud

ASPION Cloud is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so ASPION Cloud scores best on data residency.

ASPION Cloud 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 ASPION Cloud 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 ASPION Cloud?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ASPION Cloud include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and Ágata Technology. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ASPION Cloud?

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

Is ASPION Cloud GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 14, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

In the changelog

Earlier changes to this page, as listed in the public changelog.

Digital sovereignty in IoT & Embedded

IoT & Embedded: Internet of Things platforms, embedded systems and industrial IoT solutions. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

Also in this category

See all →
Open in the alternatives dashboardMissing a vendor? Submit itAre you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the IoT & Embedded page — with no effect on your score
8 European alternatives to ASPION Cloud — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted · EU Sovereignty Score