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Arduino Cloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Arduino Cloud is the online platform from Arduino for building, controlling and monitoring connected projects. It offers a web editor for programming Arduino and ESP boards and other devices that run Python, MicroPython, JavaScript or Node-RED, over-the-air firmware updates, and dashboards for viewing and controlling sensor data, including from a mobile app. It targets makers, schools and businesses through Maker, School and Team plans, and is delivered as a cloud service.

Arduino is an Italian company with its registered office in Monza. In October 2025 Arduino announced it would join Qualcomm, and the company now states that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has acquired it, with its brands, tools and mission retained. Qualcomm Technologies is a subsidiary of the US chipmaker Qualcomm Incorporated, so the ultimate owner is in the United States, which is relevant to US CLOUD Act exposure. The pages consulted do not state where service data is stored, so privacy terms and processing agreements should be checked before personal or operational data is placed on the platform.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    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 10, 2026
Headquarters
IT (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Arduino Cloud

The European alternatives to Arduino Cloud 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 Arduino Cloud

Arduino Cloud is headquartered in IT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Arduino Cloud scores best on data residency.

Arduino Cloud 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 Arduino Cloud 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 Arduino Cloud?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Arduino Cloud include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Arduino Cloud?

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

Is Arduino Cloud GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Arduino Cloud is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Arduino Cloud an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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