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Self-hosted / open sourceIoT & EmbeddedHeadquarters: PL

Fibaro: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Fibaro is a manufacturer of wireless smart home systems, founded in 2010 and based in Poland. Its Home Center controller works on the Z-Wave standard and lets users manage connected sensors, thermostats and other devices through a computer interface or a smartphone app. The Home Center 3 also supports ZigBee, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The controller is a hardware unit that is installed in the home or building.

Fibar Group S.A. is the Polish company behind the brand. In 2018 Nice S.p.A., an Italian group based in Oderzo, acquired its entire share capital, so the parent company is in Italy and not in the United States, although the deal also included a US subsidiary. For a European organisation, both the operating company and the parent remain inside the EU. Organisations considering the system should still check the manufacturer's current terms for any cloud or app connection.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
PL (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
ITVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Fibaro

The European alternatives to Fibaro come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Fibaro

Fibaro is headquartered in PL and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in IT, also within Europe.

Fibaro 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.

Fibaro 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 Fibaro 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 Fibaro?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Fibaro include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Fibaro?

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

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

Fibaro is headquartered in PL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Fibaro 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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Timeline

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  1. · AcquisitionVendor-stated

    Acquired by Nice S.p.A. (Italy); the purchase of the entire share capital of Fibar Group was reported as completed in July 2018.

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