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rasdaman: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

rasdaman is an array database and analytics engine for large multidimensional data, such as satellite time series and spatio-temporal grids. It stores and queries raster data with a query language and supports open standards from the OGC, ISO and INSPIRE. Clients exist for Python, R and QGIS, and existing archives can be accessed without copying the data. The software is distributed as server software that can be installed on the organisation's own infrastructure, and a Community Edition is available.

rasdaman GmbH is based in Bremen, Germany. The website names no foreign owner. The Community Edition is free software: the server code is licensed under the GNU General Public License and the client libraries under the GNU Lesser General Public License, so organisations can run and inspect it on their own systems. The operator chooses where processing takes place.

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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 11, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
rasdaman.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to rasdaman

The European alternatives to rasdaman 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 rasdaman

rasdaman 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.

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

rasdaman 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 rasdaman 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 rasdaman?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to rasdaman include 52°North, Airbus Defence & Space and Camptocamp. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to rasdaman?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to rasdaman include 52°North and Camptocamp. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

rasdaman is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes rasdaman 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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