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Felt: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Felt is a browser-based GIS and mapping platform in which teams build and edit shared maps together in real time. The company calls itself an AI-native GIS: Felt AI builds maps from plain-language questions, and a mobile Field App lets teams collect data on site, including offline. Felt is offered as a cloud service, and enterprise customers can add single sign-on or run Felt in their own AWS account.

The privacy policy is issued by Felt Maps Inc., which states that submitted data is processed in the United States. The company describes a distributed team and does not name a head office. Investors named on its website include Energize Capital, Footwork and Bain Capital, and no parent company is stated. Workspaces can be hosted in the US, the EU, the UK, Canada or Australia, and the company says it is GDPR compliant and SOC 2 Type 2 certified. For a European organisation, the EU hosting option, the data processing agreement framework and the list of sub-processors need checking before use.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUS, EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryGIS & Geospatial
TypeProduct
Websitefelt.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Felt

The European alternatives to Felt 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 Felt

Felt is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Felt hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Felt 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 Felt 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 Felt?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Felt 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 Felt?

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

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

Felt is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in GIS & Geospatial

GIS & Geospatial: Geographic information systems, map visualisation and spatial data analysis. 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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