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Flow360: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Flow360 is no-code workflow software that lets departments digitise business processes themselves, without programming. A drag-and-drop form builder creates input screens and checklists. Further building blocks are approval workflows, a workflow scheduler, dashboards, notifications, e-mail templates and PDF reports filled automatically from Word templates. Users and groups receive permissions, activity is recorded in an audit trail, and an API connects ERP, CRM or accounting systems. Flow360 is delivered as SaaS.

Flow360 is a product of com.plex GmbH of Bonn, Germany, and no foreign parent company is named. According to the vendor, the service runs on servers in Hetzner data centres in Germany and complies with the GDPR; the vendor acts as processor and the customer as controller. No self-hosted option is described. For European organisations this means process data stays with a German provider on European infrastructure. Before use, ask for the data processing agreement and the current list of subprocessors.

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 14, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
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Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Flow360

The European alternatives to Flow360 come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 Flow360

Flow360 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 Flow360 scores best on data residency.

Flow360 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 Flow360 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 Flow360?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Flow360 include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Flow360?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Flow360 include Automatisch, Ofelia (Bonita) and CIB seven. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Flow360 GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Flow360 is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Flow360 an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in BPM & Workflow

BPM & Workflow: Business process management, workflow automation and process modelling. 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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