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Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: DE

CIB seven: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CIB seven is an open-source platform for modelling, executing and automating business processes. It is a fork of the Camunda 7 Community Edition, aimed at organisations that want to keep running existing Camunda 7 workflows. The vendor offers the platform for on-premises operation and in the cloud, together with support and long-term maintenance. Several partner companies provide implementation services.

The platform is maintained by CIB software GmbH, based in Munich, Germany, and the vendor's pages name no foreign parent company. The source code is published on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0. The vendor states that the platform is independent of proprietary cloud providers, so organisations keep control over the infrastructure and the data it processes. The pages do not contain a GDPR or data processing agreement; data protection depends on the operating model the organisation chooses.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
BPM & Workflow
Type
Product
Website
cibseven.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CIB seven

The European alternatives to CIB seven 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 CIB seven

CIB seven 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 CIB seven scores best on data residency.

CIB seven 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 CIB seven 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 CIB seven?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CIB seven include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CIB seven?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to CIB seven include Automatisch and Ofelia (Bonita). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is CIB seven GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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