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 GRASS GIS or Overpass Turbo. Other great apps like QGIS are Global Mapper, Maptitude, Placemark and SAGA GIS.

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  1. ArcGIS icon

    ArcGIS

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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

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Similar functionality (only difference is price)

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    • Most users think ArcGIS is a great QGIS alternative.

    • ArcGIS is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to QGIS.

    • ArcGIS is the most popular commercial alternative to QGIS.

    • ArcGIS is Paid and ProprietaryQGIS is Free and Open Source
  2. GRASS GIS icon

    GRASS GIS

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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.
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    • Most users think GRASS GIS is a great QGIS alternative.

    • GRASS GIS is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to QGIS.

    • GRASS GIS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to QGIS.

    • GRASS GIS is Free and Open SourceQGIS is also Free and Open Source
  4. Overpass Turbo icon

    Overpass Turbo

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    This is Overpass Turbo, a web-based data filtering tool for OpenStreetMap.

    3 Overpass Turbo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Overpass Turbo is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to QGIS.

    • Overpass Turbo is Free and Open SourceQGIS is also Free and Open Source
  5. Global Mapper icon

    Global Mapper

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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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Maptitude icon

    Maptitude

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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 (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Maptitude is the most popular SaaS alternative to QGIS.

    • Maptitude is Freemium and ProprietaryQGIS is Free and Open Source
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    Placemark

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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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Online
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  9. SAGA GIS icon

    SAGA GIS

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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
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  10. MapInfo Professional icon

    MapInfo Professional

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    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
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    MapLarge

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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
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  12. gvSIG Desktop icon

    gvSIG Desktop

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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.

    26 gvSIG Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Manifold

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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
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    GeoMedia

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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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