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SwissWorkTime: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

SwissWorkTime is a time-recording application that also supports project and resource management for small and mid-sized businesses. It is meant to replace paper and spreadsheets and is aimed at field teams, especially in construction, HVAC and electrical trades, services and local authorities. Hours can be entered freely, by NFC, by QR code or with a timer. The application also offers expense claims, reports and cost-price monitoring, overtime management, travel time, work and project planning, and leave and absence requests. There is a backoffice, a customer login area and a mobile app for iOS and Android.

The website names SwissWorkTime Sàrl in Sion, Valais, Switzerland, and lists alpsoft sa as the copyright owner. On the pages reviewed, the vendor does not state where data is hosted or whether the service is delivered as a cloud or an on-premises solution. Switzerland is not an EU member state but belongs to EFTA, and Swiss data-protection law applies to the vendor. You should confirm the hosting location with the vendor. SwissWorkTime is not open source.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • 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 5, 2026
HeadquartersCH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryTime Tracking
TypeProduct
Websiteswissworktime.ch ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to SwissWorkTime

The European alternatives to SwissWorkTime 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 SwissWorkTime

SwissWorkTime 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.

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

SwissWorkTime 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 SwissWorkTime together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

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What is the best European alternative to SwissWorkTime?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to SwissWorkTime include askDANTE, Beebole and Clockodo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to SwissWorkTime?

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

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

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