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Preset: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Preset is a managed version of Apache Superset, the open-source business intelligence tool. It is offered as Preset Cloud, a fully managed SaaS service, and as Managed Private Cloud, which runs in the customer's own AWS, Google Cloud or Azure environment. Preset On-Prem and Preset Certified Superset are available for on-premises deployments. The website lists embedded dashboards among its options, alongside dashboards and charts for internal teams.

Preset, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, so US law applies to the company. Preset Cloud runs on AWS, and customers can select a deployment region, including Stockholm in the EU, Virginia and Oregon in the US, and Tokyo in Asia-Pacific. The privacy notice, however, states that information may be processed and stored anywhere in the world, and neither that notice nor the trust page mentions the GDPR or a data processing agreement. Apache Superset itself is open source, so a European organisation can run it on its own infrastructure and keep hosting under its own control.

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Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US, OTHER)
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

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Business Intelligence
Type	Product
Website	preset.io ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Preset

The European alternatives to Preset come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 Preset

Preset 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.

Preset hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Preset 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 Preset 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 Preset?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Preset 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 Preset?

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

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

Preset is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, US, OTHER. 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

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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