Self-hosted / open sourceMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: HU

NNG iGO: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

NNG iGO is navigation software from NNG, a company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. The software is installed on devices and is not solely a web service. Map updates keep the data current. Beyond navigation, NNG offers a modular, location-based platform and driver-assistance functions such as ISA and ACC.

NNG Software Developing and Commercial Kft. is registered at Szépvölgyi út 35–37 in Budapest. Hungary is an EU member state, so the company is based in the EU. The website names no shareholders or parent company. The privacy policy for the iGO apps does not say where the servers are located and names no processors or transfers outside the EU. A European organisation should therefore check which data leaves the device and where NNG's servers are located.

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Sovereignty score

80 / 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-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 11, 2026

Headquarters	HU (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Maps & Navigation
Type	Product
Website	nng.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to NNG iGO

The European alternatives to NNG iGO 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 NNG iGO

NNG iGO is headquartered in HU and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

NNG iGO 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.

NNG iGO 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 NNG iGO 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 NNG iGO?

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

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

Is NNG iGO GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

NNG iGO is headquartered in HU (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes NNG iGO 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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