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Amazon DynamoDB: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, fully managed, distributed NoSQL database from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Developers use it for applications that need fast access at varying scale without managing servers, upgrades or maintenance windows. It offers ACID transactions, Time to Live for expiring old records, DynamoDB Streams for near real-time event processing, bulk import and native vector search. Global tables replicate data across AWS Regions with multi-active writes. It is delivered as a managed service through the AWS console and APIs.

DynamoDB is operated by AWS, a subsidiary of the US company Amazon, so it falls under US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. It is available in several European AWS Regions, including Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm, Milan, Spain and Zurich, and you decide in which Regions your tables reside. DynamoDB is a proprietary AWS service with its own API, so applications built on it are tied to AWS, which matters for portability and exit planning.

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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 (EU, OTHER)
  • 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 5, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Database & Data Management
Type
Product
Website
aws.amazon.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB

The European alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB 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.

Amazon DynamoDB hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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.

Amazon DynamoDB 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Amazon DynamoDB?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB include Aiven, ArangoDB and DuckDB. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB include DuckDB, Elastic, Firebird SQL, MariaDB and Meilisearch. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Amazon DynamoDB GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Amazon DynamoDB is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, OTHER. 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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