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Non-EU vendorDesignHeadquarters: AU

Procreate: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Procreate is a painting and drawing app for the iPad, used by illustrators to work digitally with brushes and layers. Savage Interactive Pty Ltd, based in Hobart, Tasmania, develops the app, and the company's website states that the product is made in Australia.

Savage Interactive is based in Australia, outside the European Union, so its legal base lies outside EU jurisdiction. Its privacy policy states that data may be hosted on an overseas server and that overseas recipients may be in countries with weaker privacy laws than Australia's. The company says it will comply with the GDPR where it applies. A European organisation should therefore seek contractual safeguards and confirm the exact processing locations with the vendor. The website privacy policy is separate from the app's; the apps are covered by a separate App Privacy Policy.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (AU)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • 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 10, 2026
HeadquartersAU (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionNo — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingOTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryDesign
TypeProduct
Websiteprocreate.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Procreate

The European alternatives to Procreate 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 Procreate

Procreate is headquartered in AU, 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.

Procreate hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Procreate 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 Procreate 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 Procreate?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Procreate include ArtFlow, Artweaver and Capture One. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Procreate?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Procreate include darktable and Excalidraw. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Procreate is headquartered in AU (OTHER) and hosts data in 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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