openstreetmap.org
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.
Visit OpenStreetMap01 · 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.
- 01
Mapillary
Street-level imagery, powered by collaboration and computer vision.
Very close - 02
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.
Close - 03
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
Very close - 04
Wikidata
free multilingual online knowledge graph
Very close - 05
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
Close - 06
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.
Very close - 07
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!
Very close - 08
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.
Very close - 09
Datawrapper: Create charts, maps, and tables
Create interactive, responsive & beautiful data visualizations with the online tool Datawrapper — no code required.
Very close - 10
Wikibooks
free multilingual online collection of textbooks
Very close - 11
Gapminder
Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (1948–2017)
Very close - 12
Maps for developers | MapTiler
Mapping platform designed for developers. Publish interactive maps in your web applications and on mobile devices.
Very close - 13
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.
Very close - 14
AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running | AllTrails
Explore the outdoors with AllTrails, the best app for hiking, biking, and running. Discover curated guides, trail maps, photos, and reviews for over 500,000 trails worldwide.
Very close - 15
TomTom — Maps and Location Technology
TomTom Technology for a moving world. Meet the leading independent location, navigation and map technology specialist.
Close - 16
Nullschool Technologies Inc.
Very close - 17
Driving Directions & Traffic Reports by Waze
Get driving directions, a live traffic map & road alerts. Download the GPS traffic app, powered by community.
Close - 18
The Lens - Patent and Scholarly Search and Analysis
The Lens serves all the patents and scholarly work in the world as an open and secure digital public good, with user privacy a paramount focus.
Very close - 19
Turn Data Into Interactive Stories | Infogram
Create interactive charts, maps, infographics, reports and more. Share and embed anywhere. All AI powered from charts to infographics.
Very close - 20
MusicBrainz - the open music encyclopedia
online music metadata database
Very close
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
What changed
Price and policy 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
- 9,196
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 26 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
Built with
- Analytics
- Matomo page source: matomo.php
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080022-BER
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- Languages & backends
- Ruby on Rails page source: <meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token"
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS daisy.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=W0buKB5ZmL-VwwHw2oQyQImk3I1q3hSemf2qm…
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=j5hix5i8r0kortfugqf2p9wx9x9by0
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on openstreetmap.org 19/20
- Google Workspace · not on openstreetmap.org 12/20
- Apple Business · not on openstreetmap.org 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on openstreetmap.org 7/20
- Mailchimp · not on openstreetmap.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS 6/20
- Meta Business Suite 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on openstreetmap.org 5/20
- Amazon SES · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Zendesk · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Atlassian · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- DocuSign · not on openstreetmap.org 3/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on openstreetmap.org 3/20