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e-mergency: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

e-mergency is a SaaS solution for emergency and crisis management from e-mergency AG of Baar, Switzerland. It is intended for companies, schools and public authorities that want to alert staff, pupils or residents quickly and give clear instructions. At its core is a cloud alarm server that distributes alerts by SMS, push notification, e-mail, voice call and a Microsoft Teams channel. Administrators adapt alert plans, instructions, locations and user groups in a web interface; the smartphone and web apps show instructions, including offline. Functions for lone workers and links to physical emergency buttons complete the offer.

According to the vendor's FAQ, the alarm server and all related data are hosted in Switzerland. e-mergency AG is based in Baar, and no parent company is named. Switzerland is not an EU member state but is an EFTA country with a European adequacy decision for data protection. The privacy statement is displayed through an external widget; in a procurement, ask for the data processing agreement and the sub-processors involved, for example for sending SMS and voice calls.

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Sovereignty score
67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-380
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • 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
SwitzerlandVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
SwitzerlandVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Network & Monitoring
Type
Product
Website
e-mergency.ch ↗

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European alternatives to e-mergency

The European alternatives to e-mergency 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 e-mergency

e-mergency is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

e-mergency hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

e-mergency 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-mergency 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-mergency?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to e-mergency include Akvorado, Centreon and Checkmk. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to e-mergency?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to e-mergency include Akvorado, Centreon, Checkmk and collectd. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is e-mergency GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

e-mergency is headquartered in Switzerland (EFTA) and hosts data in Switzerland. That makes e-mergency 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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