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Power BI vs Grafana Cloud (EU region)
Which one to pick in 2026 — comparing 🇺🇸 Power BI with the European alternative 🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region) on the things that actually decide who can read your data.
🇺🇸 Power BIvs🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region)
Verdict
Who has stronger privacy guarantees by law?
Grafana Cloud (EU region) — GDPR-native and outside the US CLOUD Act / FISA 702 reach.
Which one encrypts your data end-to-end by default?
Neither ships full E2E by default — check the table for nuance.
Which one tracks you for ads?
Neither monetises through ad tracking.
Which one is open source?
Grafana Cloud (EU region) is open source. Power BI is proprietary.
Side-by-side
Power BI vs Grafana Cloud (EU region) — full comparison
Criteria
🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region)
🇺🇸 Power BI
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden / New York (dual HQ)
Redmond, WA, USA
Jurisdiction
Sweden (EU GDPR) — self-hosted gives full sovereignty
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
EU region (Stockholm) or self-hosted
Global, US-controlled (Azure)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Grafana Labs (private, Swedish founders)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Founded
2014
2014
Make the switch
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