● Comparison · Three routes to the passport

Battery passport solutions, compared honestly

SaaS like Batteriepasswerk, an enterprise compliance platform, or Excel and DIY - from February 2027 there is no way around the digital battery passport. Which route fits your volume, budget and timeline?

Categories and vendors · As of September 2026 · Not legal advice
18 Feb 27
Passport deadline
EV, LMT, industrial > 2 kWh
3
Solution routes
SaaS · Enterprise · DIY
Minutes
to the first passport
with Batteriepasswerk
€0
Entry
Pilot plan, no setup
The comparison

Ten criteria, three solution routes

CriterionBatteriepasswerkEnterprise platformExcel & DIY
Time to first passportMinutes - create a model, import CSVMonths - rollout project is the normWeeks - manual upkeep per unit
Entry costs€0 (Pilot) · paid plans from €149 / monthIndividual project and licence budgetSeemingly €0 - ongoing staff effort in reality
Setup feesNoneSetup and consulting phase is commonNot applicable
Passport + GS1 QR per unitAutomatic with every importDepends on vendor and configurationHardly feasible without errors manually
DIN DKE SPEC 99100 structureBuilt in - fields pre-structuredPartially; often a separate mapping projectModel and maintain it yourself
Public passport page with rolesIncluded - public, recyclers, authoritiesAvailable, scope depends on vendorNot possible - the passport must be accessible online
Collecting supplier dataSelf-service link, no account neededSupplier portal with separate loginsEmail and spreadsheet ping-pong
Regulatory changes (delegated acts)Updates included in the subscriptionDepends on the contractMonitor and maintain yourself
IT project requiredNoUsually yesNo
Best suited forMid-sized manufacturers - first passport to full seriesCorporations with their own data-space strategyInterim data collection, not as the passport itself

Comparison of typical characteristics of the solution categories, as of July 2026 - no assessment of individual vendors. Not legal advice · The regulation text is binding.

Vendors compared

Eight vendors, seven criteria, one table

These vendors come up regularly when battery passport software is discussed. The focus column shows that they solve different problems: raw-material traceability, corporate data spaces, broad compliance suites, or the passport itself. All statements are taken from the vendors' public websites, retrieved on 4 September 2026.

VendorFocusAudience per websitePricing publishedGS1 Digital LinkCatena-XEU hosting statedEntry
Batteriepasswerk this site
Hamburg, DE		Battery passport under EU 2023/1542 and DIN DKE SPEC 99100: serialisation, QR per unit, supplier self-service, audit trailManufacturers and importers, mid-sized companiesYes: Pilot €0, paid plans from €149 / monthYes, QR per GS1 Digital Link; listed in the GS1 PINE directoryCompatible, AAS export in preparationYes, GermanySelf-service, first passport free
Circulor
London, UK		Raw-material traceability (cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite), enterprise battery passportAutomotive OEMs (Volvo Cars cited)NoNot statedNot statedNot statedOn request
Spherity
Dortmund, DE		DPP platform VERA: verifiable credentials, EU Business Wallet, several sectorsManufacturers, importers, distributorsNoNot statedYes, integration stated (also Manufacturing-X)Not statedOn request
Minespider
Berlin, DE		Battery passport plus raw-material provenanceEV, LMT and industrial batteries, OEM referencesYes: €11,900 / €19,700 / €34,500 per year by number of users, passports and models unlimitedNot statedOnboarding offeredNot statedOn request
Circularise
The Hague, NL		Supply-chain data, chain of custody and mass balance, permissioned disclosureNot statedNoNot statedNot statedNot statedOn request
Narravero
Münster, DE		DPP platform for several regulations (battery, textiles and more)Enterprise (200 enterprise customers per website)Order of magnitude given: licence in the low five-figure range per year, no price listYes, GS1 Solution Partner, GS1 Digital LinkCited as reference frameworkYes, EUOn request
Siemens
Munich, DE		Battery Passport within the Siemens DPP suite (DPP4.0), SiGreen for the product carbon footprintNot statedNo, starter packages mentionedNot statedYes, nativeSaaS, region not statedStarter package, subscription tiers
osapiens
Mannheim, DE		Product-compliance suite: DPP alongside ESPR, PPWR and further obligationsEnterprises and SMEs, over 100,000 registered suppliersNoNot statedNot statedNot statedOn request

Statements taken from publicly accessible vendor websites, retrieved on 4 September 2026, without guarantee. “Not stated” means the website does not say so, not that the capability is absent. Batteriepasswerk is itself a vendor in this table. Corrections to info@batteriepasswerk.com; we verify and amend with a dated note. Not legal advice · The regulation text is binding.

