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Self-hosted / open sourceTime TrackingHeadquarters: Switzerland

e3 (Ethelred): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

e3 is workforce management software from Ethelred AG in Basel. The modular software covers time and attendance, absence management, staff scheduling, service and expense recording, case management, course planning and access control. Modules can be switched on or off as needed, and licensing is based on the modules used and the number of active people. According to the vendor, e3 supports varied time models, calculates absences automatically, and offers cockpits and an API with interfaces to common payroll and HR systems. e3 is installed locally and is also available as SaaS with web and app access.

Ethelred AG is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland; the website names no parent company. Switzerland is not an EU member but is an EFTA country with an adequacy decision from the European Commission. The vendor does not state where SaaS data is hosted; its privacy notice only covers its own website, run on its own servers in Switzerland. Ask about the hosting location and the processing agreement. When e3 is installed on your own systems, data processing stays under your control.

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Sovereignty score
80 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • 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 17, 2026

Editor: Ric van Westhreenen (Accans) · How we check

Headquarters
SwitzerlandVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in Switzerland (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Time Tracking
Type
Product
Website
ethelred.ch ↗

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European alternatives to e3 (Ethelred)

The European alternatives to e3 (Ethelred) 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 e3 (Ethelred)

e3 (Ethelred) 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.

e3 (Ethelred) 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.

e3 (Ethelred) 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 e3 (Ethelred) 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 e3 (Ethelred)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to e3 (Ethelred) include 123erfasst, ADMIA Chrono and amacos. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to e3 (Ethelred)?

Our list of EU alternatives to e3 (Ethelred) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is e3 (Ethelred) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

e3 (Ethelred) is headquartered in Switzerland (EFTA) and hosts data in Switzerland. That makes e3 (Ethelred) 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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