The best PPWR compliance software in 2026

This guide compares the best PPWR compliance software for the EU's new packaging rules. No single tool does the whole job equally well, so the ranking below is honest about which piece each one owns. We compared seven of them on how much of the work they cover and how much you run yourself.

For most producers Repax comes out first, because it produces the signed EU Declaration of Conformity, the one thing PPWR newly demands, straight from your own product data.

What is PPWR?

PPWR is the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the EU's Regulation (EU) 2025/40. It is a new rule that treats every piece of packaging as a regulated product, and it applies directly in all 27 EU countries from 12 August 2026.

If your business puts packaging on the EU market, that packaging has to meet a set of rules on how it is made (recyclability, recycled content, keeping out harmful substances, and more, set out in Articles 5 to 12), and you have to state in writing that it does.

That written statement is the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC). It is the piece most producers do not have yet, and PPWR will require one for every packaging item you place on the market.

PPWR compliance software is simply the tool that helps you handle this. It has two jobs: help you show your packaging meets the rules, and produce the signed Declaration of Conformity that proves it.

Where each PPWR tool sits

Here is the whole field on one map, before the tool-by-tool reviews. It sorts the tools by two things: how much of the work you run yourself, and which part of PPWR the tool is built for.

Left to right is how much you run yourself, from self-serve software on the left to a done-for-you service on the right. Bottom to top is focus, from EPR registration and fees at the bottom up to the Declaration of Conformity at the top. Each dot is numbered and sized by its rank.

Where a tool sits is not the same as how it ranks. The two tools lowest here, ecosistant and Staxxer, handle EU registration well but rank last because they do not produce the Declaration of Conformity, which is what this list is really about.

What PPWR actually requires from you

To judge the tools fairly, you have to know what the regulation asks. Here is the short version, with the dates and articles that matter.

From 12 August 2026, if you place packaging on the EU market you count as the manufacturer, and you owe two things:

1. A conformity assessment plus a technical documentation file (Article 38 and Annex VII). PPWR uses Module A, internal production control, so there is no notified body and no CE-style mark.
2. A signed EU Declaration of Conformity (Article 39 and Annex VIII). Eight set fields plus a signature.

Articles 5 to 12 are the regulation's rules for the packaging itself, the things the declaration signs off on: keeping out substances of concern, recyclability, recycled content, minimising packaging, reusability and labelling.

Not all of them apply to every package, so the declaration attests only to the ones that do. Recycled-content minimums for plastic phase in from 2030, but the declaration itself is due from 12 August 2026.

You can read the regulation in full on EUR-Lex and the European Commission's packaging waste pages.

No software makes you compliant. Under Article 15 the responsibility is legally yours, and no tool can take it off your hands. What good PPWR software does is make your declaration correct, traceable and ready to hand to a market surveillance authority. Be wary of any tool that claims otherwise.

So we ranked the tools on five plain questions, the ones worth asking before you pick one.

1. Can it produce the declaration? The signed EU DoC with all eight Annex VIII fields is the hard new deliverable, so a tool that generates it counts for a lot.
2. Does it help prove the packaging meets Articles 5 to 12? The declaration rests on evidence: recyclability, recycled content and substances data. Some tools are built for exactly this.
3. Does it fit how you want to work? Self-serve software you own, or a service that does the paperwork for you. Neither is wrong, but the tool has to match the choice.
4. Does it reach your markets? PPWR is EU-wide, and most producers carry other Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) duties alongside it.
5. Can you see the price? A public price you can check yourself is worth more than a quote behind a demo.

The best PPWR compliance software ranked

Below are the seven tools in rank order. Each entry pairs a screenshot with what it does for PPWR, who it fits, and the one thing to check before you commit.

1. Repax for the declaration and the data behind it

Repax treats PPWR as one connected job: hold the packaging data once, then turn it into the signed declaration. You spec each product a single time in its Core engine, and Declare turns that record into the EU Declaration of Conformity, built from real data rather than re-typed into a template.

It is also our own product, so we lead with it, though we are straight below about where each rival genuinely wins. What puts it first is that the declaration and the data behind it live in one place you own.

Presets bundle the fields each market asks for, so one product record answers a Danish packaging return and feeds the declaration without re-keying. Two of its three products are live today:

• Core: the product-data and reporting engine, with an audit-ready record behind every figure.
• Declare: produces the signed EU Declaration of Conformity (Article 39 and Annex VIII) with a QR code to a public verification page, guided Article 5 to 12 checks, an evidence vault, and frozen PDFs kept for the 5 or 10 year retention period.
• Comply (join the waitlist, coming in 2026): registers and files with the schemes for you across markets. It is not live yet.

