Non-EU vendorData Governance & MDMHeadquarters: IL

Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Octopai was an Israeli platform for automated data lineage and metadata management and is now offered as Cloudera Data Lineage. It automatically harvests metadata, scripts, code and dependencies and maps how data moves across systems, including inferred lineage where needed. The product covers cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, has more than sixty native integrations according to Cloudera plus a connector for custom sources, and produces interactive lineage diagrams, audit trails and data-quality information for audits. It is delivered as SaaS.

Cloudera announced the acquisition of the Octopai platform on 14 November 2024, and the octopai.com domain now redirects to the Cloudera page. Cloudera is a US company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, privately held by KKR and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice since 2021. Octopai itself was founded in Israel. The US parent is the CLOUD Act signal. Cloudera does not name hosting regions for the SaaS service, so ask where your metadata is stored. The product is not open source.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (IL)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
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 October 9, 2026

Headquarters	IL (OTHER)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	USVerified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Data Governance & MDM
Type	Product
Website	cloudera.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai)

The European alternatives to Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai)

Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) is headquartered in IL, 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) 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.

Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) 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 Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) 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 Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) include Accutics, Amnesia and Anjana Data. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) include Amnesia, ARX Data Anonymization Tool and Data Contract CLI. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) is headquartered in IL (OTHER) 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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Compliance evidence

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