🆚 OpenStreetMap vs. Waze
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 OpenStreetMap is much more popular than Waze.
- 🌎 OpenStreetMap is more popular in Germany, France, and the United States.
- 🌍 Waze is more popular in Israel, Malaysia, and Guatemala.
Type
Map service
Map service
About
OpenStreetMap is a free, editable world map that is being built by volunteers largely from scratch and released with an open-content license.
Waze is a free GPS navigation service currently owned by Google.
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mountain View, California, United States
Pricing
Free ✔️
Free ✔️
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The OpenStreetMap service is 12 times more popular than Waze.
Total websites
Market share
Maps
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
OpenStreetMap is more popular in Germany, France, and the United States, while Waze is more popular in Israel, Malaysia, and Guatemala.
Germany
France
United States
Poland
Italy
United Kingdom
Israel
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Israel in the Maps category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Malaysia in the Maps category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Chile in the Maps category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Brazil in the Maps category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
OpenStreetMap is more popular than Waze in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Travel
Public Information
Education/Reference
Government/Military
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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