QGIS AlternativesTop GIS Software & Map Services like QGIS

QGIS is described as 'A fully featured, user friendly, open source Geographic Information System (GIS) with similar power to ArcGIS and MapInfo' and is a very popular GIS software in the travel & location category. There are more than 50 alternatives to QGIS for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and SaaS apps. The best QGIS alternative is ArcGIS. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Overpass Turbo or GRASS GIS. Other great apps like QGIS are Global Mapper, Maptitude, Placemark and SAGA GIS.

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  1. ArcGIS icon
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    ArcGIS offers unique capabilities and flexible licensing for applying location-based analytics to your business practices.

    52 ArcGIS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about ArcGIS as an Alternative to QGIS
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    Similar functionality (only difference is price)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    ArcGIS icon
    ArcGIS icon
    • ArcGIS is Paid and ProprietaryQGIS is Free and Open Source
  2. GRASS GIS icon
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    GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, free software (FOSS) Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological, vector, image processing, and visualization functionality.

    37 GRASS GIS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Equaly or even more powerful. The only downside is that it's native GUI has a learning curve. But it handles the processes way better.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    GRASS GIS icon
    GRASS GIS icon
    • GRASS GIS is Free and Open SourceQGIS is also Free and Open Source
  3. Global Mapper icon
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    Global Mapper is a cutting-edge GIS software that provides both novice and experienced geospatial professionals with a comprehensive array of spatial data processing tools, with access to an unparalleled variety of data formats.

    19 Global Mapper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Maptitude icon
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    Business mapping software (geographic information system) that delivers affordable, easy-to-use, professional mapping tools for mapping in these sectors: franchising, health care, business, territories, site selection, sales, marketing, banking, more.

    33 Maptitude alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Placemark icon
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    The Placemark application. This is a web application that lets you import, create, export, visualize, and publish geospatial data. It supports many geospatial data formats, and many editing operations, both algorithmic, like buffering, and drawing-based.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Online
     
  6. SAGA GIS icon
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    SAGA - System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses - is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software with immense capabilities for geodata processing and analysis. SAGA is programmed in the object oriented C++ language and supports the implementation of new functions with a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MapInfo Professional is a powerful, functionally rich desktop mapping application from Pitney Bowes MapInfo, designed to enable organisations to solve business problems that have a geographical element.

    25 MapInfo Professional alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. MapLarge icon
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    Beautiful, User Friendly online mapping software that scales to big data.

    The MapLarge API enables user-driven, low latency, interactive visual exploration and analysis of very large geospatial and non-geospatial data collections to recognize patterns and identify anomalies. Use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. gvSIG Desktop icon
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    gvSIG is a Geographic Information System (GIS), that is, a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Manifold icon
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    Manifold GIS is a combination of mapping, CAD, DBMS and image processing. The hallmark of GIS is the power of using a visual interface to view, grab, analyze, manipulate and transform data that would not be comprehensible in classic row and column DBMS text presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. GeoMedia icon
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    GeoMedia, a comprehensive and dynamic GIS software, extracts compelling intelligence from geospatial data to present actionable information.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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