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Self-hosted / open sourceIdentityHeadquarters: DE

go:Identity: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

go:Identity is identity and access management software from COGNITUM Software Team GmbH. It provides preconfigured user, access and role management: creating, changing and removing accounts from an HR source, self-service, delegated administration, approval workflows and access governance. More than fifty out-of-the-box connectors link target systems and databases, and a module analyses file-share permissions on file servers. The product is aimed at organisations of all sizes, including hospitals. It is delivered as a preconfigured IDM appliance on a subscription basis; according to the vendor, a standard project with Active Directory and an HR source can be completed in about ten days.

COGNITUM Software Team GmbH is a German software maker based in Wolfsburg with more than twenty years of experience in identity and access management. The appliance runs in your own environment, so you decide where user data is stored. No owner outside Europe has been identified. For a European organisation this is a German supplier with a solution it can operate itself, without depending on a US cloud.

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 14, 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
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to go:Identity

The European alternatives to go:Identity come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 go:Identity

go:Identity 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.

go:Identity 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.

go:Identity 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 go:Identity 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 go:Identity?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to go:Identity include Adnovum, Aegis Authenticator and AirID. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to go:Identity?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to go:Identity include Aegis Authenticator. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is go:Identity GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

go:Identity is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes go:Identity 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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