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HERE WeGo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HERE WeGo is the consumer maps and navigation app and web service from HERE Technologies, formerly Nokia Maps and HERE Maps. It offers route planning and navigation, including on foot, with offline use, 3D landmarks and indoor maps of buildings. The app runs on smartphones and in a web browser. HERE Technologies also supplies map data and location platforms to car makers, logistics companies and developers, including a developer SDK and a platform for automated driving.

HERE Technologies is headquartered in the Netherlands. Its shareholding is spread across several parties: alongside European partners, including German automotive and supplier companies, Intel from the United States and Mitsubishi and NTT from Japan are also shareholders. No source was found that names a single majority owner. WeGo is proprietary software with no self-hosting option. The pages consulted do not state where data is processed, so check the privacy terms before deploying the service.

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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 4, 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
YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal
AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category
Maps & Navigation
Type
Product
Website
wego.here.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to HERE WeGo

The European alternatives to HERE WeGo 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 HERE WeGo

HERE WeGo 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 HERE WeGo scores best on data residency.

HERE WeGo 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 HERE WeGo 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 HERE WeGo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HERE WeGo include BRouter, calimoto and cartes.gouv.fr. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to HERE WeGo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to HERE WeGo include BRouter and GraphHopper. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is HERE WeGo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

HERE WeGo is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes HERE WeGo 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 4, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Maps & Navigation

Maps & Navigation: Maps, route planning and navigation services. 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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