The EUDR created a whole category of compliance tools. Some are excellent; some are a map with a PDF export. Here's how to tell them apart. Background: EUDR Explained for Software Teams.
The checklist
1. Geolocation
- Accepts points and polygons, in bulk, in GeoJSON and common formats
- Validates geometry: precision, closure, self-intersections, overlaps (what to check)
- Shows errors on a map, in plain language
- Handles the points-vs-polygons threshold correctly (rules)
2. Traceability
- Links lots to plots through aggregation, splitting, and processing (data models)
- Reconciles quantities
- Supports your chain-of-custody model
3. Risk assessment
- Uses recognised forest baselines and loss data (detection)
- Explains why a plot is flagged, with imagery
- Supports human review and evidence attachment
- Covers legality and country risk, not just deforestation
4. Due diligence statements
- Generates and submits DDS to the EU information system (fields)
- Stores reference numbers against lots
- Handles amendments and referencing upstream statements
5. Platform
- Full audit trail
- Multi-party access (suppliers, cooperatives, importers)
- Field data collection that works offline (offline-first)
- Data export: you own your data
- Keeps up with regulatory changes (timeline caveats)
Questions to ask vendors
- Show me how you handle an invalid polygon.
- Trace this shipment back to its plots.
- Why was this plot flagged? Show the evidence.
- How do you track changes to the regulation?
- How do I export all my data?