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Kaia Health: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kaia Health Software GmbH, based in Munich, develops digital therapeutics delivered as apps. Kaia Rückenschmerzen is a German digital health application (DiGA) for non-specific back pain in adults: a doctor prescribes the app and statutory health insurers reimburse the programme. Kaia COPD addresses people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the United States the company offers Kaia MSK for musculoskeletal care.

Kaia Health has joined Sword Health, as stated on the company website. The imprint of the German company gives a Munich address. The company states that its services are GDPR compliant and DSGVO-conform, but its public pages do not say where patient data is hosted. For a European healthcare provider or insurer, the relevant questions are therefore the hosting location, the data processing agreement and how the new parent group's ownership affects control over the data.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
kaiahealth.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kaia Health

The European alternatives to Kaia Health 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 Kaia Health

Kaia Health 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Kaia Health scores best on data residency.

Kaia Health 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 Kaia Health 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 Kaia Health?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kaia Health include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kaia Health?

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

Is Kaia Health GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Kaia Health is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Kaia Health an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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