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Self-hosted / open sourceForms & SurveysHeadquarters: US

Gravity Forms: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Gravity Forms is a commercial form builder that works as a plugin for WordPress. It is used to build forms on a website and can be extended with add-ons. The plugin is installed on the customer's own WordPress site, and licences are sold annually per site. The product is therefore software that runs on the customer's systems rather than a vendor-hosted service, although licence and account services are provided online.

The plugin is developed by Rocketgenius, Inc., based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the United States. According to the vendor, form entries are stored in the customer's own WordPress database on the customer's hosting provider, and Rocketgenius does not host, transmit or access that entry data. Processing therefore stays with the customer's own hosting, whose location the customer chooses. Where licence and account data are hosted is not stated. The software is not presented as open source.

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Sovereignty score
55 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Data hostingSelf-hosted, e.g. in US (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryForms & Surveys
TypeProduct
Websitegravityforms.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Gravity Forms

The European alternatives to Gravity Forms 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 Gravity Forms

Gravity Forms 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.

Gravity Forms runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Gravity Forms is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Gravity Forms 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 Gravity Forms?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Gravity Forms include 123FormBuilder, AidaForm and Askia. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Gravity Forms?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Gravity Forms include CryptPad Forms. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Gravity Forms GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Gravity Forms is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Forms & Surveys

Forms & Surveys: Online forms, surveys and feedback tools. 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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