EU-hosted, non-EU parentOffice & ProductivityHeadquarters: DE

Rows: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Rows is a web-based spreadsheet that combines a familiar grid with AI analysis and connections to business data. Users can extract tables from PDF files, import data from other business tools and ask questions about their data in plain language. The product runs in the browser. Its product page states that Rows has joined Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly; the acquisition was announced in February 2026.

Rows GmbH is registered in Berlin, Germany, and its terms are governed by German law. Its parent, Superhuman Platform Inc., has its address in San Francisco, California, which is the CLOUD Act consideration for European customers. According to the privacy policy, the website and platform are hosted on Google Cloud in the EU or EEA, while several sub-processors, including Google Analytics and Customer.io, transfer data to the United States. A data processing agreement is available, and the policy refers to German and European data protection law.

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Sovereignty score

59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
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 12, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Office & Productivity
Type	Product
Website	rows.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Rows

The European alternatives to Rows come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Rows

Rows is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Rows 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.

Rows 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 Rows 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 Rows?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Rows include Ashampoo Office, Calligra Suite and Craft Docs. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Rows?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Rows include Calligra Suite, CryptPad, EGroupware, Euro-Office, eXo Platform and Framasoft (Framapad/Framacalc). These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Rows is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Rows an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Office & Productivity: Office software, word processing, spreadsheets and groupware. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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