Archiving software Switzerland — comparison

Audit-proof retention under Swiss law: legible and unaltered for ten years.

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

Archiving

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

Record-keeping ordinanceThe Swiss record-keeping ordinance requires ten years of retention, legible and verifiable at any time. A filing system alone does not satisfy it.
Tamper resistanceOnce filed, documents must be unalterable or every change must be logged. Without that an archive is worth little in a dispute.
Data hosted in SwitzerlandData residency in Switzerland is not a legal requirement but frequently a procurement one — especially for personal data and public contracts. Ask where the data centre is, not where the vendor is registered.
Data locationSwiss data centres are not a legal requirement, but often a procurement criterion – especially for personal data and public-sector contracts.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Criterion	Checked by an independent bodyDetails	DMS with archive, cloud or localDetails	GeBüV-compliant, no priceDetails
Retention
Compliant with GeBüV	✓	not researched	✓
Stored immutably	✓	not researched	✓
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendorbars: 0 to CHF 19	from CHF 19	on request	on request
Pricing model	Subscription	not researched	not researched
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud + Desktop/Server	not researched
Payroll, VAT & law
Data location	Switzerland	not researched	not researched
Scope & extensions
Open API	✓	✓	not researched
Mobile app	✓	not researched	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE · FR · EN	DE · EN	DE · FR
Vendor	meinThurgau AG	Kendox AG	glaux group AG
Headquarters	Weinfelden TG	Oberriet SG	Bern
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