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Kertos: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kertos is a compliance automation platform for European companies that combines software with certified compliance experts. Its privacy module covers data discovery, data subject requests, records of processing, technical and organisational measures, data protection impact assessments and an external data protection officer. The information security module supports setting up an ISMS, with risk, asset, policy and vendor management and a Trust Center. An AI governance module addresses ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act. Supported frameworks include ISO 27001, NIS2, SOC 2, TISAX and C5. Kertos is delivered as hosted SaaS, with integrations to ticketing, email and CRM tools.

Kertos GmbH is registered in Munich, Germany, has an office in Berlin and presents itself as made in Germany. The sources reviewed identify no foreign parent company. Its website does not state where the platform is hosted, so organisations should confirm the hosting location and subprocessors in the contract documents. The software is proprietary and no self-hosted edition is described.

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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 September 8, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARESPECTRUM - Cloudflare London, LLC, US (US)Technically measured
Category	Compliance & GRC
Type	Product
Website	kertos.io ↗

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 Kertos

The European alternatives to Kertos 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 Kertos

Kertos 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 Kertos scores best on data residency.

Kertos 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 Kertos 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 Kertos?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kertos include 2B Advice PrIME, Actecil and Adherent. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kertos?

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

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

Kertos is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Kertos 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 September 8, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice when it was added on September 8, 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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