EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: Netherlands

OpenWave: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

OpenWave is a VTH case system (permitting, supervision and enforcement) for municipalities, regional environment agencies, provinces and similar organisations. It is low-code: case types and processes are configured to the step-by-step flow you need. Integrations exist with, among others, BAG, BRP, the Chamber of Commerce register and the DSO API. REM Automatisering maintains the source code within a community of users and suppliers. The software is available as SaaS or private cloud with an SLA, or through the public source code.

REM Automatisering B.V. is based in Amsterdam; according to the company a foundation holds its shares, so there is no parent in another country. According to the vendor the source code is under the EUPL and also available as GPL or proprietary. It can be downloaded, but the website names no public repository and says a ready-to-install package is not yet available: contact the vendor. The trust page gives the data location only as unfilled template text (Netherlands or EU), so what applies is not confirmed. The website does not name the hosting provider or country: ask.

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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 17, 2026
Headquarters
NetherlandsVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in the EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
BPM & Workflow
Type
Product
Website
open-wave.nl ↗

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European alternatives to OpenWave

The European alternatives to OpenWave come from our knowledge base of over 9,900 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 OpenWave

OpenWave is headquartered in the Netherlands 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 OpenWave scores best on data residency.

OpenWave 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 OpenWave 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 OpenWave?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to OpenWave include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to OpenWave?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to OpenWave include Automatisch, Ofelia (Bonita) and CIB seven. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

OpenWave is headquartered in the Netherlands (EU) and hosts data in the EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes OpenWave 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 BPM & Workflow

BPM & Workflow: Business process management, workflow automation and process modelling. 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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