Head to head

Three vendors in detail, with sources and a date

The three most frequently named vendors each have their own page: what they are good at, where Batteriepasswerk is the better fit, and what each one costs.

Alternative to Circulor

Raw-material tracing versus a finished passport - 14 criteria and a timeline to the first passport.

Alternative to Spherity

Verifiable credentials versus a SHA-256 hash chain - provability without a wallet project.

Alternative to Minespider

Published annual flat fee versus plans from 0 euro - with a cost chart and break-even.

White label & partner licence

Deliver the passport under your own brand - via API, your own domain or as a partner.

Fairness included

Where the other routes are strong

When an enterprise platform is the better choice

  • You already run a corporate data space (e.g. Catena-X) in production and need deep PLM/ERP integration from day one.
  • The battery passport is part of a larger ESG or traceability programme with its own integration team.
  • You need group-wide governance across many brands, plants and systems.

What Excel remains good at

  • As a data source: BOMs, serial numbers and material data are often already well maintained in Excel.
  • Batteriepasswerk starts exactly there - import a CSV or Excel file, and every row becomes a passport with its QR code.
  • Only the passport itself must not stay in the spreadsheet: it has to be electronically accessible via the QR code.
Frequent comparison questions

Excel, enterprise or SaaS - what manufacturers ask

Not as a standalone solution. EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 requires the passport to be electronically accessible via a QR code on the battery - a spreadsheet alone does not fulfil that. Excel remains a good data source though: Batteriepasswerk imports CSV and Excel files and turns them into compliant passports with a QR code per unit.
When you run a corporate data-space strategy (e.g. Catena-X) in production, have your own integration team, and the battery passport is part of a larger PLM or ESG programme. For mid-sized manufacturers such platforms are often oversized - in budget and project duration.
Model-based software like Batteriepasswerk: maintain master data once per model, import serial numbers via CSV, roll out QR codes. Your first passport is free in the Pilot plan - no IT project, no setup fees.
No. The obligation is the digital battery passport under EU Regulation 2023/1542 - accessible via a QR code per unit. Catena-X is a data space for exchange along the supply chain: useful, but not a prerequisite. Batteriepasswerk is compatible; the Catena-X / AAS export is in preparation.
AI is only as useful as the problem it solves. Batteriepasswerk applies AI exactly where it saves time in the battery-passport process - such as OCR/AI-assisted data extraction from datasheets and supplier documents. Instead of a broad, general-purpose AI platform you get purpose-built automation for the mandatory fields of EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 under DIN DKE SPEC 99100 - a faster route to a compliant passport, without the overhead.
For the battery passport, specialisation matters more than vendor size. Batteriepasswerk is built solely for the EU Battery Regulation: DIN DKE SPEC 99100 structure, GS1 Digital Link QR per unit, role-based access control (RBAC), an audit trail and EU hosting are built in, not bolted on. You get dedicated focus on exactly this legal obligation - without the complexity and project duration of a broad platform.
The obligation from 18 February 2027 is the digital battery passport - not a full supply-chain suite. Batteriepasswerk covers exactly that obligation end to end: a compliant passport with a QR code per unit, supplier self-service without an account, a readiness cockpit and a REST API for integration. Broader risk or ESG programmes can be valuable but are not a prerequisite for compliance - and can be added later.
The names that come up regularly are Circulor (raw-material traceability for OEMs), Spherity (DPP platform VERA with verifiable credentials), Minespider (battery passport with raw-material provenance), Circularise (supply-chain data and chain of custody), Narravero (DPP platform for several regulations), Siemens (Battery Passport within its DPP suite, native Catena-X), osapiens (product-compliance suite) and Batteriepasswerk (battery passport under EU 2023/1542 for manufacturers and importers, self-service from €0). The vendor table on this page puts them side by side on seven criteria, as of September 2026.
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