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Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, is a spatial intelligence company serving defence, intelligence, systems integrators, civil government and commercial customers. Its offering includes a Spatial Intelligence Platform (Tensorglobe, Cortex, Forge, Nexus and Hub), real-time satellite tasking through the WorldView constellation, Vivid basemaps, and mission software such as Raptor, which uses 3D terrain data for drone navigation without GPS, and Sentry, which automatically detects changes on the Earth's surface. The Vantor name was introduced in October 2025 after the split of Maxar; its sister company Maxar Space Systems is now called Lanteris.

Vantor is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, in the United States, and is owned by the private equity firm Advent International, which acquired Maxar in 2023. As a US provider, Vantor is subject to US jurisdiction, including the CLOUD Act, which European organisations should take into account when buying imagery or derived data. The company's website does not state data hosting regions.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 9, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryGIS & Geospatial
TypeProduct
Websitevantor.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence)

The European alternatives to Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) 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 Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence)

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) hosts data in EU, 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.

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) 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 Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) 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 Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) 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 Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) include 52°North and Camptocamp. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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