Non-EU vendorMaps & NavigationHeadquarters: GB

Pointr: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Pointr is an indoor positioning and navigation platform that helps visitors find their way inside large buildings and venues. It is delivered as a cloud platform with APIs, software development kits for iOS, Android and the web, and kiosk options, so venue operators and app developers can add indoor wayfinding and location features to their own services.

Pointr gives its head office as London, United Kingdom, with further offices in Boston, Dubai and Turkey, where development teams work. The United Kingdom is outside the EU and the EEA, so the provider is not established in the EU. The company's website does not state where customer or location data is hosted, so the vendor should be asked. For a European organisation, location data about identifiable people is personal data, so hosting location, sub-processors and contract terms should be checked before deployment.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Maps & Navigation
Type	Product
Website	pointr.tech ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Pointr

The European alternatives to Pointr 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 Pointr

Pointr is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Pointr hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Pointr 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 Pointr 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 Pointr?

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

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

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

Pointr is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. 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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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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