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Circularise: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Circularise is a supply-chain traceability platform for collecting, tracing and sharing supply-chain data. Its three modules are Collect, Trace and Share, and its stated use cases include the Battery Passport and Digital Product Passports. According to its press material, the company was founded in 2016 at Delft University of Technology. It is sold as a commercial software platform under a master services agreement.

Circularise is based in The Hague, the Netherlands, according to the dateline of its press releases, and is therefore a European company under EU law. The website does not state where data is hosted, and the pages consulted do not describe GDPR commitments or processing terms. It also does not say whether the product itself can be self-hosted. The privacy policy and terms are linked from the site, but their content was not available. The product is not described as open source. A European organisation should confirm the hosting location and processing terms with the vendor before use.

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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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryESG & Sustainability
TypeProduct
Websitecircularise.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Circularise

The European alternatives to Circularise 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 Circularise

Circularise 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 Circularise scores best on data residency.

Circularise 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 Circularise 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 Circularise?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Circularise include bluesign, Carbmee and Carbonfact. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Circularise?

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

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

Circularise is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Circularise 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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