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Production Board: the GDPR-friendly alternative to Vibe-coded DIY

Plain-language privacy notice, standard German GDPR DPA available on request, self-serve export + delete.

GDPR alternative
DIY
Build vs buy
Finn Glas
Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering
·April 6, 2026·
1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Vibe-coded DIY because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Production Board is what a clean alternative looks like: subprocessor list of two (Stripe + mail relay), self-serve export + delete from account settings, and a standard German GDPR DPA on request when your procurement team needs one.

At a glance

Vibe-coding a kanban is genuinely fun for an evening. Production Board earns its place when you need production-shaped features: phases with durations, blockers, owner-per-phase, websocket fan-out, audit log. Each one is a multi-day project on its own. Pay from €1/month or pay a few hundred hours.

GDPR posture

GDPR is a posture, not a checkbox

Three things matter under GDPR for a tool like this: (1) lawful basis for processing, (2) data subject rights (export, delete, port), and (3) the auftragsverarbeitungs­vertrag / DPA chain. Production Board treats them as engineering invariants, not legal optics. Lawful basis is the contract you sign with us. Subject rights are self-serve from your account settings - no support ticket required. The subprocessor list has two entries (Stripe + mail relay). A standard German GDPR DPA is available on request from /sales whenever your procurement team needs one - we don't charge for it and don't gate it behind a plan tier. Where Vibe-coded DIY sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Production Board vs Vibe-coded DIY: GDPR comparison

Ours
Production Board
Theirs
Vibe-coded DIY
Initial setup
5 minutes1 evening
Phases with durations
Multi-day build
Live multi-tab updates
DIY WS
Audit log
Backups
Hosted in Germany
Whatever you pick

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

You ship the work, not the kanban.

Pick Vibe-coded DIY when

The kanban is what you ship.

GDPR questions

What customer data-protection teams typically ask before signing a DPA.

Start with Production Board

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Finn Glas

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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