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MapTiler: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

MapTiler is a mapping platform for developers that provides map styles, data, SDKs and APIs for web, mobile and enterprise applications. Its cloud offers map styles (including streets, satellite and outdoor), a Map Designer for custom maps, geodata hosting, search and geocoding, and IP geolocation. It also provides a TypeScript SDK for interactive maps and a maps SDK for Android and iOS. For self-managed operation, MapTiler Server hosts maps on your own premises or in offline environments. Maps can therefore be served from the MapTiler cloud or from an on-premises installation.

MapTiler is headquartered in Unterägeri, Switzerland, which is European but not an EU member state. According to its security page, customer data is primarily stored and processed in Switzerland and the EEA, and enterprise customers can pin data to specific regions. The infrastructure runs on OVHcloud and Google Firebase, and Cloudflare serves as CDN. MapTiler acts as a data processor under the GDPR and the Swiss data protection act, and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for its information security management system.

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Sovereignty score

59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, CH, US, OTHER)
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 9, 2026

Headquarters	CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, CH, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Compliance documents	1 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category	Maps & Navigation
Type	Product
Website	maptiler.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 MapTiler

The European alternatives to MapTiler 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 MapTiler

MapTiler 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.

MapTiler hosts data in EU, CH, US, OTHER. 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.

MapTiler 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 MapTiler 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 MapTiler?

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

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

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

MapTiler is headquartered in CH (EFTA) and hosts data in EU, CH, US, OTHER. That makes MapTiler 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 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center: maptiler.com/security

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 23, 2026.

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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