EU Sovereignty Score
Self-hosted / open sourceLow-code / No-codeHeadquarters: US

refine: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

refine is an open-source, headless React framework for internal tools, admin panels, dashboards and B2B applications. It connects to existing REST APIs or a Supabase project, takes over routine work such as routing, authentication and state management, and offers AI-assisted code generation and a web environment for editing the application. The framework is delivered as source code that teams can publish themselves.

Refine Development Inc. is a US company, and its terms of service are governed by the laws of the State of California. The core framework is published under the MIT licence, so an organisation can run it on its own infrastructure without a vendor cloud. The company does not state where its own hosted services store data and describes no GDPR data processing agreement, so European organisations should read the contract terms before using hosted services. When self-hosted, the application code and the data remain under the organisation's own control.

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Sovereignty score
69 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryLow-code / No-code
TypeProduct
Websiterefine.dev ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to refine

The European alternatives to refine 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

26 European Low-code / No-code vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

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Why digital sovereignty matters with refine

refine 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.

refine 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.

refine is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs refine 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 refine?

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

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

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

refine is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. 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

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Low-code / No-code

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