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Mode: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Mode is a business intelligence platform that brings data teams and business teams together. It combines SQL, Python and R analysis with dashboards and shared reports, and is delivered as a hosted online service. The company is Mode Analytics, Inc. In July 2023, ThoughtSpot announced that it had completed its acquisition of Mode in a cash and equity transaction. ThoughtSpot has said it will keep investing in Mode's code-first tools.

Mode Analytics, Inc. is a US company, so US jurisdiction and the CLOUD Act are relevant for European organisations, whatever the hosting location. The website does not say where customer data is hosted, whether EU data centres are available, or whether a GDPR commitment or data processing agreement is offered; its footer links only to terms of service and a privacy statement. The site does not describe the product as open source or offer a self-hosted option. A European organisation should check hosting locations, sub-processors and transfer terms in the contract before storing personal data.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • 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 11, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryBusiness Intelligence
TypeProduct
Websitemode.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Mode

The European alternatives to Mode 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 Mode

Mode 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.

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

Mode 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 Mode 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 Mode?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Mode?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Mode include Kibana (Elastic). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Mode is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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

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 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence: Dashboards, management reporting, self-service BI and embedded analytics on business data. 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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