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Cube: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cube is a semantic layer for analytics. Metrics, dimensions, joins and access rules are defined once in code and then exposed through SQL, REST and GraphQL APIs to BI tools, custom applications and AI agents. Cube Core is the open-source, headless edition without a user interface, with a built-in cache for fast dashboards, and works with SQL sources such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Postgres. Cube Cloud is the managed service, adding chat-based analytics, workbooks, dashboards and embedded analytics.

The client packages are licensed under MIT and the backend packages under Apache 2.0. Cube is developed by Cube Inc., a US company based in San Francisco. If you run Cube Core yourself, you decide where your data resides. Cube Cloud runs on AWS, GCP or Azure; the public documentation does not list the available regions, so ask whether a European region is possible. When the US company Cube Inc. operates the service, it falls under US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • 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-675
    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 4, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified 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 hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryBusiness Intelligence
TypeProduct
Websitecube.dev ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cube

The European alternatives to Cube 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 Cube

Cube 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.

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

Cube 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 Cube 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 Cube?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cube include Bissantz (DeltaMaster), Board International and RIB BI+ (formerly datapine). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cube?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Cube include Kibana (Elastic). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Cube is headquartered in US and hosts data in 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

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 4, 2026.

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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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