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Self-hosted / open sourceIoT & EmbeddedHeadquarters: NL

ChirpStack: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ChirpStack is an open-source LoRaWAN network server for private and public networks. It includes a web interface for managing gateways, devices and tenants, integrations with cloud services and databases, and a gRPC-based API. It supports the common LoRaWAN regions, device classes A, B and C, and LoRaWAN versions 1.0 through 1.1. Around the server there are separate components, such as Concentratord and MQTT Forwarder for gateways, and an open-source Gateway OS for Raspberry Pi-based gateways and hardware from RAK, Dragino and Seeed. You install and operate ChirpStack yourself; it requires PostgreSQL, Redis and MQTT.

ChirpStack is distributed under the MIT licence and was written by Orne Brocaar, who offers commercial support. Because you run ChirpStack yourself, device and network data stay on the infrastructure you choose, and the source code is open to inspection. For a European organisation this means full control over hosting and data, with the trade-off that operation and maintenance rest with you or a support partner.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 5, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryIoT & Embedded
TypeProduct
Websitechirpstack.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ChirpStack

The European alternatives to ChirpStack 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 ChirpStack

ChirpStack is headquartered in NL 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 ChirpStack scores best on data residency.

ChirpStack is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

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

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

Are there open-source alternatives to ChirpStack?

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

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

ChirpStack is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes ChirpStack 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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