Non-EU vendorWhiteboarding & Visual CollaborationHeadquarters: US

Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Lucid is a visual collaboration suite from Lucid Software Inc. It consists of Lucidchart, a diagramming product for flowcharts and other diagrams, and Lucidspark, a virtual whiteboard for brainstorming and planning together. Both run as web-based software-as-a-service in the browser, for teams that want to draw, discuss and document processes, systems and ideas collaboratively.

Lucid is a US company and its services are hosted on Amazon Web Services. By default, customer data is stored in the United States, in Virginia with a backup in Ohio. Enterprise accounts can instead choose an EU region, where data at rest is stored in Germany with a backup in Ireland, or an Australian region; each account uses one region, arranged through Lucid sales. Lucid is not open source. Even with EU storage the provider remains a US company, so a European organisation should assess US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act, alongside the data location.

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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, 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 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, EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	AKAMAI-ASN1 - Akamai International B.V., NL (US)Technically measured
Category	Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration
Type	Product
Website	lucid.co ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark)

The European alternatives to Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) 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 Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark)

Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) 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.

Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) hosts data in US, EU, 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.

Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) 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 Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) 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 Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) include Collaboard, Conceptboard and CryptPad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) include CryptPad, Excalidraw, Huly and Nextcloud. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Lucid (Lucidchart / Lucidspark) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, 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

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration

Whiteboarding & Visual Collaboration: Infinite-canvas whiteboards for brainstorming, workshops and visual planning. 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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