Non-EU vendorData Platform & WarehouseHeadquarters: IL

lakeFS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

lakeFS is version-control software for data lakes. It sits on top of S3-compatible object storage, such as Amazon S3, Azure, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO or local storage, and manages the provenance, lifecycle and governed access of data used in analytics and AI pipelines. It is developed by Treeverse Labs, an Israeli company, and customers install it themselves on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or on-premises infrastructure.

According to its privacy policy, Treeverse Labs Ltd. is based in Israel. lakeFS is released under the Business Source License 1.1, which its licence text describes as not an open-source licence, so it is not open source. Because customers run the software on their own storage, they decide where most of their data resides. The privacy policy says personal information is stored on cloud servers whose main data centre is in the United States and may be accessed from Israel. A European organisation should therefore review the Israeli and US processing arrangements before use.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (IL)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US, 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	IL (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	US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Data Platform & Warehouse
Type	Product
Website	lakefs.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to lakeFS

The European alternatives to lakeFS 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 lakeFS

lakeFS is headquartered in IL, 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.

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

lakeFS 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 lakeFS 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 lakeFS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to lakeFS include DuckDB, Exasol and Falkor. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to lakeFS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to lakeFS include DuckDB, Garage and MonetDB. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

lakeFS is headquartered in IL (OTHER) and hosts data in US, OTHER. 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

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Compliance evidence

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