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Self-hosted / open sourceCloud IaaSHeadquarters: DE

OSISM: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

OSISM is a platform for building, managing and operating cloud infrastructure. It combines OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes and surrounding tools, which are tested together for each release. The design is modular, so components can be replaced or added. According to the vendor it is aimed at public administrations, state data centres, universities, regulated industries, utilities and cloud providers. A subscription covers, among other things, security patches, quality assurance, documentation and help with updates and upgrades. Air-gapped operation and end-to-end encryption are also mentioned.

OSISM GmbH is based in Mühlacker, Germany; its website names no parent company. Organisations can run the cloud themselves or have it operated, including through partners. Where customer data is stored is not published and depends on the infrastructure chosen, so ask the vendor. The core consists of open-source components, but the stack also uses proprietary partner components where needed. The licence of OSISM itself is not stated on the website.

Sovereignty score
80 / 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-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 15, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified 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 OSISM

The European alternatives to OSISM come from our knowledge base of over 9,400 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 OSISM

OSISM 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.

OSISM runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

OSISM is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs OSISM 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 OSISM?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to OSISM include 1984 Hosting, acens and ADESTIS Cloud. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to OSISM?

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

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

OSISM is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes OSISM 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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