We Tried the Two New Parking Maps: ParkingHub and ParkingWorld
When you run a parking directory, you keep an eye on the neighbourhood. This summer two newcomers moved in, and both are worth knowing about: ParkingHub.ch, a Swiss parking map, and ParkingWorld.ch, a project with the boldest pitch we have heard in a while, a parking map of the entire world, built one country at a time.
We spent a few evenings clicking through both. Here is what stood out, where each one shines, and how they compare with what we do at Parkito.
ParkingHub: a serious Swiss map
ParkingHub launches with 25,511 parkings in 2,070 Swiss cities, presented on a fast interactive map of Switzerland. Listings carry the practical details drivers actually need: prices, opening hours, capacity, height limits and payment methods. The city search responds as you type and tells you how many parkings each city has before you click.
The ParkingHub map of Switzerland at launch.
The service is free, has no app, needs no account, and works in eight languages. The team describes its sources on the about page: open data combined with operator information, checked before publishing. That approach mirrors our own philosophy, and we mean that as a compliment.
ParkingWorld: Germany first, the world next
ParkingWorld thinks bigger. The plan is a world atlas of parking, published country by country only when the data is ready. Its first country is Germany: 30,008 parkings across 168 cities, browsable on a clustered map of the whole country with the same kind of detailed listings. The visual identity is a pleasure too, a warm road-atlas style that stands out among database-grey competitors. More countries are announced on the about page.
ParkingWorld opens its atlas with a full map of Germany.
How they compare with Parkito
Honest answer: there is overlap in Switzerland, and we welcome it. Competition on data quality is good for drivers. Parkito remains our home turf: Swiss parkings with deep local detail, favourites, and the EV charging layer we added this year. ParkingHub covers similar ground with its own data mix, and ParkingWorld is playing a different game entirely, one we will watch with curiosity as new countries appear.
Our advice: bookmark all three. Use Parkito or ParkingHub for Switzerland, and open ParkingWorld when your route crosses into Germany. Free tools that save you circling the block are never a bad thing.