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Domino Data Lab: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Domino is a Kubernetes-native platform for data science and AI from Domino Data Lab, aimed at large, regulated organisations such as those in life sciences, finance and the public sector. It combines model development, MLOps, collaboration and governance across the AI lifecycle. Domino can be installed by the customer in a private cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or OCI) or on-premises, including air-gapped environments, or consumed as a managed service.

Domino Data Lab is a US company based in San Francisco. Domino Cloud is the managed variant: according to the vendor, each customer gets its own AWS subaccount and VPC, and workloads can run in AWS and Azure regions chosen by the customer. A hybrid model also exists, with private data planes in the customer's own infrastructure. The documentation consulted does not list specific regions, such as ones in the EU. The software is not open source. As a US provider, Domino falls under US jurisdiction, which is relevant for European organisations when they use a managed service.

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Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
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 9, 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	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	US, EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Analytics
Type	Product
Website	dominodatalab.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Domino Data Lab

The European alternatives to Domino Data Lab 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 Domino Data Lab

Domino Data Lab 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.

Domino Data Lab hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Domino Data Lab 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 Domino Data Lab 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 Domino Data Lab?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Domino Data Lab 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 Domino Data Lab?

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

Is Domino Data Lab GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Domino Data Lab is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. 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

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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