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Zelty: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Zelty is a point-of-sale and order-management system for restaurants. It runs on an iPad cash register and on iPhones, websites and self-service kiosks, and includes online ordering. Its back office can be managed remotely from a smartphone or computer, which suits multi-site operators and franchise chains. The vendor presents it as one solution that replaces several separate tools. The back office is accessed remotely, which points to a hosted service, although the hosting provider is not named.

Zelty describes itself as an independent, self-financed French company, and no parent company is named. Third-party listings place its base in Paris. The vendor's website does not state where restaurant and transaction data is hosted, so European operators should confirm hosting locations, payment-data flows and sub-processors in the contract. As a French provider it is subject to GDPR and EU jurisdiction, but a point-of-sale system holds sales and customer data, so these terms matter.

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 10, 2026
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryE-commerce
TypeProduct
Websitezelty.fr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Zelty

The European alternatives to Zelty 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 Zelty

Zelty is headquartered in FR 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 Zelty scores best on data residency.

Zelty 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Zelty?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Zelty include ablefy, SCAYLE and Actindo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Zelty?

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

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

Zelty is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Zelty 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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Compliance evidence

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