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Gravity Sketch: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Gravity Sketch is a 3D design workspace for early ideation, product design and design reviews. Teams sketch and model in a virtual space using a VR headset or a desktop computer, and collaborate in shared sessions. The company describes it for early design decisions, ergonomic checks at 1:1 scale and design reviews with annotations, in real time or asynchronously. It is offered as a VR application, a desktop application and a web application.

Gravity Sketch Limited is a British company registered in England and Wales, with its registered office in London. The United Kingdom is outside the EU, so for European organisations this is a supplier from outside the Union. The privacy policy names an EU representative for European users. The group also includes Gravity Sketch GmbH in Germany and Gravity Sketch Inc. in the United States. The policy does not name a hosting location for customer data, but it lists service providers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and the United States. Checking the processing terms and hosting location is therefore needed before a contract.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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 11, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Design
Type	Product
Website	gravitysketch.com ↗

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

The European alternatives to Gravity Sketch come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Sketch

Gravity Sketch is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Gravity Sketch 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 Gravity Sketch 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 Sketch?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Gravity Sketch include ArtFlow, Artweaver and Capture One. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Gravity Sketch?

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

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

Gravity Sketch is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in 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

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.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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