Declare leaves you audit-ready by design, but it does not make you compliant. That is still the manufacturer's job.

• Best for: a producer who wants to generate the EU Declaration of Conformity themselves, from their own product data, without a consultant.
• What it does for PPWR: the signed DoC with all eight Annex VIII fields, QR verification, per-type conformity checks, evidence vault and retention, on top of Core.
• Markets: the 27 EU markets and beyond, across 30-plus EPR categories.
• Pricing: public, with a free tier at €0 a month and paid plans from €29 a month, Enterprise on request (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: Declare produces the declaration, not the underlying packaging conformity, so you still have to make the packaging meet Articles 5 to 12. Comply, the filing product, is still on the way.

We put Repax first because the one new PPWR deliverable, the signed declaration, is exactly what it is built to produce, self-serve at a price you can see.

2. Recyda for proving the packaging meets the rules

Recyda comes at PPWR from the other side: not the declaration, but the evidence the declaration rests on.

The German software assesses packaging recyclability against international standards including PPWR, calculates EPR fees, and, in its own words, lets you "work towards PPWR compliance by managing DoCs and technical documentation for your portfolio."

It even publishes a step-by-step "Mastering PPWR DoC" guide.

That makes it the strongest tool here for the Article 5 to 12 side: whether your packaging is actually recyclable and designed to the standard, which is what you are signing off on.

• Best for: a producer who needs to prove the packaging itself meets the rules, then manage documentation across a portfolio.
• What it does for PPWR: recyclability assessment against PPWR and other standards, EPR fee calculation, plus DoC and technical-documentation management.
• Markets: EU-focused, active across 20-plus countries.
• Pricing: demo-only, no public price (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: its centre of gravity is recyclability analysis and fees rather than issuing the signed declaration end to end, and you start with a demo rather than a self-serve sign-up.

3. Valpak for the done-for-you route

Valpak, now part of Reconomy, is the option for producers who would rather hand the conformity paperwork over than run a tool.

It runs a dedicated PPWR service in two parts, an advisory service and a Conformity Data and Documentation Service. It states plainly that "manufacturers must have completed the conformity assessment procedure and drawn up the EU declaration of conformity for each packaging unit by the 12 August 2026."

Valpak prepares that assessment and documentation for you, starting from a booked consultation.

As the UK's largest packaging compliance scheme since 1997, with a 65-million-SKU dataset behind it, it is a credible partner to lean on.

• Best for: producers who want an established partner to complete the conformity work and prepare the declaration for them.
• What it does for PPWR: a consultation-led service that runs the conformity assessment, prepares the technical documentation, and produces the EU declaration on your behalf.
• Markets: EU and Northern Ireland, UK-rooted.
• Pricing: sales-led, entry via a free consultation, no public price (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: it is a done-for-you service rather than software you operate yourself, so you hand over the workflow rather than own it, and pricing comes through a conversation.

4. Lorax EPI for enterprise reach across many jurisdictions

Lorax EPI is the pick when PPWR is one line on a much longer compliance list spanning many countries.

The UK-based platform covers, in its own count, more than 200 compliance schemes worldwide, with modules for obligation assessment, registration, reporting and fee modelling across packaging and other streams. It is a mature, high-volume system that other compliance brands quietly run on.

For a multinational with packaging obligations in a dozen countries, that breadth is the draw, with PPWR handled as part of the wider programme rather than as a standalone declaration tool.

• Best for: multinationals that need one platform to carry packaging compliance across many jurisdictions, PPWR among them.
• What it does for PPWR: obligation assessment, registration, reporting and fee modelling across 200-plus schemes, with PPWR as one regime in the set.
• Markets: global, more than 200 schemes.
• Pricing: sales-led and demo-based, no public price (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: enterprise scope and a sales-led setup, and it does not foreground a PPWR-specific declaration workflow the way the tools above do.

5. Assent for pulling PPWR evidence from your suppliers

Assent solves the part of PPWR that lives outside your own four walls: getting compliance data out of your supply chain.

Its platform is built around a multilingual supplier-engagement engine that collects packaging data and generates report-ready outputs with fee estimations. The same data feeds recycled content and substances tracking.

Assent lists PPWR specifically as collecting "supplier evidence to support evolving requirements."

That is genuinely useful for the Article 7 recycled-content and Article 5 substances data PPWR needs, which often sits with your suppliers, not you.

