EU sovereignDocument Management (DMS)Headquarters: CH

Kendox: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kendox InfoShare is a document management system (DMS) from Kendox AG for companies and public-sector organisations. It supports digital filing, compliant archiving, workflows and process automation, and integrates with systems such as Microsoft 365. Kendox offers InfoShare both as a cloud service and for installation on the customer's own premises, and lists related solutions for e-invoice processing, digital signatures and document control. The company reports ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 certification.

Kendox AG is headquartered in Oberriet, Switzerland, which is not an EU member state but belongs to EFTA. According to trade press, Kendox operates a virtual data centre with physical sites in Germany and Switzerland. Pride Capital Partners provided Kendox with a growth loan which, the investor said, avoids diluting the existing shareholder structure. The software is proprietary and not open source. For a European organisation, the cloud option means data is hosted in Switzerland and Germany, while an on-premises installation leaves hosting entirely in your own hands.

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Sovereignty score

69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
Data residency SOV-390
Hosting in the EU and Switzerland
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 9, 2026

Headquarters	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	CH, EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH, DE (DE)Technically measured
Category	Document Management (DMS)
Type	Product
Website	kendox.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 Kendox

The European alternatives to Kendox 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 Kendox

Kendox 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.

Kendox hosts data in the EU and in Switzerland. Switzerland is covered by a European Commission adequacy decision, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. If you require strictly EU hosting, check the data processing agreement for which data is stored in Switzerland.

Kendox 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Kendox?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kendox include agorum, AMAGNO and BlueSpice. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kendox?

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

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

Kendox is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH, EU. That makes Kendox 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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Digital sovereignty in Document Management (DMS)

Document Management (DMS): Document management systems, archiving, workflows and digital records. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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