Transparency alternatives to Surpass
Other Library systems vendors we measure, sorted by how much we found at them and not at Surpass. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 22 that differ from Surpass on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Surpass has 12 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “Found there, not found at Surpass” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Found there, not found at Surpass | Found at Surpass, not found there | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OverDriveoverdrive.comSee also Transparency alternatives to OverDrive | 39/100 | 5 Data location stated, Status page with history, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Springsharespringshare.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Springshare | 26/100 | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| EBSCOebsco.comSee also Transparency alternatives to EBSCO | 22/100 | 3 Status page with history, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Bibliocommonsbibliocommons.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Bibliocommons | 22/100 | 2 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | nothing | Compare |
| Bibliothecabibliotheca.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Bibliotheca | 17/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Hooplahoopladigital.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Hoopla | 17/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Liberoliberolms.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Libero | 17/100 | 2 Data location stated, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Atriuumbooksys.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Atriuum | 13/100 | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
| Ex Librisexlibrisgroup.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Ex Libris | 13/100 | 2 Certifications named, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | nothing | Compare |
| Allegroallegro-c.deSee also Transparency alternatives to Allegro | 9/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | nothing | Compare |
| Biblionixbiblionix.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Biblionix | 9/100 | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | nothing | Compare |
| Cloud Libraryyourcloudlibrary.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Cloud Library | 9/100 | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | nothing | 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.