Digital Sovereignty

Control the data and tools that drive your business

Organizations in the European Union face a changing technology landscape with many global influences, which can increase the risk of losing control over data and becoming vulnerable to shifting regulations.

With Mendix, the EU can stay resilient with digital sovereignty as an out-of-the-box feature. We give you the freedom to choose how and where you store, control and manage your data, operations, and technology.

Data sovereignty

Control where application data is processed and stored.
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Operational sovereignty

Control the processes and personnel involved in the SDLC.
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Technological sovereignty

Control underlying components and standards to build your IP.
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Data sovereignty

Control where your Mendix application data is processed and stored.

You have the complete freedom to choose the region and the infrastructure where you application is stored. Our cloud-native architecture and containerized applications provide the flexibility to easily lift and shift in the future.

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Cloud options with Mendix

MENDIX CLOUDS

Mendix Cloud & Mendix Cloud Dedicated

THIRD-PARTY CLOUDS

Mendix on Azure
Mendix on STACKIT
Mendix on SAP
Mendix on Kubernetes

PRIVATE CLOUDS

Private Mendix Platform

Operational sovereignty

Control all parts of the software development lifecycle, including procedures and personnel.

Compliance with European standards

Adhere to the highest security standards, including EU-specific certifications such as NEN 7510, ENS, and DigID. All platform services (collaboration, DevOps, operations, monitoring, governance) are hosted in the EU.
Granular access management

Centrally control authorization and access at a granular level, including roles and permissions.
Comprehensive auditing & logging

Stay up to date with platform-wide audit logs that enable traceability.
Extensive API suite

Easily support custom workflows with our APIs and Model SDK.

Full-scale sovereignty

Private Mendix Platform provides a modern software development experience for the end-to-end SDLC, hosted in the EU or fully air-gapped.

Technological sovereignty

Control the underlying components and standards used to build your intellectual property.

Portable building blocks

Fundamental building blocks in the Mendix ecosystem are portable. Models, deployment packages, and backups can run on any supported Mendix deployment offering.
Openness and extensibility

Extend your models and applications with reusable public and private Marketplace components or custom code.
Dependency visibility and governance

Maintain complete visibility and control over third-party dependencies and their health.
AI

Choose your own LLM to build agentic applications and use Mendix Cloud GenAI Resource Packs for turn-key access to generative AI technology.

Control your stack

Choose the technologies and services that power your applications. Whether it’s MistralAI or OpenAI, Google Translate or DeepL, Mendix gives you the freedom to decide, ensuring you stay in control of your software and your data.

Customer Stories

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