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HERE Technologies: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HERE Technologies is a location platform that supplies map data and location services to automakers, logistics companies, mobility providers and developers. Its offering includes routing, geocoding and search, map rendering, positioning and tour planning, plus the HERE SDK for apps that work online and offline. HERE also focuses on automated driving, fleet routing and location context for AI agents. Services are delivered through APIs and SDKs, with a separate anonymisation tool for location data.

HERE is a Dutch company (HERE Global B.V.) with offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven. According to the company, its shareholders are Audi, BMW, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Aumovio, Intel, Mitsubishi, NTT and Pioneer, so there is no single foreign parent company. The shareholders come from Germany, the United States and Japan. The sources reviewed do not state where customer data is hosted. The product is not open source; ask about hosting regions and sub-processors for your situation.

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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 9, 2026
HeadquartersNL (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryGIS & Geospatial
TypeProduct
Websitehere.com ↗

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

The European alternatives to HERE Technologies come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Technologies

HERE Technologies 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 Technologies scores best on data residency.

HERE Technologies 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 Technologies 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 Technologies?

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

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

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

HERE Technologies is headquartered in NL (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes HERE Technologies 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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