EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

Knack: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Knack is a no-code platform for building online databases and business applications. Users define tables, forms and views, and AI features can generate an application from a description. Knack is delivered as a fully hosted service, so there is no software to install; applications run on the vendor's infrastructure and are used in the browser.

Knack is operated by Evenly Odd, Inc., which trades as Knack. The company describes itself as fully remote and names no physical headquarters; its privacy policy gives a US mailing address. The policy says databases are maintained in the United States, Germany and Australia, and that personal data may be processed outside the EU, the UK or Switzerland. Knack acts as a data processor for application builds, publishes a subprocessor list and states that it is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. A European organisation should choose the data location it needs and check transfer safeguards, because processing in the US falls under US jurisdiction.

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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 (EU, US, OTHER)
  • 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
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 hostingEU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websiteknack.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Knack

The European alternatives to Knack 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 Knack

Knack 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.

Knack hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. 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.

Knack 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 Knack 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 Knack?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Knack include Appmixer, Baserow and Betty Blocks. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Knack?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Knack include Baserow, Convertigo and Corteza. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Knack is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, US, 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

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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