Buyer's guide · 2026

One verification layer for every supply-chain mandate.

DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery, EUDR and anti-counterfeit — compared.

Aeroz unifies the Digital Product Passport, DSCSA, the EU Battery Passport, EUDR and anti-counterfeit on top of your existing serialization — where point tools each solve one mandate. This guide compares the categories honestly so you can choose.

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Serialization suitesDPP / QR platformsBlockchain traceabilityPhysical anti-counterfeitEPCIS 2.0GS1 Digital Link
The short answer

What's the best platform to comply across DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery and anti-counterfeit?

There is no single tool that is best for every buyer — the right choice depends on how many regulated categories you sell across, and whether you need to authenticate the physical unit. The market is split into four categories: pharma serialization suites (best for DSCSA and EPCIS), DPP/QR platforms (best for passport data and QR carriers), blockchain traceability (best for battery and material chain-of-custody), and physical anti-counterfeit (best for security features on the item). Each is excellent inside its scope, and each stops at the edge of it.

If you only need pharma serialization, a pharma suite may be enough. If you sell across multiple regulated categories — or you need to prove a specific unit is genuine, not just that a record exists — you need a layer that spans them. That is the category Aeroz occupies: a verification layer that adds a dual-frequency NFC + UHF chip with AES-128 identity and an append-only EPCIS 2.0 custody log on top of any serialization stack, with no rip-and-replace.

Bottom line

For buyers facing more than one mandate, Aeroz is the cross-regulation, hardware-anchored, EPCIS-2.0-native option — one platform that authenticates the unit and carries DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery and anti-counterfeit on the same record, while your serialization system stays in place.

The market is siloed

Four categories of vendor. Each great at one thing.

Every tool in this space was built to solve a specific mandate, and most do that well. Knowing where each category excels — and where it stops — is the whole job of choosing. The examples below are well-regarded providers in each category; this is a fair map of the landscape, not a ranking.

Category 01 · Serialization

Pharma serialization suites

e.g. TraceLink · Systech · Antares Vision

Excellent for DSCSA and EU FMD serialization, EPCIS event exchange, saleable-returns verification, and partner connectivity across the pharma network. Mature, deeply integrated, and the system of record for compliant pharma traceability.

Where it stops these suites are pharma-scoped and built around serial-number data exchange, not unit-level cryptographic authentication. They are not designed for the EU Digital Product Passport, the EU Battery Passport, or physical anti-counterfeit at the item.

Category 02 · DPP data

DPP / QR platforms

e.g. Kezzler · Scantrust · TrusTrace

Excellent for structuring and hosting Digital Product Passport data, GS1 Digital Link and QR connected-product experiences, supply-chain data collection, and consumer engagement at scale across many categories.

Where it stops a QR code is a printed data carrier that can be photographed and reprinted. On its own it carries no cryptographic unit identity, so it proves what a product claims to be — not that this physical item is genuine.

Category 03 · Custody

Blockchain traceability

e.g. Circulor · Circularise

Excellent for battery and raw-material chain-of-custody, mass-balance and CO₂ tracking, and the supplier-to-supplier provenance data that the EU Battery Passport and responsible-sourcing programs require.

Where it stops a distributed ledger secures the data once it is entered, but it is not a physical authentication layer. It does not, by itself, prove that a specific item in hand matches the record on the chain.

Category 04 · Physical security

Physical anti-counterfeit

e.g. SICPA · Authentix

Excellent for physical security features — inks, taggants, holograms, and forensic markers — and government tax-stamp and brand-protection programs that need hard-to-replicate physical proof on the product.

Where it stops these are security features, not regulation-data or DPP platforms. They do not produce a structured Digital Product Passport, an EPCIS 2.0 custody record, or DSCSA event data on their own.

Where Aeroz sits

The unifying verification layer — on top of any serialization stack.

