Non-EU vendorForms & SurveysHeadquarters: US

HubSpot Forms: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HubSpot Forms is the online form builder within HubSpot Marketing Hub, designed to capture leads through a website or a standalone form page. A drag-and-drop editor and templates cover event registrations, ebook downloads and newsletter sign-ups. Every submission lands in the HubSpot CRM, where the contact is enriched with earlier website activity, and follow-up emails can be sent automatically. Conditional logic and multi-step forms belong to the more extensive editions. The product is delivered only as SaaS.

HubSpot, Inc. is a US company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is subject to US law such as the CLOUD Act. HubSpot offers an EU data centre: existing customers can move their data to the EU from their account settings, while new customers are assigned a hosting location based on their IP address. HubSpot's data processing agreement covers the GDPR, and transfers outside Europe rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses. For a European organisation this means EU storage is possible, but legal control stays with a US provider.

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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)
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 11, 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, EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Forms & Surveys
Type	Product
Website	hubspot.com ↗

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

The European alternatives to HubSpot Forms 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 HubSpot Forms

HubSpot 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.

HubSpot Forms hosts data in US, EU. 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.

HubSpot Forms 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 HubSpot 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 HubSpot Forms?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HubSpot 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 HubSpot Forms?

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

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

HubSpot Forms is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU. 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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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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