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KPN Things: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

KPN Things is an IoT platform from the telecom operator KPN. Through the KPN Things Portal and its APIs, organisations manage an IoT solution from start to finish, including devices, connectivity, data, customers and users. According to third-party integration documentation, the platform supports LoRa, LTE-M and mobile data, routes device data through configurable flows, can decode payloads into SenML, and lets customers send commands back to devices through an API. KPN offers a free trial. KPN's IoT portfolio also includes IoT routers, SIM cards and eSIM connectivity.

KPN is a Dutch company, so the provider falls under European jurisdiction. The sources reviewed do not state where platform data is stored and describe no open-source or self-hosting options; the platform is a proprietary service operated by KPN. A European organisation should ask KPN for the hosting location and the list of subprocessors in the data processing agreement.

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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 9, 2026
Headquarters
NL (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
AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
kpn.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 KPN Things

The European alternatives to KPN Things 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 KPN Things

KPN Things is headquartered in NL 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 KPN Things scores best on data residency.

KPN Things 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 KPN Things 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 KPN Things?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to KPN Things 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 KPN Things?

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

Is KPN Things GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

KPN Things is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes KPN Things 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 October 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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