Non-EU vendorMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: RU

2GIS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

2GIS publishes digital city maps and guides with a business directory, and offers navigation for drivers, pedestrians and freight through web and mobile apps. For businesses and partners it also provides APIs and data tools. Its maps cover cities in several countries, and the service is available online through websites, apps and developer APIs.

2GIS is headquartered in Novosibirsk, Russia. Sberbank of Russia acquired a majority of its shares in June 2020, and O2O Holding, a joint venture of Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, received a minority stake. The legal entity is DoubleGIS LLC. The company does not describe where customer data is stored. For a European organisation, the relevant points are therefore the Russian jurisdiction and ownership, and the absence of a documented EU hosting option, which should be weighed before any personal data is processed.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (RU)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	RU (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Maps & Navigation
Type	Product
Website	2gis.ae ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to 2GIS

The European alternatives to 2GIS come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with 2GIS

2GIS is headquartered in RU, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

2GIS hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

2GIS 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 2GIS together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to 2GIS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to 2GIS include BRouter, calimoto and cartes.gouv.fr. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to 2GIS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to 2GIS include BRouter and GraphHopper. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is 2GIS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

2GIS is headquartered in RU (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Maps & Navigation

Maps & Navigation: Maps, route planning and navigation services. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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