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NextGIS Web vs GeoNode: catalog facts
NextGIS Web	GeoNode
Best for: GIS teams publishing and sharing spatial data alongside QGIS	Best for: Organisations running their own spatial data infrastructure
Free + paid options Open-source Community Edition is free; cloud plans and on-premise products are paid.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, 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	Supports OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and CSW Fine-grained permissions and groups for sharing data All 4 strengths for GeoNode Supports OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and CSW Fine-grained permissions and groups for sharing data Django base with REST APIs for customisation Active maintenance and development release lines
Aimed at GIS professionals rather than casual map users Hosted and enterprise options are paid	A server platform that needs setup and administration Aimed at organisations rather than individual map users
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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 GeoNode geonode.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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