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Cyclomedia: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cyclomedia is a Dutch geospatial data company. Its offering covers street-level panoramic imagery under the Cyclorama name, LiDAR point clouds and aerial data. Customers view and measure the data in the Street Smart environment and connect it to existing GIS and enterprise systems through integrations and APIs. The vendor's pages do not say whether the services run in Cyclomedia's cloud or in the customer's own environment.

The head office is in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands, and the contact page lists group entities in several other countries. The website does not state who owns the company. It also does not state hosting locations or a GDPR statement. For a European organisation, the Dutch head office is a relevant factor, but hosting, sub-processors and ownership should be confirmed before large datasets are shared.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    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
NL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
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Type
Product
Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cyclomedia

The European alternatives to Cyclomedia 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 Cyclomedia

Cyclomedia is headquartered in NL and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Cyclomedia scores best on data residency.

Cyclomedia 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 Cyclomedia 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 Cyclomedia?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cyclomedia include 52°North, Airbus Defence & Space and Camptocamp. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cyclomedia?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Cyclomedia include 52°North, Camptocamp and ESA SNAP. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Cyclomedia GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cyclomedia is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Cyclomedia an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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