Non-EU vendorIoT & EmbeddedHeadquarters: CO

Ubidots: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Ubidots is an industrial IoT and AI platform for collecting, analysing and visualising sensor data in real time. Devices send data over MQTT, HTTP, TCP or UDP. Users build dashboards, set up a rules engine for alerts and actions and apply machine learning. White-label options, role-based access and end-user management support integrators. Serverless functions (UbiFunctions), plugins and an API serve developers, and configurable AI agents can reason over device data. Ubidots is delivered as SaaS, with a public cloud and, on the Enterprise tier, private deployments.

The service is operated by Connected World Company LLC under the Ubidots name, a company from Medellín, Colombia, with contact points in the USA and Latin America. It is not a European provider and no EU hosting region is stated. According to its privacy policy, uploaded data is stored with cloud providers such as IBM Cloud, without naming regions, and the policy does not describe mechanisms for international transfers. Ask about the hosting location, transfer safeguards and a data processing agreement before use, or about a private deployment.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (CO)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
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 October 9, 2026

Headquarters	CO (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	IoT & Embedded
Type	Product
Website	ubidots.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Ubidots

The European alternatives to Ubidots 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 Ubidots

Ubidots is headquartered in CO, 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.

Ubidots hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Ubidots 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Ubidots?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Ubidots include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Ubidots?

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

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

Ubidots is headquartered in CO (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. 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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