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Google Cloud Data Fusion: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Google Cloud Data Fusion is a fully managed data integration service for building and managing data pipelines. Through a visual web interface you connect to data sources, transform data and load it into destination systems without managing infrastructure. According to Google, the service is powered by the open source project CDAP. Plugins exist for BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Salesforce and several SAP systems, among others, along with Wrangler for data preparation. Instances can be created as public or private, for example using Private Service Connect or VPC peering.

Google is based in Mountain View, United States. The service itself is not open source, but pipelines should in principle remain portable to CDAP. Instances run in a Google Cloud region of your choice; these include regions in Belgium, the Netherlands and other European regions added later, as well as regions in the US. Google's Cloud Data Processing Addendum refers to the GDPR. As a US provider, Google is subject to the US CLOUD Act, even when data is held in a European region.

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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 13, 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	Data Integration & ETL
Type	Product
Website	cloud.google.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Google Cloud Data Fusion

The European alternatives to Google Cloud Data Fusion come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Google Cloud Data Fusion

Google Cloud Data Fusion 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.

Google Cloud Data Fusion 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.

Google Cloud Data Fusion 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 Google Cloud Data Fusion 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 Google Cloud Data Fusion?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Google Cloud Data Fusion include Adverity, Axual and CloverDX. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Google Cloud Data Fusion?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Google Cloud Data Fusion include dlt (dltHub) and HiveMQ. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Google Cloud Data Fusion GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Google Cloud Data Fusion 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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