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Self-hosted / open sourceSupply Chain & Asset ManagementHeadquarters: CH

tranCargo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

tranCargo is the base module of the transport software from BDK Informatik AG for Swiss haulage companies with consignment-based flows, such as general cargo, freight transport, courier services and mountain railways. The transport management system covers master data for addresses, vehicles and staff, order entry with one-off and recurring orders, flexible price lists, graphical planning of orders, vehicles and personnel, invoicing with electronic invoice delivery, and reporting. Further modules, such as the eLog customer portal, EDI connections, route optimisation and vehicle communication, can be added.

BDK Informatik AG is headquartered in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, and describes itself as a family business; no parent company is named. The software is standard software you can operate yourself; alternatively BDK offers its own private cloud, BDK.cloud. The site does not say where that data is stored, so ask the vendor. BDK's privacy statement applies Swiss data protection law and refers to the GDPR where it applies. Switzerland is not an EU member state but an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision.

Sovereignty score
80 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in CH (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to tranCargo

The European alternatives to tranCargo 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 tranCargo

tranCargo 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.

tranCargo runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

tranCargo is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs tranCargo 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 tranCargo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to tranCargo include 247Uptime, ACS fit MES and ADASMA. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to tranCargo?

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

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

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