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Datawrapper: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Datawrapper is a web application for creating and publishing charts, maps and tables, aimed at newsrooms, research teams and communications departments. A step-by-step editor with a live responsive preview guides you through formatting a visualisation; themes fix typography, colours and layout, and teams collaborate through shared folders, real-time editing and comments. Publishing takes one click, and charts can be exported for the web, mobile, PowerPoint and print. The product is delivered as SaaS; according to the vendor, self-hosting options also exist for organisations.

Datawrapper is developed by Datawrapper GmbH in Berlin. According to the vendor's security page, the software is hosted entirely in Western European AWS data centres in Stockholm and Frankfurt, so user data does not leave the European Economic Area. The vendor's privacy policy also names AWS storage in Frankfurt and in Northern Virginia (US), so it is worth confirming with the vendor where published charts are actually served from. For a European organisation, it is relevant that no non-European parent company is known.

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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
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryAnalytics
TypeProduct
Websitedatawrapper.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Datawrapper

The European alternatives to Datawrapper 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 Datawrapper

Datawrapper is headquartered in DE 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 Datawrapper scores best on data residency.

Datawrapper 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 Datawrapper 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 Datawrapper?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Datawrapper include Ackee, Adjust and Alceris. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Datawrapper?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Datawrapper include Ackee, Aptabase and Counter. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Datawrapper is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Datawrapper 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 10, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Analytics

Analytics: Business intelligence, data visualisation, web analytics. 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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