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EU sovereignCAD & EngineeringHeadquarters: NO

Catenda Hub: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Catenda Hub is a common data environment for construction, managing models, documents, issues and workflows in line with ISO 19650. It belongs to a product range from Catenda: Catenda Site for quality control and inspections on site via mobile, and Catenda Duo for asset and facility data at handover and in operation. The company says it builds on open standards such as IFC and BCF and offers open APIs. Access is through the browser and mobile apps.

Catenda AS is based in Oslo, Norway. Norway is a member of the European Economic Area, and the vendor states that data is stored on servers located in the EEA. Transfers outside the EU rely on standard contractual clauses, and a data processing agreement is available. The company does not name a hosting provider or a specific data centre location; a European organisation can ask Catenda about this directly. The website does not state an open-source licence for the software.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EEA: the GDPR applies directly
  • 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
Headquarters
NO (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
CAD & Engineering
Type
Product
Website
catenda.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Catenda Hub

The European alternatives to Catenda Hub come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Catenda Hub

Catenda Hub is headquartered in NO, which falls under the GDPR through the European Economic Area. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Catenda Hub scores best on data residency.

Catenda Hub 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 Catenda Hub 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 Catenda Hub?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Catenda Hub include ACCA software, ALLPLAN and AUCOTEC Engineering Base. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Catenda Hub?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Catenda Hub include Blender. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Catenda Hub GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Catenda Hub is headquartered in NO (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. That makes Catenda Hub 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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