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smino: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

smino is a cloud platform for construction project management, made by smino AG in Zurich. It brings together collaboration between all parties, a common data environment (CDE) for plans, models and documents, task management, defect management, construction scheduling, a digital site diary, acceptance protocols, checklists and inspections, and a BIM viewer. It targets public-sector clients, general and total contractors, client representatives, architects and construction managers. smino is used through the browser and through iOS and Android apps.

smino AG is based in Zurich and, according to its website, has branches in Germany and Austria; no parent company is named. According to the privacy notice for the app, it is hosted on Microsoft Azure in Switzerland or Germany. Microsoft is a US provider, and the vendor points to possible transfers to the US for some supporting services. smino offers standard data processing agreements for customers in Germany and Switzerland. Switzerland is not an EU member but is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision for data protection.

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Sovereignty score

69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
Data residency SOV-390
Hosting in the EU and Switzerland
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 14, 2026

Headquarters	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	CH, EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Project Management
Type	Product
Website	smino.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to smino

The European alternatives to smino come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 smino

smino is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

smino hosts data in the EU and in Switzerland. Switzerland is covered by a European Commission adequacy decision, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. If you require strictly EU hosting, check the data processing agreement for which data is stored in Switzerland.

smino 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 smino 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 smino?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to smino include Aikku PROJECTS (Camino), Arinto and awork. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to smino?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to smino include Aikku PROJECTS (Camino). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

smino is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH, EU. That makes smino 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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