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Cumulocity: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cumulocity is an industrial AIoT platform for connecting and managing equipment, adding context to device data and developing applications. It covers device integration (including via thin-edge.io and protocol adapters), device management, a Digital Twin Manager, DataHub for moving IoT data to a data lake, streaming analytics for real-time alarms and actions, and dashboards. According to the vendor, the same solution runs in the cloud, at the edge, on-premises and in air-gapped environments. Cumulocity supports common industrial protocols such as MQTT, OPC UA and Modbus and contributes to the open-source project thin-edge.io.

Cumulocity GmbH is based in Düsseldorf. The company was founded in 2012 as a spin-off from Nokia Siemens Networks, acquired by Software AG in 2017 and bought back by its own management in January 2025 with the backing of private equity investors. The website does not state which hosting regions the cloud service offers; confirm this with the vendor. The on-premises and edge options let you decide where data resides.

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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
AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
cumulocity.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 Cumulocity

The European alternatives to Cumulocity 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 Cumulocity

Cumulocity 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 Cumulocity scores best on data residency.

Cumulocity 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 Cumulocity 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 Cumulocity?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cumulocity 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 Cumulocity?

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

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

Cumulocity is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Cumulocity 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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