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Self-hosted / open sourceITSMHeadquarters: DE

KIX: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

KIX is service management software for IT service management (ITSM), enterprise service management and customer support, developed by KIX Service Software GmbH in Chemnitz, Germany. It covers ticketing with list and Kanban views, flexible user rights, asset management with a built-in CMDB, SLAs and a field service app that keeps working without mobile coverage. The source code is freely available: in the vendor's GitHub repositories the backend is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 and the frontend under the GPL-3.0. It is available as KIX Cloud or on-premises.

KIX Service Software GmbH is headquartered in Germany, and its legal notice names no foreign parent company. According to the vendor, KIX Cloud runs on selected servers in Germany operated by managedhosting.de, and the on-premises edition lets you keep data on your own servers. Because the source code is public, you can inspect and self-host KIX. For European organisations looking for an alternative to Jira Service Management, the vendor positions KIX as a migration target.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 15, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
ITSM
Type
Product
Website
kixdesk.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to KIX

The European alternatives to KIX come from our knowledge base of over 9,400 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 KIX

KIX 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 KIX scores best on data residency.

KIX is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs KIX 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 KIX?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to KIX include AixBOMS Enterprise, ALVAO and Ardoq. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to KIX?

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

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

KIX is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes KIX 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in ITSM

ITSM: IT Service Management — ticketing, CMDB, asset management. 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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