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Subprocessors and where data is kept

Every service that handles data for SuloBase or this website, what it handles, and where it runs. We update this page when a service changes.

Last updated 23 October 2026

The platform: your projects and your users' data

Here we are your processor, acting on your instructions.

DataWhere it livesLeaves Zambia?
Your databases: tables, sign-in users, sessionsEach project's own PostgreSQL container on our server in LusakaNo
Your uploaded filesOur server in LusakaNo
Platform records: accounts, projects, billing ledger, project credentialsOur platform database in LusakaNo
Off-site backup copy (paid plans)Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare, Inc., USA; location chosen by Cloudflare). Encrypted with AES-256 in Lusaka before upload; the key stays in ZambiaYes, encrypted outside Zambia
Requests on their way inCloudflare's network and DNS. The secure connection is set up at the site nearest the user; for Airtel users in Zambia that is JohannesburgPasses through outside Zambia
Sign-in emails your projects send (confirmations, password resets)Resend (USA)Yes outside Zambia

Plan fees

Here we are the controller.

DataService
Payer phone number, amount and referenceLenco (mobile money collection)

This website and its sign-up form

Here we are the controller.

DataServiceWhere
Website hosting and form handlingVercelUSA outside Zambia
Emails to people who sign up, and to our teamResendUSA outside Zambia
Newsletters and updates to people who sign upZoho CampaignsUSA outside Zambia
Company email, including replies to people who sign upZoho MailUSA outside Zambia
Website analytics, if you accept the cookie bannerAmplitudeEU outside Zambia
Website page views, if you accept the cookie bannerGoogle AnalyticsGlobal outside Zambia
Conversations with people who sign upWhatsApp (Meta)Global outside Zambia
Company email and documents, including notes from callsGoogle WorkspaceGlobal outside Zambia

Keeping this current

We add a service to this page before it goes live, and review the list at least every quarter. Our intention is to move the off-site backup copy and the website's sign-up storage into Zambia; this page will change when they do.