EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

Airtable: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Airtable is a platform for building business applications and workflows on shared data, a hybrid of spreadsheet and database. Teams work with linked tables, custom interfaces, automations and reporting, and can give external guests access through portals. Airtable also offers AI features and AI agents, and integrations with tools such as Slack, Google Drive, Salesforce, Jira and Zendesk. The product is available as a web application with desktop and mobile apps; developers use the API, extensions and scripting.

Airtable is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Since 4 September 2026 it has been wholly owned by Bending Spoons, a Milan-based S.p.A. listed on Nasdaq since 1 July 2026. Customers on the Enterprise Scale plan can enable data residency and choose the United States (the default), Europe or Australia. Base content, attachments and revision history are then stored in the chosen region, while base metadata, workspace names and user and authentication data remain in US data centers. The software is not open source.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 8, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyITVerified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUS, EUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalAMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websiteairtable.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Airtable

The European alternatives to Airtable come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Airtable

Airtable is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model. The ultimate owner is based in IT, also within Europe.

Airtable hosts data in US, EU. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Airtable is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Airtable together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Airtable?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Airtable include SeaTable, Make.com and Ninox. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Airtable?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Airtable include Vaadin. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Airtable GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Airtable is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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