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XignSys: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

XignSys supplies software for digital identities and access management. Its XignIn technology consists of a server component (XignIn Manager), an SDK for Android and iOS, and the Xign.Me app, which lets users sign in with their smartphone without a password. The company also offers customer identity and access management based on Keycloak and an ID broker for German public services, which connects applications to BundID, ELSTER and the EUDI wallet through a single OIDC or SAML interface. According to the vendor, the broker does not permanently store personal identity data.

XignSys GmbH is headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and the pages consulted name no parent company. The vendor states that the ID broker runs as a managed service in a German, certified cloud or, on request, on-premises in the customer's own infrastructure, and that it builds on open-source components such as Keycloak. For European organisations, particularly in the public sector, this means a German supplier with no foreign parent named, where processing can stay within Germany.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Identity
Type
Product
Website
xignsys.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to XignSys

The European alternatives to XignSys come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 XignSys

XignSys is headquartered in DE 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 XignSys scores best on data residency.

XignSys 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 XignSys 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 XignSys?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to XignSys include Adnovum, Aegis Authenticator and AirID. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to XignSys?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to XignSys include Aegis Authenticator. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

XignSys is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes XignSys 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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