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CMDBuild: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CMDBuild is an open-source platform for configuration management databases (CMDB) and IT asset management. Organisations use it to record IT resources, services and the relationships between them. The software is installed and run by the user. The developer also offers a subscription that includes a certified appliance, support and updates, and an online demo is available.

CMDBuild is developed and maintained by PAT srl in Montebelluna, in the Italian province of Treviso, and is sold under the Tecnoteca brand. PAT srl is part of the Italian Zucchetti Group, so both the software and its maintainer are based in the EU. The software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3, which means its source code can be inspected and run on the organisation's own infrastructure. The vendor's website does not describe a hosted service, so when a European organisation self-hosts, it decides where its configuration data is stored.

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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 10, 2026
HeadquartersIT (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryITSM
TypeProduct
Websitecmdbuild.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CMDBuild

The European alternatives to CMDBuild 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 CMDBuild

CMDBuild is headquartered in IT 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 CMDBuild scores best on data residency.

CMDBuild 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 CMDBuild 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 CMDBuild?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CMDBuild include Ardoq, Axxerion (Spacewell Workplace) and ADOIT. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CMDBuild?

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

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

CMDBuild is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes CMDBuild an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 10, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in ITSM

ITSM: IT Service Management — ticketing, CMDB, asset management. 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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