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Datakeen: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Datakeen is a KYC platform for identity verification, aimed at organisations that need to onboard clients and meet anti-money-laundering obligations. According to the vendor, it checks the authenticity of identity documents, compares a selfie with the document photo using liveness detection, reads the NFC chip, screens people against PEP and sanctions lists and assigns configurable risk scores to client files. A workflow builder, hybrid manual review and a developer API are part of the platform, which is used as SaaS through a web app and an API.

Datakeen SAS has its registered office in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and its site names no foreign parent. For identity checks the company acts as a processor on behalf of its clients. Its information notice for data subjects lists the sub-processors that host data: Amazon Web Services in Paris, Google Cloud in the European Union, 3DS Outscale in the Île-de-France region, MongoDB in Paris and Clever Cloud in Paris. Amazon, Google and MongoDB are US-owned companies, so the US CLOUD Act may apply even to data held in EU regions.

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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 17, 2026
Headquarters
FranceVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Identity
Type
Product
Website
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European alternatives to Datakeen

The European alternatives to Datakeen come from our knowledge base of over 9,900 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 Datakeen

Datakeen is headquartered in France 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 Datakeen scores best on data residency.

Datakeen 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 Datakeen 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 Datakeen?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Datakeen include Adnovum, ADprofiler and Aegis Authenticator. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Datakeen?

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

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

Datakeen is headquartered in France (EU) and hosts data in the EU. That makes Datakeen 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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