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deegree vs pg_featureserv: catalog facts
deegree	pg_featureserv
Best for: Organisations publishing spatial data through OGC web services	Best for: Publishing PostGIS data as a standard web feature API
Free Free and open source, supported by donations and sponsorship.	Free Free and open source from Crunchy Data.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
Includes the OGC WMS reference implementation Fully compliant WFS plus CSW, WPS and WMTS All 3 strengths for deegree Includes the OGC WMS reference implementation Fully compliant WFS plus CSW, WPS and WMTS Long-running OSGeo project with several maintaining organisations	Implements the OGC API - Features standard Lightweight Go binary with a Dockerfile All 3 strengths for pg_featureserv Implements the OGC API - Features standard Lightweight Go binary with a Dockerfile Publishes PostGIS tables and functions directly
Requires running and configuring a Java server Aimed at GIS administrators rather than end users	Requires a PostGIS database Serves vector features only, not map tiles
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for deegree deegree.org Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for pg_featureserv github.com/CrunchyData/pg_featureserv Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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