• Best for: larger manufacturers that need to collect recycled-content and substances evidence from deep or hard-to-reach supply chains.
• What it does for PPWR: supplier data collection for packaging, recycled content and substances of concern, with fee estimation and report-ready outputs.
• Markets: global, though its packaging-EPR tooling leans toward North American rules (California SB54 and similar).
• Pricing: demo-only, no public price (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: it is a broad enterprise supply-chain platform, so it is more than a producer who only needs the EU declaration is looking for, and its packaging EPR focus is not primarily European.

6. ecosistant for affordable EU licensing at the smaller end

ecosistant is the accessible, self-serve way for a smaller European seller to get packaging EPR licensed across many countries, and it is at least PPWR-aware.

It licenses packaging with the recycling schemes across up to 30 European countries from €24.90 per country, pairs digital questionnaires with one dashboard, and offers a free obligations test that flags where you have to register in about a minute.

Its site notes that "the first provisions of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) will apply from August 12, 2026."

The trade-off is scope: it is built for EPR registration and fees, not for generating the declaration of conformity.

• Best for: smaller European online sellers who want affordable, transparent packaging-EPR licensing across many countries.
• What it does for PPWR: EU-wide packaging EPR registration and fee handling with a free obligations check, and PPWR-awareness, but not DoC generation.
• Markets: up to 30 European countries (the EU27 plus the UK, Norway and Switzerland).
• Pricing: public, from €24.90 per country (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: it focuses on registration and licensing, so it does not produce the EU Declaration of Conformity itself.

7. Staxxer for online sellers who want EPR and VAT in one place

Staxxer is built for e-commerce, and it bundles packaging EPR with the VAT work that comes with selling across borders.

It registers and files your packaging, electronics and battery EPR across EU countries, and handles VAT registration and returns in the same place, so an online seller runs both from one platform.

It publishes a clear PPWR explainer, but it does not generate the EU Declaration of Conformity, which is why it sits last on a list about the declaration.

• Best for: online sellers who want EU EPR registration and VAT handled together, hands-off.
• What it does for PPWR: EU EPR registration and filings for packaging, electronics and batteries, with PPWR guidance, but not the Declaration of Conformity.
• Markets: EU-wide, registration and VAT in any EU country.
• Pricing: public, VAT registration from €149 per country plus filing from €59 a month, and packaging EPR priced per registration (as of July 2026).
• Watch-out: it is VAT-first and does not produce the declaration, so it covers the EPR and tax side, not the conformity side PPWR newly adds.

The seven tools compared

Here are the seven tools side by side, across the parts of the PPWR workload each one covers. Prices are as of July 2026.

PPWR compliance software questions answered

Short, direct answers to the questions producers ask most about getting ready for PPWR.

What is the best PPWR compliance software?

For most producers it is Repax. The single new obligation PPWR creates is the signed EU Declaration of Conformity for every packaging item from 12 August 2026, and Repax Declare produces exactly that from your product data, self-serve and at a public price.

What is PPWR compliance software?

It is software that helps you meet the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40. In practice that covers two jobs: proving your packaging meets the sustainability requirements in Articles 5 to 12, and producing the EU Declaration of Conformity that states it does.

Most tools are stronger at one of those than the other.

Does PPWR compliance software make me compliant?

No. Under Article 15, compliance is the manufacturer's own legal responsibility, and no tool can take that on for you. What software does is make the declaration correct, traceable and audit-ready, and make the evidence behind it easy to produce if a market surveillance authority asks.

What does PPWR require from producers by 12 August 2026?

If you place packaging on the EU market you are treated as the manufacturer.

From 12 August 2026 you must have run a conformity assessment and kept a technical documentation file (Article 38 and Annex VII), and drawn up and signed the EU Declaration of Conformity (Article 39 and Annex VIII, eight fields plus a signature).

There is no size exemption from these product requirements.

Is there free PPWR compliance software?

Repax Declare has a free tier at €0 a month, so you can generate a declaration without paying up front, with paid plans from €29 a month.

ecosistant offers a free obligations test that tells you where you have to register, though licensing itself starts at €24.90 per country. Most enterprise tools price by quote after a demo.

Which PPWR tool is best for small businesses?

Repax suits small producers who need to issue the declaration, with a free tier and plans from €29 a month. ecosistant suits smaller European sellers who mainly need affordable packaging-EPR licensing, from €24.90 per country. Both are self-serve, so you avoid an enterprise sales process.

Do I still need EPR software if I have PPWR software?

Often they are the same tool. PPWR adds a product-conformity layer (the declaration) on top of your existing EPR duties (registering and paying for what you place on the market).

Repax covers both, with Core for EPR reporting and Declare for the declaration, so you are not running one tool for EPR and another for PPWR.