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Non-EU vendorWriting Assistance & GrammarHeadquarters: US

Superhuman (Grammarly): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Grammarly is an AI writing assistant that checks grammar and spelling, rewrites sentences, adjusts tone and gives feedback on how a text may be received. It also includes an AI chat and an AI detector, and business plans add style guides and analytics. Grammarly is available as desktop apps for Windows and Mac, browser extensions, add-ins for Microsoft Office and Google Docs, and mobile apps. In 2025 the company behind it renamed itself Superhuman and now groups Grammarly, the Coda workspace and Superhuman Mail in one suite.

The data controller for users in the EU, the UK and Switzerland is Superhuman Platform Inc. in San Francisco. The company states that data may be processed outside the user's country; for transfers to the United States it is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The privacy policy describes no data residency options. The software is proprietary. For a European organisation, text entered into the assistant is processed by a US company, so the sensitivity of the content deserves review.

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 2, 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
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryWriting Assistance & Grammar
TypeProduct
Websitesuperhuman.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Superhuman (Grammarly)

The European alternatives to Superhuman (Grammarly) 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 Superhuman (Grammarly)

Superhuman (Grammarly) 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.

Superhuman (Grammarly) 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.

Superhuman (Grammarly) 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Superhuman (Grammarly)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Superhuman (Grammarly) include CKEditor, DeepL Write and Surfer SEO. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Superhuman (Grammarly)?

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

Is Superhuman (Grammarly) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Superhuman (Grammarly) 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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Digital sovereignty in Writing Assistance & Grammar

Writing Assistance & Grammar: Grammar checking, spell checking, style advice and AI writing assistants. 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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