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Self-hosted / open sourceTime TrackingHeadquarters: DE

ZMI Time: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ZMI Time is time and attendance software from ZMI GmbH in Elfershausen, Germany. Organisations use it to record working hours, absences, leave, and project or order time. Employees can book through the desktop software, the ZMI WebClient portal, an iOS and Android app, or time-recording terminals from partner manufacturers. ZMI also offers modules for shift planning, access control and a digital personnel file, plus links to payroll and ERP systems through REST and CSV interfaces. The software is built in a modular way.

You can install it on your own servers, have it hosted in a dedicated private-cloud environment, or use the cloud edition ZMI People. ZMI GmbH is based in Germany and reports no foreign parent company. According to the vendor, the software is developed and operated entirely in Germany; it does not state the exact hosting location of its cloud services, so ask for it. Self-hosting gives an organisation full control of sensitive employee data and keeps it within its own jurisdiction.

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Sovereignty score
80 / 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-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
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Time Tracking
Type
Product
Website
zmi.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ZMI Time

The European alternatives to ZMI Time 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 ZMI Time

ZMI Time 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.

ZMI Time 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.

ZMI Time 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 ZMI Time 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 ZMI Time?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ZMI Time include 123erfasst, ADMIA Chrono and amacos. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ZMI Time?

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

Is ZMI Time GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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