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Flourish: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Flourish is a web-based platform for creating interactive charts, maps and data stories, using no-code templates, with an API and SDK for developers. Users embed the finished visualisations on websites, in presentations and on social media. The platform was co-founded in 2018 and is used through a web application. It is a hosted service rather than software installed on the user's own systems.

Flourish is operated by Canva UK Operations Limited, a London company that belongs to the Canva group. Canva acquired Flourish in 2022. The group's headquarters are in Sydney, and its ultimate holding company, Canva, Inc., is domiciled in Delaware in the United States, so a US-domiciled parent is a relevant factor. According to the privacy notice, personal data is primarily stored on servers within the European Economic Area, but transfers to other countries may occur under standard contractual clauses, and those countries are not named. For a European organisation, the storage location and the parent's jurisdiction should both be assessed.

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Sovereignty score
52 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    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-630
    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 11, 2026
Headquarters
GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Business Intelligence
Type
Product
Website
flourish.studio ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Flourish

The European alternatives to Flourish 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 Flourish

Flourish is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor. 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 Flourish scores best on data residency.

Flourish 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 Flourish 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 Flourish?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Flourish 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 Flourish?

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

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

Flourish is headquartered in GB (OTHER) 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

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Sources

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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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