EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

Glide: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Glide is a no-code platform for internal business apps. You upload a spreadsheet or connect existing tools, and Glide reads the data, relationships and logic and helps build screens and workflows. Listed data sources include Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Salesforce, PostgreSQL and Snowflake. Apps run on desktop and mobile and can be shared with employees, customers or partners. Glide is delivered as a cloud service.

Glide is a US company with an address in Tiburon, California. According to its privacy policy, the services are hosted and operated in the United States, and data from users outside the US is stored on US servers. The platform's source code is not open and no self-hosted option is described. A European organisation using Glide is therefore subject to US jurisdiction for the processing of app data, including the CLOUD Act.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • 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 5, 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 hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websiteglideapps.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Glide

The European alternatives to Glide 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 Glide

Glide 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.

Glide hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Glide 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 Glide 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 Glide?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Glide include Appmixer, Baserow and Betty Blocks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Glide?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Glide include Baserow, Convertigo and Corteza. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Glide is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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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Compliance evidence

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