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Kyma: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Kyma is an open-source set of Kubernetes-based modular building blocks for developing and running cloud-native applications. Its modules are built on established open-source components such as Istio, NATS and OpenTelemetry. Organisations can install Kyma in their own Kubernetes cluster, or use the managed version on SAP Business Technology Platform. It can therefore serve as an open alternative to the managed Kubernetes and application platforms offered by large US cloud providers.

The project is supported by SAP SE, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, and the Kyma runtime of SAP BTP is based on it. The source code is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. An organisation can run the modules in its own cluster, keeping applications and data on infrastructure it controls. The hosting locations of the managed SAP BTP service are not stated on the project pages, so the choice between self-hosting and the managed service also determines where data is processed.

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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 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Cloud PaaS
Type
Product
Website
kyma-project.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Kyma

The European alternatives to Kyma come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Kyma

Kyma 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 Kyma scores best on data residency.

Kyma 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 Kyma 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 Kyma?

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

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

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

Kyma is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Kyma 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 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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