Comparison · verified 11 June 2026
Recyda is one of the strongest recyclability-assessment platforms in Europe — if granular, scheme-by-scheme recyclability scoring is your core need, it deserves a serious look. This comparison only uses facts published on recyda.com (sourced and dated below), plus our own published specifications.
Recyda (Freiburg, founded 2020, ~30+ team members listed on its About page, €6.3M Series A in 2024) is a recyclability-assessment-first platform that has expanded into EPR fee calculation and, since 2025, PPWR Declaration of Conformity workflows. It is integrated into SAP Responsible Design and Production and partners with the Association of Plastic Recyclers. PPWR Connect approaches the same regulation from the other side: the full set of PPWR obligations for SMEs, with recyclability as one axis among DoC, EPR, substances of concern and training.
Statements about Recyda reflect what its public materials document as of 11 June 2026 — sources at the bottom of this page. Vendor capabilities change; verify with the vendor before deciding.
| PPWR Connect | Recyda | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Public pricing: free tier, paid plans from €99/month (ppwrconnect.com/pricing) — no sales call required. | Not published — demo-led. As of 11 June 2026, no public pricing page was found on recyda.com (/pricing returns 404; product pages end in "Book a demo"); no free trial is mentioned on the pages checked. |
| Recyclability assessment | Annex II first-pass grading per SKU plus a component-graph assessment (body, label, closure, inks, adhesives — PVC-on-PET, carbon-black, EVOH interactions). | Their core strength: assessments against RecyClass, CEFLEX, KIDV, ZSVR Minimum Standard, APR Design Guide, COTREP, PPWR and UK RAM, covering guidelines from 20+ countries (recyda.com product pages). Deeper multi-scheme coverage than PPWR Connect offers. |
| Declaration of Conformity | EU Declaration of Conformity per Article 39, structured on Annex VIII, tied to the SKU's technical file, ten-year retention. | Documented on their PPWR solution page: DoC issuance backed by technical documentation, evidence linking across SKUs, data-gap identification. |
| EPR | EPR registrations and declarations tracked per EU Member State. | Automatic EPR fee calculation per country-specific guidelines for 20+ countries, with eco-modulation analysis and export formats for country-specific declarations (recyda.com EPR product page). |
| Training | PPWR Academy built in: structured courses with certificates for the whole team. | No training or academy offering was found in recyda.com's sitemap or product pages as of 11 June 2026. |
| Languages | Interface in 9 languages (EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, NL, PL, PT, RO). | recyda.com is published in English (no hreflang alternates, no localized paths in the sitemap as of 11 June 2026; two press releases also available in German). Product-UI languages are not documented publicly. |
| Built for | Built for SMEs, brands, importers — and packaging printers & label converters specifically. | Global enterprises with large SKU portfolios — named customers include Beiersdorf and Kao; ERP/PLM/SAP data intake; SAP RD&P integration. |
Choose Recyda if…
Choose Recyda if you are an enterprise with hundreds or thousands of SKUs and your central need is granular, scheme-by-scheme recyclability scoring (RecyClass, APR, CEFLEX…) integrated with SAP — and a demo-led enterprise sales process fits how you buy.
Choose PPWR Connect if…
Choose PPWR Connect if you need the whole PPWR obligation set — DoC, recyclability first-pass, EPR, substances of concern, team training — at a published price you can start on today, in your team's language.
All competitor statements were verified against these public pages on 11 June 2026.
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