Alternatives and competitors

Sites like OpenStreetMap

The 20 closest open map data alternatives to OpenStreetMap, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to OpenStreetMap? The closest matches are Our World in Data, AllTrails and MapQuest. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org

OpenStreetMap

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

Top 1K · #522 English 7 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit OpenStreetMap

Summary by Claude

A free, editable world map and open geographic database built by volunteers, with data available under an open license for viewing, editing and reuse.

Who it’s for
Mappers, developers, map users
Business model
Donations and corporate sponsorship (nonprofit)

02 · Embedding space

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). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

Khan Academy2GISGeocachingOSFWikibooksInfogramWikidataMapQuestAllTrailsOur World in Data

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to OpenStreetMap

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

    Our World in Data

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

  2. 02
    AllTrails alltrails.com Top 10K English

    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.

  3. 03
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  4. 04
    Wikidata wikidata.org Top 10K English

    Wikidata

    free multilingual online knowledge graph

  5. 05
    Infogram infogram.com Top 10K English

    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.

  6. 06
    Wikibooks wikibooks.org Top 10K English

    Wikibooks

    free multilingual online collection of textbooks

  7. 07
    OSF osf.io Top 10K English

    OSF

    tools that make open science practice easier

  8. 08
    Geocaching geocaching.com Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    2GIS 2gis.com Top 1K English

    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

  10. 10
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  11. 11
    Open Library openlibrary.org Top 10K English

    Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

    Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

  12. 12
    Khan Academy khanacademy.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    non-profit educational organization

  13. 13
    Zenodo zenodo.org Top 10K English

    Zenodo

    research data repository

  14. 14
    amap amap.com Top 10K

    navigation application

  15. 15
    Desmos desmos.com Top 10K English

    Desmos | Beautiful free math.

    Desmos Studio builds free Graphing, Scientific, Geometry, and 3D Calculators along with Notebook. Explore our tools, partner with us, or explore examples for inspiration.

  16. 16
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

  17. 17
    Wikipedia wikipedia.org Top 100 English

    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  18. 18
    Waze waze.com Top 10K English

    Driving Directions & Traffic Reports by Waze

    Get driving directions, a live traffic map & road alerts. Download the GPS traffic app, powered by community.

  19. 19
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

  20. 20
    Wikimedia movement wikimedia.org Top 1K English

    Wikimedia Error

    global social movement for free educational knowledge

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to openstreetmap.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones OpenStreetMap uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What OpenStreetMap is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Analytics
  • Matomo page source: matomo.php
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080022-BER
Web servers
Languages & backends
  • Ruby on Rails page source: <meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token"
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=W0buKB5ZmL-VwwHw2oQyQImk3I1q3hSemf2qm…
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=j5hix5i8r0kortfugqf2p9wx9x9by0

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