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InfluxDB: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

InfluxDB is a time series database for storing and analysing real-time data such as infrastructure metrics and IoT or sensor readings. InfluxData, the company behind it, offers InfluxDB 3 Core (open source) and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise for self-managed use, fully managed InfluxDB Cloud Serverless and Cloud Dedicated, and Telegraf, an open-source collection agent. According to the vendor, it can run on premises, at the edge or in the cloud.

InfluxData is a US company based in San Francisco, California, so US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act, applies to the vendor. InfluxDB Cloud Serverless runs on AWS in two regions: US East (Virginia) and EU Frankfurt, Germany. The open-source edition can be self-hosted, which keeps data and operations under the organisation's own control and lets a European organisation choose its infrastructure freely. The managed offerings depend on the vendor's regions and operations, so check the region and contract terms before choosing them.

Sovereignty score
61 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-675
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

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Last checked October 9, 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
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to InfluxDB

The European alternatives to InfluxDB 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 InfluxDB

InfluxDB 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.

InfluxDB 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.

InfluxDB is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

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

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to InfluxDB include Centreon, Checkmk and collectd. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to InfluxDB?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to InfluxDB include Centreon, Checkmk, collectd and Healthchecks.io. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is InfluxDB GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

InfluxDB 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

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Network & Monitoring

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