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Geomatys: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Geomatys is a French company based in Arles that provides geospatial software and data-platform services. It is the principal author of Apache SIS, an open-source Java library for reference systems, projections and metadata for geographic data, and it publishes Examind, a geospatial infrastructure suite whose community edition is open source. Organisations use these components to build spatial data infrastructures and operational geo-intelligence applications.

According to the French business register, the registered office is in Arles, with a second establishment in Montpellier. The company is an SAS. The website does not name a parent company or shareholders, so its ownership structure is not confirmed. Hosting of commercial services is not described on the public site. Because Apache SIS and Examind Community are open source, European organisations can run them on their own infrastructure, independent of foreign cloud services. The commercial Examind Server and Datacube are proprietary software.

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Sovereignty score

94 / 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-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	GIS & Geospatial
Type	Product
Website	geomatys.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Geomatys

The European alternatives to Geomatys 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 Geomatys

Geomatys is headquartered in FR 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 Geomatys scores best on data residency.

Geomatys is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Geomatys 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 Geomatys?

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

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

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

Geomatys is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes Geomatys 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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