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Lokad: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Lokad is a Paris-based software company that provides probabilistic forecasting and inventory optimisation for supply chains. Rather than a single-point forecast, its approach estimates the probability of each possible future demand scenario and uses those probabilities to guide decisions on stock, purchasing and replenishment. The company, founded in 2008, describes its product as a supply-chain copilot that helps planners optimise decisions every day. Its software is aimed at businesses that manage inventory and demand planning.

Lokad was created in Paris in 2008 as a software company with a strong technological and mathematical core. Its website states that it was funded by its founders and a couple of business angels, with no further investors involved, so no foreign parent company is named. Because the company is based in France, it is a European option for demand forecasting. The website does not state where customer data is hosted or whether a data processing agreement is offered, so buyers should confirm these points in the contract before using the service for sensitive data.

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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 10, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Supply Chain & Asset Management
Type
Product
Website
lokad.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Lokad

The European alternatives to Lokad 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 Lokad

Lokad 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.

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

Lokad 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 Lokad 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 Lokad?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Lokad include AEB SE, AIMMS and Alpega Group. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Lokad?

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

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

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

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Supply Chain & Asset Management

Supply Chain & Asset Management: Demand forecasting, inventory and production planning, warehouse management and enterprise asset management (EAM). In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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