Alternatives to Springshare
Other Library systems vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Springshare does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 32 that differ from Springshare on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Springshare has 9 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Springshare does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Springshare does not | Springshare publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OverDriveoverdrive.com | 39/100 | 2 Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Clarivateclarivate.com | 26/100 | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | 1 Data location stated | Compare |
| EBSCOebsco.com | 22/100 | 1 Status page with history | 1 Data location stated | Compare |
| Ex Librisexlibrisgroup.com | 13/100 | 1 Certifications named | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Allegroallegro-c.de | 9/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Primasoftprimasoft.com | 9/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Lyngsoelyngsoesystems.com | 4/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Bibliocommonsbibliocommons.com | 22/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Bibliothecabibliotheca.com | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Hooplahoopladigital.com | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Liberoliberolms.com | 17/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Alexandriagoalexandria.com | 13/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.