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geOrchestra: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

geOrchestra is free, modular and interoperable software for building a spatial data infrastructure (SDI). The project started in 2009 to meet the requirements of the European INSPIRE directive. Its core is a security proxy with single sign-on; around it sit modules such as GeoNetwork (metadata catalogue), GeoServer (map server), GeoFence (access control), GeoWebCache, MapStore (map viewer), Console (user, organisation and role management), Analytics and DataFeeder. Public bodies and research institutions use it to publish and share geographic data. You install it yourself on your own servers.

geOrchestra is a community project with no known legal entity. An independent Project Steering Committee sets the direction and votes on changes. It began with the spatial data infrastructure of Brittany, France, and has been on GitHub since 2012. The source code is under the GPL-3.0; the latest major release, 26.0.0, appeared in June 2026. Because you run the software yourself, your data stays on your own infrastructure and you do not depend on a single supplier.

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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 14, 2026
Headquarters
EU (EU)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
georchestra.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to geOrchestra

The European alternatives to geOrchestra come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 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 geOrchestra

geOrchestra is headquartered in EU 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 geOrchestra scores best on data residency.

geOrchestra 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 geOrchestra 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 geOrchestra?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to geOrchestra include 3Dsurvey, 52°North and Airbus Defence & Space. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to geOrchestra?

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

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

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

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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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