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Kontakt.io: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kontakt.io offers a location and operations platform for hospitals that combines IoT devices with cloud software. The devices are designed for tracking assets and people, for the network, and for walls and ceilings. Digital products include location and occupancy, IoT device management, a data lakehouse, indoor journey analytics, mobile applications and integrations, including with EHR systems. The vendor also names AI agents for areas such as patient flow and supply chain. The software is delivered as a cloud service (Kio Cloud) together with the hardware.

Kontakt.io began in Kraków in 2013 as a maker of Bluetooth beacons. Its privacy policy names Kontakt Micro-Location Sp. z o.o., a Polish company, as the responsible entity, and the company lists offices in New York and Kraków. The privacy policy says information may be processed outside the user's country, without naming locations or data centres. The product is proprietary. European organisations, especially in healthcare, should ask the vendor in writing where patient-related location data is stored and processed.

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 5, 2026
Headquarters
PL (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
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kontakt.io

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Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Kontakt.io

Kontakt.io is headquartered in PL 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 Kontakt.io scores best on data residency.

Kontakt.io 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 Kontakt.io?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kontakt.io 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 Kontakt.io?

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

Is Kontakt.io GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Kontakt.io is headquartered in PL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Kontakt.io 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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