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Macrobond: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Macrobond is a platform for macroeconomic and financial research. It provides a catalogue of economic and financial time series, analysis tools and charts that update automatically when source data changes. Users work in the web platform and can connect it to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Bloomberg. The vendor describes it as an AI macroeconomic research platform.

The operating company, Macrobond Financial AB, gives a postal address in Malmö, Sweden, and its privacy policy names it as the provider of the websites, products and services. The policy states that personal data may be transferred, stored and processed within the group or by service providers in any country, and lists North America, Europe and Asia as locations. It refers to rights under the GDPR and to model clauses as transfer safeguards, but does not mention a data processing agreement. The website does not name an owner. For a European organisation, the Swedish operating entity is an EU seat; the transfers to other regions and the missing data processing agreement reference are the points to settle in the contract.

Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    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 12, 2026
Headquarters
SE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Macrobond

The European alternatives to Macrobond come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Macrobond

Macrobond is headquartered in SE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Macrobond 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.

Macrobond 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Macrobond?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Macrobond include Bissantz (DeltaMaster), Board International and ClicData. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Macrobond?

Our list of EU alternatives to Macrobond is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

Macrobond is headquartered in SE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. That makes Macrobond an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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