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OpenStreetMap

Who runs OpenStreetMap, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest open map data alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Wikimapia

Measured from OpenStreetMap’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Wikidata: online collaborative project creating a world geographic database

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What OpenStreetMap tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 5 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to OpenStreetMap

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to OpenStreetMap, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than OpenStreetMapNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Wikimapia wikimapia.org No trackers

    Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!

    Wikimapia is an online editable map - you can describe any place on Earth. Or just surf the map discovering tonns of already marked places.

    Compare Wikimapia with OpenStreetMap →
  2. 02
    Mapillary mapillary.com English 1 tracker

    Mapillary

    Street-level imagery, powered by collaboration and computer vision.

    Compare Mapillary with OpenStreetMap →
  3. 03
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K

    company owned by System1

    Compare MapQuest with OpenStreetMap →
  4. 04
    Here Technologies here.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    HERE Technologies: The Live Map That Powers Real-World AI

    HERE Technologies provides live map data, routing and location APIs, and a location platform that powers fleet, automotive and real-world AI applications.

    Compare Here Technologies with OpenStreetMap →
  5. 05

    website

    Compare wikiloc.com with OpenStreetMap →
  6. 06
    Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Our World in Data

    Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

    Compare Our World in Data with OpenStreetMap →
  7. 07
    Wikidata wikidata.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidata

    free multilingual online knowledge graph

    Compare Wikidata with OpenStreetMap →
  8. 08
    2GIS 2gis.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    Map of the UAE cities: detailed maps with search by address — 2GIS

    A detailed map of cities of the UAE: search by address, phone numbers, photos, opening hours and a convenient route search

    Compare 2GIS with OpenStreetMap →
  9. 09
    WikiTree wikitree.com

    genealogy website operated by Interesting.com, Inc. of New York

    Compare WikiTree with OpenStreetMap →
  10. 10
    opencaching.de German 1 tracker

    Geocaching mit Opencaching

    Opencaching.de ist das freie Portal für Geocaching, ein Schatzsuche-Spiel. Mittels GPS-Koordinaten sind Behälter oder Objekte zu finden.

    Compare opencaching.de with OpenStreetMap →
  11. 11
    Geocaching geocaching.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Geocaching

    There are millions of geocaches hidden around the world—there are probably some near you right now. Get the free Official Geocaching app and start finding them.

    Compare Geocaching with OpenStreetMap →
  12. 12
    RecordSetter recordsetter.com English No trackers

    World Records - RecordSetter: The Home of World Records

    Invent world records, beat world records, discuss world records and more. RecordSetter is built on a philosophy that everyone on earth can be the world's best at something. Set a record today!

    Compare RecordSetter with OpenStreetMap →
  13. 13
    Google google.com Top 100 German No trackers

    Google

    search engine by Google LLC

    Compare Google with OpenStreetMap →
  14. 14
    MAPS.ME maps.me No trackers

    MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe), detailed offline maps of the world for iPhone, iPad, Android

    MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe) are offline maps of the whole world. Map of the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington. France Paris. Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Rimini. Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Japan, Great Britain, Turkey, Russia, India. For Android and iOS devices.

    Compare MAPS.ME with OpenStreetMap →
  15. 15
    Mapbox mapbox.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Mapbox | Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data

    APIs and SDKs for AI-powered maps, location search, turn-by-turn navigation, and geospatial data in mobile or web apps. Get started for free.

    Compare Mapbox with OpenStreetMap →
  16. 16
    Datawrapper datawrapper.de English No trackers

    Datawrapper: Create charts, maps, and tables

    Create interactive, responsive & beautiful data visualizations with the online tool Datawrapper — no code required.

    Compare Datawrapper with OpenStreetMap →
  17. 17
    Wikibooks wikibooks.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikibooks

    free multilingual online collection of textbooks

    Compare Wikibooks with OpenStreetMap →
  18. 18
    Gapminder gapminder.org English 1 tracker

    Gapminder

    Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (1948–2017)

    Compare Gapminder with OpenStreetMap →
  19. 19
    MapTiler maptiler.com English 1 tracker

    Maps for developers | MapTiler

    Mapping platform designed for developers. Publish interactive maps in your web applications and on mobile devices.

    Compare MapTiler with OpenStreetMap →
  20. 20
    Flourish flourish.studio English 2 trackers

    Flourish: Interactive Data Visualization Tool

    Create interactive charts, graphs and maps on Flourish’s secure platform. Embed data visualizations your audience can explore on the web, in reports or in presentations.

    Compare Flourish with OpenStreetMap →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles OpenStreetMap’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones OpenStreetMap uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what OpenStreetMap adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 7 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
41 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to OpenStreetMap’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

Mapboxopencaching.deWikiTree2GISWikidataOur World in DataHere TechnologiesMapQuestMapillaryWikimapia