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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 18 ms
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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to OpenStreetMap
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to OpenStreetMap, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
- Cloudflare DNS
- Meta Business Suite
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.926 - 02
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 cos 0.909 - 03
company owned by System1
Very close cos 0.907 - 04
Wikidata
free multilingual online knowledge graph
Very close cos 0.901 - 05
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 cos 0.899 - 06
Wikibooks
free multilingual online collection of textbooks
Very close cos 0.901 - 07
OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
Very close cos 0.900 - 08
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.
Close cos 0.890 - 09
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 cos 0.889 - 10
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.890 - 11
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.
Close cos 0.891 - 12
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Close cos 0.891 - 13
Zenodo
research data repository
Close cos 0.890 - 14
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.
Close cos 0.888 - 15
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.
Close cos 0.888 - 16
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Close cos 0.887 - 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 cos 0.884 - 18
Canva
online graphic design platform
Close cos 0.885 - 19
Wikimedia Error
global social movement for free educational knowledge
Close cos 0.886 - 20
MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
Close cos 0.883
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
- 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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what OpenStreetMap adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on openstreetmap.org 18/20
- Google Workspace · not on openstreetmap.org 10/20
- nginx · not on openstreetmap.org 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on openstreetmap.org 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on openstreetmap.org 5/20
- Meta Business Suite 5/20
- Apple Business · not on openstreetmap.org 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- OpenAI · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Stripe · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Zendesk · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on openstreetmap.org 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on openstreetmap.org 3/20
- Cloudflare DNS 3/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on openstreetmap.org 3/20
- HubSpot · not on openstreetmap.org 3/20