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Datacake: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Datacake is an IoT platform for collecting sensor data and turning it into dashboards, alerts and reports without custom programming. It supports LoRaWAN devices with an integrated LoRaWAN network server and offers a rule engine, a report builder, multi-tenancy and white-label options. Users work through a web portal and iOS and Android apps, and the company also sells its own LoRaWAN gateway hardware.

Datacake GmbH is a German company with its seat in Vreden, Germany, so its contracting entity is established in the EU. The imprint names the managing directors but no shareholders or parent company. The website does not state where customer data is hosted or whether a data processing agreement is offered, so European organisations should check the hosting location and sub-processors before processing personal data on the platform.

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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 11, 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
NoVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Datacake

The European alternatives to Datacake 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 Datacake

Datacake 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 Datacake scores best on data residency.

Datacake 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 Datacake 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 Datacake?

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

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

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

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