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ZEP: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ZEP is a time-recording software suite from ZEP GmbH, based in Ditzingen near Stuttgart. It covers project time recording, working-time recording without project assignment, absences and overtime, together with related project and business management functions. The product is offered in several variants, including ZEP Track, ZEP Control and ZEP Business. Organisations use it to record working hours and link them to projects. The vendor presents the solution as a cloud product.

ZEP GmbH is a German company. According to the vendor's website, its servers are located in Germany, hosting and development take place in Germany, and the product is described as GDPR-compliant. The website names no parent company or foreign shareholder. For a European organisation, the company's seat and the German server location place the main data processing in the EU. The data processing agreement and the list of sub-processors remain the points to check before purchase.

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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 11, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryTime Tracking
TypeProduct
Websitezep.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ZEP

The European alternatives to ZEP 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 ZEP

ZEP 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 ZEP scores best on data residency.

ZEP 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 ZEP 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 ZEP?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ZEP include askDANTE, Beebole and Clockodo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ZEP?

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

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

ZEP is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes ZEP an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Time Tracking

Time Tracking: Apps for tracking time spent on tasks and projects. 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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