Self-hosted / open sourceCloud PaaSHeadquarters: FR

Kuzzle: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kuzzle is a French data and IoT platform for collecting, structuring and governing data from connected devices, buildings, networks and territories. The product Kuzzle Data is described by the vendor as an open-source, sovereign data platform, while Kuzzle Hypervision and Kuzzle IoT add commercial applications for cross-business collaboration and connected objects. Use cases include smart cities, building management, logistics and industry, delivered through the company's own services and a partner network.

Kuzzle SAS is a simplified joint-stock company with its registered office in Montpellier, France, and its privacy policy names a data protection officer at the same address. The company became independent in 2024 after a change in shareholders and in March 2026 joined the Agora Makers group, a European manufacturer of urban infrastructure. For European organisations, the hosting of customer data depends on the deployment chosen, whether run by the company, a partner or the customer.

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Sovereignty score

80 / 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-380
Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 12, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Cloud PaaS
Type	Product
Website	kuzzle.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kuzzle

The European alternatives to Kuzzle come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Kuzzle

Kuzzle 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.

Kuzzle runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Kuzzle is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Kuzzle include alwaysdata, amazee.io and anynines (a9s). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Kuzzle?

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

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

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