EU Sovereignty Score
EU-hosted, non-EU parentData Integration & ETLHeadquarters: DE

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SNP is a software and services company based in Heidelberg, legally SNP SE, that specialises in data management for SAP environments. Its Kyano platform covers three areas: an overview of the enterprise data landscape (Kyano Foundation), migration, integration and modernisation (Kyano Move), and monitoring, validation, testing, archiving and decommissioning (Kyano Manage). The company also offers Kyano Lorna, a virtual SAP transformation assistant based on agentic AI. It has contacts in Central Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and Latin America.

The company's seat is in Heidelberg, Germany. Since the takeover in 2025, SNP has been controlled by funds of the US investment group Carlyle, which acquired a majority of the shares through a voluntary public takeover offer. Carlyle is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and listed on NASDAQ. The parent therefore sits outside the EU, which is a point for European customers to weigh in relation to exposure under the US CLOUD Act. Customers should check where SAP data processed with SNP tools is stored and who can access it.

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
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
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USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

The European alternatives to SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner scores best on data residency.

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner 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 SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner 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 SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner include Adverity, Axual and CloverDX. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner include dlt (dltHub) and HiveMQ. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner 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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  1. · Ownership changeVendor-stated

    Taken over by investment firm Carlyle (US) through a public takeover offer, completed in April 2025.

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