Non-EU vendorProject ManagementHeadquarters: US

Smartsheet: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Smartsheet is a cloud work management platform that organisations use to plan, run and report on projects, portfolios and workflows. It combines spreadsheet-style sheets with automation, dashboards and reports, resource planning, request intake, no-code work apps and AI features, and integrates with other business tools. Smartsheet is delivered as software as a service through the browser.

Smartsheet Inc. is headquartered in the United States (Bellevue, Washington) and, since January 2025, has been owned by funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners. As a US company it is subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act, also for data held in a European region. Customer content is hosted in the United States by default; regions in the European Union (primary location in Germany, backup in Ireland) and in Australia are also available. According to Smartsheet, usage data and account information are not covered by regional data residency and are transferred to its US business functions. Smartsheet is not open source.

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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 (US, EU, AU)
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 4, 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	US, EU, AUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Project Management
Type	Product
Website	smartsheet.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Smartsheet

The European alternatives to Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet

Smartsheet 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.

Smartsheet hosts data in US, EU, AU. 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.

Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Smartsheet include Arinto, awork and Bitrix24. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Smartsheet?

Our list of EU alternatives to Smartsheet is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

Smartsheet is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, AU. 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

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 4, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Project Management

Project Management: Project planning, issue tracking, knowledge management, team collaboration. 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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