Non-EU vendorSupply Chain & Asset ManagementHeadquarters: US

ToolsGroup: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ToolsGroup develops supply-chain planning software for demand forecasting, inventory and replenishment planning, pricing and promotions, and sales and operations planning. Its platform is marketed under the name Decion as a decision-intelligence platform for supply-chain planning. The company's locations page lists offices in the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Colombia and Australia, with partners in other regions.

ToolsGroup was founded in Boston in 1993, and its locations page lists Boston as its first US office. Its privacy notice names ToolsGroup B.V. in Amsterdam as the controller for European data subjects, and the company is backed by the US investor Accel-KKR. The website does not describe where customer planning data is hosted, and it provides its sub-processor list only on request. A US head office and US ownership mean that US legal access rules, such as the CLOUD Act, may apply to data the group controls, so a European organisation should check hosting and processing locations before signing.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
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	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Supply Chain & Asset Management
Type	Product
Website	toolsgroup.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ToolsGroup

The European alternatives to ToolsGroup 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 ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

ToolsGroup hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

ToolsGroup 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 ToolsGroup 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 ToolsGroup?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ToolsGroup include AEB SE, AIMMS and Alpega Group. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ToolsGroup?

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

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

ToolsGroup is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

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 10, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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