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Non-EU vendorFintech & NeobanksHeadquarters: GB

Tide: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Tide is a British finance platform for small businesses, sole traders, freelancers and limited companies. Through its app and website it offers business accounts, cards, invoicing, accounting and payroll tools, loans, and extras such as company registration and insurance. Tide Platform Limited is authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority to provide e-money and payment services and describes itself as not a bank; its banking services are provided by ClearBank Ltd. Tide operates in the United Kingdom, India, Germany and France.

Tide Platform Limited is based in London. For members in EU countries, the privacy policy names Tide Platform S.A. in Luxembourg as the data controller. Tide states that it stores personal data in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, and that it may sometimes transfer data outside those areas under safeguards such as standard contractual clauses. The service is proprietary and not open source. For a European organisation, this is a provider based in the UK.

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Sovereignty score
52 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    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-630
    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 July 2, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryFintech & Neobanks
TypeProduct
Websitetide.co ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Tide

The European alternatives to Tide 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 Tide

Tide is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Tide scores best on data residency.

Tide 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 Tide 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 Tide?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Tide include Finom, Holvi and Knab. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Tide?

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

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

Tide is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. 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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

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