EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceGIS & GeospatialHeadquarters: DE

disy Informationssysteme: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

disy Cadenza is a platform for data analysis, interactive dashboards, reporting and location intelligence, usable on desktop, web and mobile devices. The vendor, disy Informationssysteme GmbH, presents it as a sovereign platform for data-based decisions. Cadenza can run on-premises, in a private cloud or at a large hyperscaler, so the customer chooses where the platform and its data are held.

disy Informationssysteme GmbH is a German company with its business address in Karlsruhe. The company presents its products as software made in Germany. Ownership is not stated on the website. The privacy policy covers the company's own website and marketing tools, but does not name hosting locations for Cadenza. For a European organisation, a German vendor combined with the on-premises or private-cloud options gives influence over where data is held, provided the operating arrangements are documented in writing.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with disy Informationssysteme pre-selected
MastodonLinkedInBlueskyXEmail
Sovereignty score
80 / 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-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
disy.net ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to disy Informationssysteme

The European alternatives to disy Informationssysteme 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

45 European GIS & Geospatial vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is disy Informationssysteme one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with disy Informationssysteme

disy Informationssysteme 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.

disy Informationssysteme runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

disy Informationssysteme is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs disy Informationssysteme 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 disy Informationssysteme?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to disy Informationssysteme include 52°North, Airbus Defence & Space and Camptocamp. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to disy Informationssysteme?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to disy Informationssysteme include 52°North, Camptocamp and ESA SNAP. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is disy Informationssysteme GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

disy Informationssysteme is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes disy Informationssysteme 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 11, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Digital sovereignty in GIS & Geospatial

GIS & Geospatial: Geographic information systems, map visualisation and spatial data analysis. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

Also in this category

See all →
Open in the alternatives dashboardMissing a vendor? Submit itAre you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the GIS & Geospatial page — with no effect on your score
8 European alternatives to disy Informationssysteme — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted · EU Sovereignty Score