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Apache Kylin: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Apache Kylin is an open-source OLAP engine that describes itself as a high-concurrency, high-performance analytics engine for large volumes of data. It serves as an analytical layer behind business intelligence tools that need interactive queries over big-data sources. The software is distributed under the Apache License 2.0, which permits commercial use, modification and redistribution.

The project is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit, and its release catalogue lists version 5.0.4 as released on 13 July 2026. Because the software is distributed for organisations to install, the location and operation of any data are determined by whoever deploys it. A European organisation can therefore run it entirely on European infrastructure, while the governance of the project sits with a US foundation and GDPR compliance rests on the deployer's own set-up.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 12, 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
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Business Intelligence
Type
Product
Website
kylin.apache.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Apache Kylin

The European alternatives to Apache Kylin come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Apache Kylin

Apache Kylin 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.

Apache Kylin hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Apache Kylin is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Apache Kylin 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 Apache Kylin?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Apache Kylin include Bissantz (DeltaMaster), Board International and ClicData. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Apache Kylin?

Our list of EU alternatives to Apache Kylin is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Apache Kylin GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Apache Kylin is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence: Dashboards, management reporting, self-service BI and embedded analytics on business data. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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