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Tiqets: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Tiqets is an online ticket booking platform where visitors can book tickets for attractions and museums, including mobile tickets and skip-the-line entry. Attraction partners supply the inventory, and bookings are made through the Tiqets website. The service is offered online. Mobile tickets are delivered instantly, and the site describes its partner network as worldwide.

The operating company is Tiqets International B.V., based in Amsterdam. Company databases report an acquisition by Expedia Group for late 2025, but completion of that deal is not confirmed in the sources reviewed. The privacy policy names Expedia Group companies as joint controllers or processors for certain data, but says nothing about ownership structure, hosting location or a data processing agreement. A European organisation should therefore check ownership and processing terms itself before using the platform.

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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 11, 2026
Headquarters
NL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Scheduling & Booking
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Tiqets

The European alternatives to Tiqets 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 Tiqets

Tiqets is headquartered in NL 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 Tiqets scores best on data residency.

Tiqets 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 Tiqets 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 Tiqets?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Tiqets include Agendize, Billetto and Bokadirekt. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Tiqets?

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

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

Tiqets is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Tiqets an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Scheduling & Booking

Scheduling & Booking: Appointment scheduling, online booking systems and calendar management. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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