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NextGIS Web vs deegree: catalog facts
NextGIS Web	deegree
Best for: GIS teams publishing and sharing spatial data alongside QGIS	Best for: Organisations publishing spatial data through OGC web services
Free + paid options Open-source Community Edition is free; cloud plans and on-premise products are paid.	Free Free and open source, supported by donations and sponsorship.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Vector and raster data management with a REST API Web map publishing with PostGIS support All 4 strengths for NextGIS Web Vector and raster data management with a REST API Web map publishing with PostGIS support Version control for vector data Close integration with QGIS	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
Aimed at GIS professionals rather than casual map users Hosted and enterprise options are paid	Requires running and configuring a Java server Aimed at GIS administrators rather than end users
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for NextGIS Web nextgis.com/nextgis-web github.com/nextgis/nextgisweb Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for deegree deegree.org Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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