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Cortado MDM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cortado MDM is a web-based mobile device management platform for enrolling, configuring and securing Apple and Android devices and distributing apps to them. It supports zero-touch provisioning, central security policies, separation of business and personal data, and remote lock, locate, selective wipe and reset. It works with company-owned, BYOD and kiosk setups and integrates with services such as Microsoft Entra ID, Apple Business Manager, Android Enterprise and Samsung Knox, depending on plan and platform.

Cortado MDM is operated by Cortado Mobile Solutions GmbH, a company based in Berlin, Germany. According to the vendor, the software is developed in Germany and hosted in a German data centre, and it states that the service is GDPR-compliant. The sources do not name the data centre operator. For a European organisation this means a vendor and a hosting location that both sit within the EU, with no non-EU parent identified in the vendor's own material.

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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

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 2, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal
CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (AE)Technically measured
Category
Endpoint & Device Management
Type
Product
Website
cortado.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cortado MDM

The European alternatives to Cortado MDM come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Cortado MDM

Cortado MDM 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 Cortado MDM scores best on data residency.

Cortado MDM 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 Cortado MDM 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 Cortado MDM?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cortado MDM include Aagon ACMP, AppTec360 and baramundi Management Suite. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cortado MDM?

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

Is Cortado MDM GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cortado MDM is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Cortado MDM 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 2, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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