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Lantek: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Lantek is a Spanish software company serving the sheet metal industry. It supplies CAD/CAM software for cutting, punching, bending and tube machines, with functions for nesting and machine programming. Founded in 1986, the company has its head office in Vitoria-Gasteiz and a software development centre in Bilbao, and works through an international network of offices. The range covers the full sheet metal and metalworking chain, from design to production, and is aimed at manufacturers who process sheet and profile material.

According to Spanish trade press, the German group TRUMPF acquired Lantek in full in 2021, and Lantek keeps its own brand. Its parent therefore sits in Germany, inside the EU but outside Spain, which for a European organisation raises a different question from an owner outside Europe. The sources used here do not state where customer data is stored, so that point should be confirmed with the vendor, together with the terms for any cloud functions and the data processing agreement.

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 10, 2026
Headquarters
ES (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
DEVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Lantek

The European alternatives to Lantek 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 Lantek

Lantek is headquartered in ES and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in DE, also within Europe.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Lantek scores best on data residency.

Lantek 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 Lantek 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 Lantek?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Lantek include ACCA software, ALLPLAN and AUCOTEC Engineering Base. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Lantek?

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

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

Lantek is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Lantek 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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