Non-EU vendorLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

Quickbase: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Quickbase is a platform for building business software without extensive coding. Organisations use it for project management, compliance management, field service, resource management and workflow management, with solutions for sectors such as construction, manufacturing, government and solar. Besides the core platform, the vendor lists Pave, an AI app builder, and FastField for mobile forms. Quickbase is delivered as a cloud service, with mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Quickbase, Inc. is a US company. Since January 2019 Vista Equity Partners, an investment firm that invests exclusively in enterprise software and technology, has been the majority owner; the earlier investor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe kept a minority stake. The platform is not open source. Because both the company and its majority owner are American, it falls under US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act. A European organisation that stores personal or business-critical data in Quickbase should therefore examine the hosting location and the contractual safeguards carefully.

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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)
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 9, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)	Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework	Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)	Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, US	Verified by hand
Open-source	No	Verified by hand
GDPR-compliant	Yes	Vendor-stated
Category	Low-code / No-code
Type	Product
Website	quickbase.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Quickbase

The European alternatives to Quickbase 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 Quickbase

Quickbase 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.

Quickbase hosts data in EU, US. 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.

Quickbase 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 Quickbase 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 Quickbase?

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

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

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

Quickbase is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, 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

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Compliance evidence

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