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GeoServer vs pg_featureserv: catalog facts
GeoServer	pg_featureserv
Best for: Organisations publishing spatial data through standard web map services	Best for: Publishing PostGIS data as a standard web feature API
Free Free and open source; commercial support is available from third-party companies.	Free Free and open source from Crunchy Data.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
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	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 GIS knowledge to set up and run Server software, not a map viewer for 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 GeoServer geoserver.org Catalog checked September 23, 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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