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GIS Cloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

GIS Cloud is an online GIS and mapping platform for building maps, collecting field data and running spatial analysis. It is marketed as an AI-assisted cloud service and can also be installed behind a firewall. The service is offered as SaaS through the vendor's website and is operated by GIS Cloud d.o.o., a company with the Croatian legal form d.o.o. that the privacy policy names as the developer and operator of the services.

The privacy policy names three group entities: GIS Cloud Ltd., GIS Cloud Inc. and GIS Cloud d.o.o. No parent company or owner is named. The policy says customer information is stored primarily in the United States, and that storage on servers in the EU is available on request. AI providers also process certain data in the United States. For a European organisation the key question is whether the EU storage option is contracted; the US hosting default and transfers to affiliates in the United Kingdom, Croatia and the United States should be assessed.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU)
  • 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-645
    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
HR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
US, EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
giscloud.com ↗

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

The European alternatives to GIS Cloud 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 GIS Cloud

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

GIS Cloud hosts data in US, EU. 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.

GIS Cloud 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 GIS Cloud 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 GIS Cloud?

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

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

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

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

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.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

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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