EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceTime TrackingHeadquarters: Netherlands

Checks: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Checks is workforce scheduling and time registration software from Integral Knowledge Utilization in Weesp, aimed at organisations with complex rosters. Planners work with a planning board on which staff are scheduled by shift, task, workplace or project, with automatic scheduling, shift patterns and checks against collective agreements and the Dutch Working Hours Act. Employees view their roster in the ChecksApp or the web module MyChecks, submit availability, request leave, swap shifts and register hours. The reporting module ChecksCounts shows staffing, hours and allowances. It integrates with calendars and accounting packages.

Protime acquired Checks in 2026; according to its website Protime is based in Belgium and belongs to the SD Worx Group, which per its own releases has its seat in Antwerp, with WorxInvest as majority and CVC as minority shareholder. According to the supplier the software runs via Azure on Integral's servers or locally, and the database can be local too. Azure is run by the US company Microsoft, so the CLOUD Act may apply. The region is not stated: ask. Integral offers a data processing agreement.

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Sovereignty score
80 / 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-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 17, 2026
Headquarters
NetherlandsVerified by hand
Ultimate parent company
BelgiumVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in the EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Time Tracking
Type
Product
Website
checks.nl ↗

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European alternatives to Checks

The European alternatives to Checks come from our knowledge base of over 9,900 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 Checks

Checks is headquartered in the Netherlands and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in Belgium, also within Europe.

Checks runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Checks is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Checks 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 Checks?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Checks include 123erfasst, ADMIA Chrono and amacos. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Checks?

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

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

Checks is headquartered in the Netherlands (EU) and hosts data in the EU. That makes Checks 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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Digital sovereignty in Time Tracking

Time Tracking: Apps for tracking time spent on tasks and projects. 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.

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