OpenStreetMap
by OpenStreetMap · A map of the world made by contributors, free under an open licence
BenchRank score
Screenshots of OpenStreetMap
Homepage
Overview
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world built by contributors, who can edit it directly through the site. The site offers editing, change history, data export and GPS traces, alongside user diaries and community pages. The map is free to use under an open licence, and hosting is supported by Fastly, OSMF corporate members and other partners.
- Best for
- Anyone needing a world map and map data they can use and edit under an open licence.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the page states the map is free to use under an open licence and links to a donation page.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Map data is free to use under an open licence
- Anyone can edit the map from the site itself
- Built-in history, export and GPS trace tools
- Hosting backed by Fastly and OSMF corporate members
Trade-offs
- The map is built by contributors, so coverage and accuracy will vary
- No pricing, plans or support arrangements are published on the page
- Use is bound by the OSMF Terms of Use and contributor attribution
How OpenStreetMap markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on OpenStreetMap’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Welcome to OpenStreetMap!”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Interactive demo
Pricing
Published plans and prices from OpenStreetMap’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Customer sentiment
Third-party ratings, shrunk toward the catalogue mean by review volume and corroborated across independent sources.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The OpenStreetMap pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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