EU sovereignSupply Chain & Asset ManagementHeadquarters: CH

Kardex: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kardex is a Swiss intralogistics company that designs and builds automated storage and retrieval systems, dynamic storage and high-bay warehouses for industrial and commercial customers. Its portfolio includes Kardex Power Pick systems, the Kardex Control Center and Kardex Analytics software, as well as digital services, and the company is a global partner of AutoStore. Its solutions combine hardware, integrated systems and lifecycle services, with software such as Kardex Control Center running alongside them and cloud options such as Kardex Power Pick Cloud.

Kardex Holding AG has its registered office in Zurich, Switzerland, and has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989. No majority shareholder is stated on its website, so no foreign parent is named. Its privacy policy refers to the GDPR and says website analytics are hosted in Germany, while Google analytics data is stored in the United States. The company does not publish where customer data for its cloud products is stored. Organisations evaluating Kardex should therefore ask for the hosting location of Power Pick Cloud and for data processing terms before choosing a cloud deployment.

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Sovereignty score

67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
Data residency SOV-380
Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
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 10, 2026

Headquarters	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	CHVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Supply Chain & Asset Management
Type	Product
Website	kardex.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kardex

The European alternatives to Kardex 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 Kardex

Kardex 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.

Kardex hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

Kardex 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 Kardex 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 Kardex?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kardex include AEB SE, AIMMS and Alpega Group. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kardex?

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

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

Kardex is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH. That makes Kardex 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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