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EU-hosted, non-EU parentMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: SE

Mapillary: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Mapillary is a platform for street-level photographs and map data. Contributors capture images with any camera, and computer vision extracts map features from them for mapping and map updates. It is offered as an online service, with a web explorer, mobile and desktop uploaders, and developer tools that connect to GIS and mapping software.

Mapillary was developed by Mapillary AB in Malmö, Sweden, and has been part of Meta since the 2020 acquisition by Facebook. The service's terms name Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in Dublin as contracting party and are governed by Swedish law. Meta Platforms, Inc. is a US company, so the ultimate owner is subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act. The privacy policy mentions processing on servers in several countries and standard contractual clauses for transfers. For a European organisation, the Swedish origin of the product does not change the reach of the US group; where that matters, a European mapping platform with EU-controlled hosting is the alternative.

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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 (EU, US)
  • 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
SE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
USVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Maps & Navigation
Type
Product
Website
mapillary.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Mapillary

The European alternatives to Mapillary 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 Mapillary

Mapillary is headquartered in SE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Mapillary hosts data in EU, US. 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.

Mapillary 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 Mapillary 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 Mapillary?

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

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

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

Mapillary is headquartered in SE (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Mapillary 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

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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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