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Mappy: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Mappy is a French route and map service offering route comparison, city maps, traffic information and a GPS navigation app. It also shows business information such as hotels, restaurants, car parks and fuel stations. Mappy is available on the web and as a mobile app, and it is aimed at journeys in France.

Mappy SA is based in Noisy-le-Grand, France. Since 2020 the company has been part of the RATP Group through its subsidiary RATP Smart Systems, after previously belonging to Solocal. The provider therefore falls under French and European law. According to its legal notice, hosting is provided by Telehouse in Paris. European organisations can thus regard Mappy as a service hosted in the EU, but should still check the privacy terms for account and location data.

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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 10, 2026
HeadquartersFR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryMaps & Navigation
TypeProduct
Websitefr.mappy.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Mappy

The European alternatives to Mappy 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 Mappy

Mappy is headquartered in FR 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 Mappy scores best on data residency.

Mappy 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 Mappy 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 Mappy?

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

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

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

Mappy is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Mappy 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 10, 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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