EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: IE

Corteza: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Corteza is an open-source low-code platform that positions itself as an alternative to Salesforce. Organisations use it to build web applications and workflows with block-based tools and JavaScript automations, connect data sources and adopt ready-made solutions from a public library, for example for CRM and case management. The platform is cloud-native, runs in Docker containers and can be used either on-premise or in the cloud.

Corteza is licensed under Apache 2.0. It is developed and maintained by Planet Crust, a company based in Cork, Ireland, and the project is owned and operated by the Commons Conservancy Foundation, which the project website says was established under Dutch law. Because the code is open and can be self-hosted, an organisation decides in which region its data is stored and who holds administrative access. Anyone who has a third party host the platform should assess that hosting provider's location separately.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 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-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-6100
    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 2, 2026
Headquarters
IE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents
1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal
DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC, US (US)Technically measured
Category
Low-code / No-code
Type
Product
Website
cortezaproject.org ↗

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 Corteza

The European alternatives to Corteza 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 Corteza

Corteza is headquartered in IE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

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

Corteza 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 Corteza 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 Corteza?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Corteza include Appmixer, Baserow and Betty Blocks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Corteza?

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

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

Corteza is headquartered in IE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Corteza an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 2, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center
cortezaproject.org/security

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 22, 2026.

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