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Dawex: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Dawex provides data exchange software that organisations use to run data marketplaces and data spaces. Its Data Exchange Solution covers internal and external data marketplaces and data spaces, with functions for governance and business modelling, publishing data products, discovery, pricing and licensing, and control of data transactions. The vendor describes the platform as GDPR compliant and ready for the Data Act and the Data Governance Act, and lists SOC 2 and SOC 3 certifications. Press coverage describes Dawex as offering SaaS platforms, and the vendor states the technology can also be deployed on-premises, in air-gapped environments or in hybrid setups.

Dawex is a French company, founded in 2015 in Lyon and privately held. Its investors include Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts group) and, more recently, Nemetschek Group as a strategic investor. The vendor lists Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and OVH as possible cloud infrastructure, including SecNumCloud-certified providers; the sources do not state where the SaaS service is hosted by default. European organisations can use on-premises or European-provider deployments to decide where data resides.

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 4, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
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Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Dawex

The European alternatives to Dawex 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 Dawex

Dawex is headquartered in FR 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 Dawex scores best on data residency.

Dawex 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 Dawex 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 Dawex?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Dawex include Accutics, BiG EVAL and CluedIn. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Dawex?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Dawex include Data Contract CLI. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Dawex is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Dawex 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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