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Spline: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Spline is a 3D design tool that runs in the browser, for creating 3D scenes, objects and interactive visuals for the web. Teams work on the same scene in real time, and the company's site describes AI-assisted creation alongside direct control over the model. It is delivered as a hosted web service with an enterprise offering.

Spline, Inc. is a Delaware corporation located in the United States, according to its privacy policy. The policy states that the hosting facilities for personal information are in the United States and names no EU region. Personal information may be stored outside the user's country, and for EEA users the company says it aims to match EEA-level protection 'to the extent feasible'. It has named an EU representative under the GDPR. For a European organisation Spline is a US supplier, so US legal access rules may apply to the data.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (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 11, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryDesign
TypeProduct
Websitespline.design ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Spline

The European alternatives to Spline 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 Spline

Spline 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.

Spline 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.

Spline 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 Spline 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 Spline?

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

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

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

Spline is headquartered in US and hosts data in 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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Compliance evidence

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