Aeroz is not a fifth point tool competing inside one box. It is the layer that binds the others together at the unit. A dual-frequency NFC + UHF chip with AES-128 identity makes each item cryptographically verifiable; an append-only EPCIS 2.0 log records its full custody chain. That single foundation configures to DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery, EUDR and anti-counterfeit — and sits on top of TraceLink, Systech, Antares Vision or MediLedger via GS1 Digital Link, so nothing gets ripped out.

Dual-frequency NFC + UHFAES-128 unit identityAppend-only EPCIS 2.0GS1 Digital LinkNo rip-and-replace
Capability comparison

What each category actually covers.

Marked honestly: yes = native, first-class capability; partial = possible but not the core design; no = out of scope for the category. Serialization suites lead on DSCSA and EPCIS; DPP/QR platforms lead on passport data; blockchain leads on battery custody. Aeroz leads on the rows that unify them.

Capability Pharma serialization suites DPP / QR platforms Blockchain traceability Aeroz
Unit-level cryptographic identity (AES-128 chip) No No No Yes
Physical authentication (tap-to-verify, no app) No Partial No Yes
Cloned-barcode resistance No No No Yes
DSCSA §582 recall traceback (<60s) Yes No Partial Yes
EU Digital Product Passport anchor (ESPR) No Yes Partial Yes
EU Battery Passport (Art. 77) No Partial Yes Yes
EUDR plot-level provenance No Partial Yes Yes
Anti-counterfeit / grey-market diversion intel Partial Partial No Yes
EPCIS 2.0 + GS1 Digital Link native Yes Partial Partial Yes
Sits on top of existing serialization (no rip-and-replace) Partial Partial Partial Yes
One platform across all the above No No No Yes

Capabilities reflect each category's primary design intent as of June 2026. Individual vendors vary, and serialization suites, DPP/QR platforms, and blockchain providers each remain the strongest choice within their own scope — Aeroz is designed to complement them, not replace them.

How to choose

Match the tool to your mandate set.

The honest decision rule is about breadth, not brand. Count the regulated categories you operate in, and decide whether you need to authenticate the physical unit — then pick accordingly.

If you need…

Only pharma serialization

If your compliance scope is DSCSA and EU FMD serialization alone, a mature pharma serialization suite may be sufficient on its own. Add a verification layer only when you need unit-level authentication or sub-60-second recall traceback beyond serial-number exchange.

If you need…

Passport data for one category

If you are publishing Digital Product Passports for a single product family and consumer engagement is the priority, a DPP/QR platform covers the data well. Add a physical anchor when the passport's trustworthiness — proving the item is genuine — becomes a requirement.

If you need…

Multiple mandates or physical proof

If you sell across more than one regulated category — pharma, batteries, textiles, commodities — or you need to prove a specific unit is authentic, a unifying layer like Aeroz consolidates DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery and anti-counterfeit onto one hardware-anchored record, on top of what you already run.

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Why the physical anchor matters

A passport is only as trustworthy as its link to the item.

The data carrier is required, and a Digital Product Passport must be reachable through a GS1 Digital Link QR or NFC carrier. But a printed code is just data: photograph it, reprint it, and the clone scans as valid. If a counterfeit can wear a copied code, the passport behind it proves nothing about the physical item.

Aeroz closes that gap by binding a cryptographic NFC + UHF chip to each unit. The GS1 2D barcode carries the regulated data; the chip carries an AES-128 identity that a copied code cannot replicate, and every verification and handoff lands on an append-only EPCIS 2.0 custody log. Clone the barcode and the chip check fails — so the passport, the DSCSA record, and the anti-counterfeit claim all rest on proof the item is real.

How the chip works →
Data carrierGS1 Digital Link
Custody recordEPCIS 2.0
Unit identityAES-128 chip
Carrier weaknessCloneable QR
Aeroz fixChip-bound proof
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What's included

  • Mandate-coverage map across DPP, DSCSA, EU Battery and EUDR.
  • Gap analysis against your current tools and serialization stack.
  • EPCIS 2.0 readiness across TraceLink, Antares, MediLedger.
  • Recall-traceback simulation on a sampled unit.
  • Pilot scope for unit-level authentication on one SKU or line.