European alternatives to

Google Maps

The world's most used mapping and navigation service.

Google LLC · Outside Europe

About Google Maps

Company: Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.
HQ: United States
Zone: Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act

Qwant Maps

95 · Certified European

France · Maps & navigation

French privacy-first map built on OpenStreetMap. No tracking, no profiling, fully GDPR-compliant and open data.

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Free · from Free Free tier Partly open source 🇪🇺 EU

HERE WeGo

87 · Strongly European

Netherlands · Maps & navigation

Navigation and mapping from HERE Technologies, headquartered in Amsterdam. Offline maps, transit routing, and no Google tracking.

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Free · from Free Free tier 🇪🇺 EU

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

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Other Alphabet Inc. products with European alternatives

Gmail

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Google Drive

Cloud storage

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Google Cloud

Hosting & cloud infrastructure

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Google Meet

Video conferencing

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Google Search

Search engines

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Google Chrome

Web browsers

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Gemini

AI tools & APIs

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Google AI Studio

AI tools & APIs

Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

These concerns apply to all United States tech companies — see our full analysis →