EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorVideo StreamingHeadquarters: GB

MUBI: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

MUBI is a curated streaming platform for world cinema, including art-house, documentary and independent films, many of which are available only on MUBI. Besides subscription streaming, the company offers a film database, the online film magazine Notebook and publications under MUBI Editions. MUBI also distributes films theatrically, runs the MUBI Fest festival, and produces and co-produces films. You use the service as SaaS through the web and apps. The software is not open source.

MUBI is based in London, and the service is operated on behalf of MUBI UK Limited; it was founded by Efe Çakarel. Its terms of use are governed by the law of the US state of California, with disputes resolved through JAMS arbitration. Investors include Sequoia Capital, a US investor that led a growth financing round in 2025. A European user therefore deals with a UK-based provider with US contractual and financial ties.

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Sovereignty score
52 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    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-630
    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 July 2, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Compliance documents1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signalAMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryVideo Streaming
TypeProduct
Websitemubi.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 MUBI

The European alternatives to MUBI 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 MUBI

MUBI is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so MUBI scores best on data residency.

MUBI 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 MUBI 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 MUBI?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to MUBI include PeerTube (EU-host), M6+ and ARD Mediathek. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to MUBI?

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

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

MUBI is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in 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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

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".

Security page / trust center
mubi.com/terms

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 21, 2026.

Digital sovereignty in Video Streaming

Video Streaming: Video streaming services — movies, series, live TV. 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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