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Non-EU vendorSupply Chain & Asset ManagementHeadquarters: US

UpKeep: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

UpKeep is a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) for work orders, preventive maintenance, assets and facilities. It includes modules for safety, learning, IoT sensors and fleet maintenance, and the company describes it as an AI-native platform for CMMS, safety and asset operations. It is sold as subscription software for maintenance and facility teams.

UpKeep Technologies, Inc. has a registered address in Los Angeles, California, and is backed by venture investors; press reports describe a 2020 Series B led by Insight Partners. Its privacy policy states that personal information is transferred to the United States for storage and processing and may be sent to servers in other countries. The policy does not describe an EU data-residency option, does not mention a Data Processing Agreement, and does not name its sub-processors. For a European organisation, US jurisdiction over the stored data is the central point, and the software is proprietary rather than open source.

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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, OTHER)
  • 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
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUS, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategorySupply Chain & Asset Management
TypeProduct
Websiteupkeep.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to UpKeep

The European alternatives to UpKeep 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 UpKeep

UpKeep 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.

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

UpKeep 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 UpKeep 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 UpKeep?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to UpKeep 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 UpKeep?

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

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

UpKeep is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, OTHER. 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.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Supply Chain & Asset Management

Supply Chain & Asset Management: Demand forecasting, inventory and production planning, warehouse management and enterprise asset management (EAM). 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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