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

Microsoft Power Apps: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Power Apps is Microsoft's low-code platform: a suite of apps, services and connectors together with a data platform for building business applications with little or no code. Makers create canvas apps and model-driven apps that connect to data in Microsoft Dataverse or to sources such as SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and SQL Server. Apps run in the browser and on mobile devices. With Copilot, a maker can describe the app they want. Administrators manage environments in the Power Platform admin center, and developers extend apps with code and custom connectors.

Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. An environment is created in a chosen region, and the apps, Dataverse databases, connections and gateways inside it run in datacenters in that geography. According to Microsoft, data in an environment created in the EU and EFTA stays within member states that fall under the EU Data Boundary. An environment can be located in a different region from the Entra tenant, so the choice of region is an administrator decision. The software is not open source.

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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)
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 8, 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, EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Low-code / No-code
Type	Product
Website	powerapps.microsoft.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Microsoft Power Apps

The European alternatives to Microsoft Power Apps 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 Microsoft Power Apps

Microsoft Power Apps 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.

Microsoft Power Apps hosts data in US, EU. 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.

Microsoft Power Apps 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 Microsoft Power Apps 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 Microsoft Power Apps?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Microsoft Power Apps 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 Microsoft Power Apps?

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

Is Microsoft Power Apps GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Microsoft Power Apps is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU. 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 8, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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