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Orange Live Objects: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Live Objects is an IoT platform from Orange Business, the business division of the French telecom operator Orange. It manages connected objects: it tracks device status, runs diagnostics and updates, handles message flows and alerts, and collects object data through standard APIs. The data can be visualised and passed on to customers' information systems. The vendor presents the platform as part of Orange's cloud-based offer.

Orange Business is part of Orange S.A., a listed French company, so the operator is established in France and its parent is not foreign-owned. The product page does not state where data is hosted, and the sources consulted did not confirm a data centre in France or the EU. GDPR is named among its security measures, without a data processing agreement being cited. A European organisation should therefore confirm the hosting location and contract terms before processing personal data on the platform.

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
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryIoT & Embedded
TypeProduct
Websiteorange-business.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Orange Live Objects

The European alternatives to Orange Live Objects come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Orange Live Objects

Orange Live Objects 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 Orange Live Objects scores best on data residency.

Orange Live Objects 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Orange Live Objects?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Orange Live Objects include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Orange Live Objects?

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

Is Orange Live Objects GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Orange Live Objects is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Orange Live Objects 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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