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Self-hosted / open sourceGIS & GeospatialHeadquarters: DE

xPlanBox: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

xPlanBox is a web application for managing urban land-use and landscape planning data based on the German XPlanung standard. It follows standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the INSPIRE directive and handles zoning plans, land-use plans, landscape plans and regional planning in several XPlanGML versions. Components include a validator, data management, map and data services (WMS and WFS), REST interfaces and document management. The software is delivered as containers and server software and runs on PostgreSQL with PostGIS.

The manufacturer is lat/lon GmbH from Germany. The source code of the open-source version is published under the AGPL-3.0 on openCode, the German public sector's software directory, and is part of the DiPlanung platform. According to the description, the application is offered within DiPlanung as SaaS (a “one for all” solution) for reuse by other public bodies. It can also run on your own infrastructure, in which case the planning data stays with your own organisation. According to openCode, users include the XLeitstelle, the Hamburg state agency for geoinformation and surveying, and Dataport.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 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-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

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 14, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
gitlab.opencode.de ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to xPlanBox

The European alternatives to xPlanBox come from our knowledge base of over 9,300 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 xPlanBox

xPlanBox is headquartered in DE 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 xPlanBox scores best on data residency.

xPlanBox is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs xPlanBox 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 xPlanBox?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to xPlanBox include 3Dsurvey, 52°North and Airbus Defence & Space. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to xPlanBox?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to xPlanBox include 52°North, Camptocamp, Clearance and CloudCompare. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

xPlanBox is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes xPlanBox 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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