EU Sovereignty Score
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Mendix: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Mendix is a low-code platform for building, running and orchestrating enterprise applications and AI agents. Users can bring their own language models, data and cloud. Applications run in Mendix Cloud, in a customer's own cloud, on-premises or in air-gapped environments. The platform's source code is not open.

Mendix was founded in Rotterdam and has been part of Siemens since 2018; the website names Siemens Industry Software Netherlands B.V. The ultimate parent is therefore in Germany. With Mendix Cloud, the customer chooses the region for data storage: options include Frankfurt and Dublin, alongside regions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan and Singapore. Backups stay within the selected region. Support tickets are stored only in the EU region, while support staff also work from the United States and India without access to application data unless the customer explicitly approves. A European organisation can therefore choose an EU region or its own hosting.

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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 9, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyDEVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Compliance documents3 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARESPECTRUM - Cloudflare London, LLC, US (US)Technically measured
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websitemendix.com ↗

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 Mendix

The European alternatives to Mendix come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Mendix

Mendix is headquartered in NL and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in DE, also within Europe.

Mendix 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.

Mendix 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 Mendix 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 Mendix?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Mendix 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 Mendix?

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

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

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

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 9, 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".

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
mendix.com/legal
Security page / trust center
mendix.com/trust
EU hosting documented
mendix.com/infrastructure

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 22, 2026.

Digital sovereignty in Low-code / No-code

Low-code / No-code: Low-code and no-code platforms for application development and automation. 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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