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Self-hosted / open sourceLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

Node-RED: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Node-RED is a visual tool for flow-based programming that wires together hardware devices, APIs and online services. In a browser-based editor you drag nodes from a palette onto a workspace and connect them into flows. A flow is deployed to the runtime in a single click. Flows are stored as JSON, so they can be imported, exported and shared. The runtime is built on Node.js and runs both at the network edge on low-cost hardware such as a Raspberry Pi and in the cloud. You install Node-RED yourself, for example through npm.

Node-RED started in 2013 at IBM and is open source under the Apache-2.0 licence. The project is governed by the OpenJS Foundation, which holds the copyright together with other contributors. No vendor hosts your data: whoever runs Node-RED decides where the software and the data it processes reside. For a European organisation this means full control over hosting and updates, without dependence on a commercial cloud service, but also its own responsibility for operations and security.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-675
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 5, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websitenodered.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Node-RED

The European alternatives to Node-RED 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 Node-RED

Node-RED 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.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Node-RED scores best on data residency.

Node-RED is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Node-RED 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 Node-RED?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Node-RED 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 Node-RED?

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

Is Node-RED GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Node-RED is headquartered in US 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 October 5, 2026.

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