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Product
CARTO is an Agentic GIS platform that lets organizations build AI agents, geospatial workflows, and interactive maps inside their cloud data warehouse or lakehouse.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Integrations
CARTO connects to Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, PostgreSQL, Databricks, and Oracle data warehouses.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Security
CARTO is SOC 2 Type II certified and undergoes annual audits by an independent third-party certified auditor.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Privacy
CARTO states that it complies with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data privacy laws.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Support
CARTO offers support options ranging from onboarding to ongoing platform guidance, plus professional services for spatial data science, app development, GIS, and cloud architecture.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Headquarters
New York, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · carto.com
Founded
2012Read 23 Sep 2026 · carto.com
AI agents
CARTO lets users build and deploy AI agents that perform complex geospatial tasks using natural language.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Analytics Toolbox
The Analytics Toolbox contains more than 100 advanced spatial functions and is available for BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, and PostgreSQL.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Data handling
CARTO says it does not copy connected data and runs queries against live data in the customer’s warehouse, with an encrypted temporal cache for performance and cost optimization.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Data Observatory
CARTO Data Observatory provides more than 12,000 ready-to-use curated datasets directly in a data warehouse.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Developer tools
CARTO provides framework-agnostic APIs and native deck.gl support for application development without ETL, backend APIs, or data replication.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Self-hosting
CARTO Self-Hosted runs on GCP, AWS, Azure, sovereign or regional clouds, or on-premises using a virtual machine or Kubernetes cluster.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.carto.com
Trial limits
The free 30-day trial includes all CARTO components, demo datasets, maps, and a CARTO Data Warehouse instance, but production use is not permitted.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Visualization
CARTO Builder creates dynamic visualizations from billions of data points directly from a cloud data warehouse.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Workflows
CARTO Workflows provides no-code, low-code pipeline building with drag-and-drop tools.Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com

Plans and prices

Custom Price not published upfront annually High-volume quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or self-hosted included · Up to unlimited location data services · Unlimited API access & tokens · Elite support · SSO · Audit logs · Usage metrics · Custom branding Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Enterprise Price not published upfront annually Basic quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or self-hosted · Limited location data services · Limited API access & tokens · Standard or Premium support · SSO · Audit logs · Custom branding Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Pay As You Go Price not published monthly with 12 month contract Metered per consumption · Cloud · SaaS Only · Metered, capped location data · Limited API access & tokens · Standard support · No custom branding · No audit logs Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com
Strategic Price not published upfront annually Expanded quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or optional self-hosted · Limited location data services · Unlimited API access & tokens · Premium or Elite support · SSO · Audit logs · Usage metrics · Custom branding Read 1 Oct 2026 · carto.com

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