Category: Low-code / No-code
8 European alternatives to Quickbase — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
US (Boston) traditional and robust enterprise low-code platform geared at operational management and project-portfolio management; owned by Vista Equity Partners since 2019.
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Facts
- Headquarters
- US (US)
- EU adequacy decision
- Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
- Sovereignty model
- Vendor-hosted (non-EU)
- Category
- Low-code / No-code
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- US
Sources
Public sources used in the latest check of this record.
Compliance evidence
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Sovereignty profile of Quickbase
How this vendor scores on the five dimensions of the Digital Sovereignty Heatmap: 0 is sovereign, 100 is high exposure. These are the same scores the assessment uses.
| Jurisdictional exposure (JES) | Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702 | 90 |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency (DRS) | No EU hosting (US) | 100 |
| Cryptographic key sovereignty (CKS) | Key management with a non-European vendor | 80 |
| Platform lock-in (PLS) | Closed source: switching requires data migration | 60 |
| Source & runtime sovereignty (SRS) | Closed source, runtime with the vendor | 85 |
| Average | 83 |
Why digital sovereignty matters with Quickbase
Quickbase 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.
Quickbase hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and drives the data residency score up.
Quickbase 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 Quickbase together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Quickbase
The European alternatives to Quickbase come from our knowledge base of over 3,600 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.
- Convertigo↗
French open-source low-code platform for enterprise mobile and web applications
FR · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Quickbase?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Quickbase include Baserow, Betty Blocks and Convertigo. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Quickbase?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Quickbase include Baserow, Convertigo and Corteza. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Quickbase GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Quickbase 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.
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