| Price from | — | $149/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 7 |
| Spec score · Location Platform Software | 8.1 (#6) | 8.7 (#2) |
| Spec score · Geo Tools | 8.0 (#8) | 8.7 (#2) |
| Headquarters | New York, United States | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Integrations | CARTO connects to Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, PostgreSQL, Databricks, and Oracle data warehouses. | Cesium ion integrations support data creation and capture workflows and streaming to CesiumJS and other visualization engines. |
| Self-hosting | CARTO Self-Hosted runs on GCP, AWS, Azure, sovereign or regional clouds, or on-premises using a virtual machine or Kubernetes cluster. | Cesium ion Self-Hosted can run in a cloud, data center, or edge environment, including disconnected or air-gapped deployments. |
| 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. | Community accounts receive support through the Cesium community forum, while paid plans include support from Cesium experts and through the forum. |
