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Kerlink: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kerlink is a French provider of equipment, software and services for LoRaWAN networks used in the Internet of Things. Its range includes outdoor and indoor LoRaWAN gateways, a LoRa network server and network management tools, together with IoT services built on them. Kerlink is a founding member and board member of the LoRa Alliance.

Kerlink is headquartered in Thorigné-Fouillard, near Rennes in Brittany, France, and its shares have been listed on Euronext Growth in Paris since its initial public offering in 2016. The website does not identify the main shareholders, so ownership should be checked in public filings. It also does not state where its network server or cloud services are hosted. For a European organisation, a provider with its headquarters in the EU is a relevant factor when choosing a LoRaWAN platform, but the data location still needs to be confirmed in the contract.

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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 11, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kerlink

The European alternatives to Kerlink 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 Kerlink

Kerlink is headquartered in FR 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 Kerlink scores best on data residency.

Kerlink 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 Kerlink 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 Kerlink?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kerlink include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kerlink?

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

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

Kerlink is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Kerlink 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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