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Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is an enterprise Kubernetes platform for deploying, managing and securing clusters. NKP builds on Nutanix Kubernetes Engine and the D2iQ product family, which Nutanix acquired: the main functionality of the D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) has been merged into it. According to Nutanix, NKP runs on bare metal, in public clouds, at the edge and in air-gapped environments, with or without Nutanix infrastructure. It is software that you install and operate yourself.

Nutanix, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California (US), and has no foreign parent company. Because NKP runs in your own environment, you decide where cluster data is kept. For personal data that Nutanix itself processes, its privacy statement names Nutanix Netherlands B.V. as the controller for individuals in the EEA and the UK, and the US Nutanix entities are certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The US headquarters means US law is relevant to the vendor relationship and to support.

Sovereignty score
55 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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 13, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in US (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)

The European alternatives to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 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.

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 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 Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) include APPUiO (VSHN), Capsule and Gardener. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) include Capsule, Gardener, Giant Swarm, Harvester, IncludeOS, K3s and Kamaji. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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

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Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

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