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AUTHADA: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

AUTHADA is a German company based in Darmstadt that provides identity verification and digital signing services. Its products cover online identification with the electronic identity card (eID) on a smartphone, digital signatures, identification in branch offices, and a wallet platform that connects to the eIDAS 2.0 European Digital Identity Wallet. The company operates as AUTHADA GmbH.

AUTHADA GmbH is registered in the commercial register of the Darmstadt local court, and its imprint names the managing director. The website does not name its shareholders, so the ownership structure should be checked in the register. As a German provider whose services are built around eID and the eIDAS 2.0 framework, it operates under EU law. The privacy notice describes data processing agreements with several processors, names German and EU locations for some services, and lists US providers for support and marketing tools. The software is proprietary and not open source.

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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 11, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryIdentity
TypeProduct
Websiteauthada.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to AUTHADA

The European alternatives to AUTHADA come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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

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Why digital sovereignty matters with AUTHADA

AUTHADA 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 AUTHADA scores best on data residency.

AUTHADA 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 AUTHADA 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 AUTHADA?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to AUTHADA?

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

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

AUTHADA is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes AUTHADA 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 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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