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Graebert ARES: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Graebert develops the ARES family of DWG-based CAD software. ARES Commander is a downloadable desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux with 2D and 3D DWG editing. ARES Touch is a mobile app for Android and iOS to view, comment on and modify DWG files. ARES Kudo is a browser-based cloud CAD tool for 2D DWG editing with collaboration and drawings automation. The three are available together as the ARES Trinity subscription. Industry-specific versions and the cloud-based BIM documentation tool ARES Neo complete the range.

Graebert is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and describes itself as family-owned and independent; no parent company is mentioned. The software is proprietary, not open source. According to Graebert, ARES Kudo can store drawings on a company's own servers or on cloud storage such as Amazon Web Services, and Graebert, an AWS partner, can set up an AWS server for a customer. The sources do not state the hosting region of Graebert-operated Kudo storage, so confirm it.

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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 2, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	DEVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category	CAD & Engineering
Type	Product
Website	graebert.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Graebert ARES

The European alternatives to Graebert ARES 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 Graebert ARES

Graebert ARES 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.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Graebert ARES scores best on data residency.

Graebert ARES 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 Graebert ARES 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 Graebert ARES?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Graebert ARES include ACCA software, ALLPLAN and AUCOTEC Engineering Base. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Graebert ARES?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Graebert ARES include Blender. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Graebert ARES GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Graebert ARES is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in DE. That makes Graebert ARES 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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