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infoGrips GeoShop: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

GeoShop is a geodata server from infoGrips GmbH that publishes, distributes and sells geodata over the internet or an intranet. All data is stored on a central server in the vendor-neutral INTERLIS format. Users search, view and order data in a browser client and download it in common GIS and CAD formats such as Shapefile or DXF, converted automatically by the INTERLIS Tools. A built-in checker, iG/Check, can validate the quality of uploaded data. GeoShop comes in several editions, from a single-user test licence to an enterprise edition, and can be integrated into an existing IIS or Apache web server.

infoGrips GmbH is based in Winterthur, Switzerland, and says it is fully owned by its founders. The customer installs GeoShop on its own server, so the location and operation of the data are under the customer's control. The vendor separately runs hosted services such as its Checkservice; its servers moved to a new data centre in Winterthur in 2025. Switzerland is not in the EU but is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision.

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Sovereignty score
80 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
    Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
    Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

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
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in CH (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
infogrips.ch ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to infoGrips GeoShop

The European alternatives to infoGrips GeoShop come from our knowledge base of over 9,200 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 infoGrips GeoShop

infoGrips GeoShop is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

infoGrips GeoShop runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

infoGrips GeoShop is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

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

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

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to infoGrips GeoShop 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 infoGrips GeoShop GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

infoGrips GeoShop is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in CH. That makes infoGrips GeoShop 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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