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NextGIS Web vs GeoServer: catalog facts
NextGIS Web	GeoServer
Best for: GIS teams publishing and sharing spatial data alongside QGIS	Best for: Organisations publishing spatial data through standard web map services
Free + paid options Open-source Community Edition is free; cloud plans and on-premise products are paid.	Free Free and open source; commercial support is available from third-party companies.
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	OGC-certified WMS, WFS, WCS and WMTS Reads many spatial data sources All 4 strengths for GeoServer OGC-certified WMS, WFS, WCS and WMTS Reads many spatial data sources Active releases with security updates in 2026 OSGeo project with commercial support options
Aimed at GIS professionals rather than casual map users Hosted and enterprise options are paid	Requires GIS knowledge to set up and run Server software, not a map viewer for 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 GeoServer geoserver.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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