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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

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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

20 of the 60 sites closest to OpenStreetMap match.

  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
    Wikidata wikidata.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidata

    free multilingual online knowledge graph

    Compare Wikidata with OpenStreetMap →
  3. 03
    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 →
  4. 04
    Google google.com Top 100 German No trackers

    Google

    search engine by Google LLC

    Compare Google with OpenStreetMap →
  5. 05
    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 →
  6. 06
    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 →
  7. 07
    Wikibooks wikibooks.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikibooks

    free multilingual online collection of textbooks

    Compare Wikibooks with OpenStreetMap →
  8. 08
    Hornet hornet.com English No trackers

    Hornet | Hornet, the Queer Social Network

    Meet, chat and connect with 100 million+ queer men worldwide

    Compare Hornet with OpenStreetMap →
  9. 09
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

    Compare AniList with OpenStreetMap →
  10. 10
    Nullschool nullschool.net English No trackers

    Nullschool Technologies Inc.

    Compare Nullschool with OpenStreetMap →
  11. 11
    mastodon.social Top 10K English No trackers

    Mastodon.social

    The original server of Mastodon, operated by Mastodon GmbH for the common good.

    Compare mastodon.social with OpenStreetMap →
  12. 12
    ListenBrainz listenbrainz.org English No trackers

    ListenBrainz

    Track, explore, visualise and share the music you listen to. Follow your favourites and discover great new music.

    Compare ListenBrainz with OpenStreetMap →
  13. 13
    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

    Compare Instagram with OpenStreetMap →
  14. 14
    MusicBrainz musicbrainz.org English No trackers

    MusicBrainz - the open music encyclopedia

    online music metadata database

    Compare MusicBrainz with OpenStreetMap →
  15. 15
    OpenAlex openalex.org English No trackers

    OpenAlex: The open catalog to the global research system

    OpenAlex indexes half a billion scholarly works, with their authors, institutions, sources and topics, and makes them free to search, analyze and reuse through our web app, API and bulk download.

    Compare OpenAlex with OpenStreetMap →
  16. 16
    Stack Exchange stackexchange.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Hot Questions - Stack Exchange

    Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.

    Compare Stack Exchange with OpenStreetMap →
  17. 17
    DuckDB duckdb.org English No trackers

    An analytical SQL database management system – DuckDB

    DuckDB is a SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.

    Compare DuckDB with OpenStreetMap →
  18. 18
    Komoot komoot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Komoot | Find, plan and share your adventures

    Turn your next ride, hike, or run into an adventure with komoot. Get inspired by tapping into shared community knowledge and recommendations, then bring your adventures to life with the easy route planner.

    Compare Komoot with OpenStreetMap →
  19. 19
    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

    PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

    The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

    Compare PostgreSQL with OpenStreetMap →
  20. 20
    Tinder tinder.com English No trackers

    Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People

    With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.

    Compare Tinder 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 = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
47 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

KomootStack ExchangeInstagrammastodon.socialAniListWikibooksDatawrapperRecordSetterWikidataWikimapia