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VersaTiles vs OpenMapTiles: catalog facts
VersaTiles	OpenMapTiles

Best for: Organisations that want self-hosted web maps without a commercial provider	Best for: Self-hosting an OpenStreetMap base map with vector tiles
Free Free and open source, funded by sponsors and donations.	Free Free and open source; MapTiler sells optional hosted maps and support.
Web, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted
No API keys, usage fees or user tracking Covers tile generation, serving and styling Ready-made tile downloads and a public tile server to try	Documented vector tile schema used by many projects Several free open-source map styles Works with MapLibre GL, Leaflet and OpenLayers Multilingual map labels
Running your own server requires technical setup Based on OpenStreetMap data, so map coverage depends on it	Generating tiles for large areas takes significant resources Premium styles and hosting are commercial MapTiler products
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
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 VersaTiles versatiles.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for OpenMapTiles openmaptiles.org Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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