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e-GEOS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

e-GEOS is an Italian company that supplies satellite data and geospatial services, including synthetic aperture radar and optical imagery from several Earth-observation missions. Its digital platforms, such as CLEOS, serve sectors including defence and intelligence, maritime, agriculture, insurance and emergency response. Customers purchase data and services; the website does not describe whether the platforms run in the cloud, on customer premises or in a specific data centre.

The company is headquartered in Rome and is majority-controlled by Telespazio, which is itself subject to joint direction by the Italian group Leonardo and the French group Thales, a shareholder in Telespazio. The Italian Space Agency (ASI) holds a minority interest in e-GEOS. The ownership chain is therefore Italian and European. The privacy notice and consent forms are linked, but the GDPR is not named on the website and the hosting location of customer data is not stated. Some constellations offered, such as BlackSky and KOMPSAT, are not European, and their own terms may apply to that imagery.

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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
IT (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
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to e-GEOS

The European alternatives to e-GEOS 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 e-GEOS

e-GEOS is headquartered in IT 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 e-GEOS scores best on data residency.

e-GEOS 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 e-GEOS 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 e-GEOS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to e-GEOS 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 e-GEOS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to e-GEOS 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 e-GEOS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

e-GEOS is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes e-GEOS 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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