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BIOMES: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

BIOMES offers the INTEST.pro home test, which analyses the gut microbiome. The customer collects a stool sample at home with a kit and sends it to the company's laboratory, where next-generation sequencing identifies bacterial DNA. Results appear in an online dashboard covering gut type, bacterial diversity, indicators linked to inflammation and constipation, and food recommendations. The product is a consumer test delivered as a service.

BIOMES 4.0 GmbH is based in Wildau near Berlin, Germany, where the laboratory is also located according to press coverage. Its privacy policy refers to the GDPR, states that health data is processed on the basis of explicit consent, and keeps identity data and results in two separate databases linked only by a pseudonymised ID. The site is hosted on AWS and with a German hosting provider, and some tools involve transfers to the United States under standard contractual clauses. A Japanese energy group invested in the company in 2024 as a strategic partner, and no majority owner is named. The offer is a commercial test, not open-source software.

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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 13, 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
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to BIOMES

The European alternatives to BIOMES come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 BIOMES

BIOMES 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 BIOMES scores best on data residency.

BIOMES 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 BIOMES 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 BIOMES?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to BIOMES include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to BIOMES?

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

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

BIOMES is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes BIOMES 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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