Crowd Connected vs Mapbox Studio
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| Figure | Crowd Connected | Mapbox Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 20 | 5 |
| Spec score · Location Intelligence Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.5 (#5) |
| Company | Crowd Connected Ltd is a UK-based location technology company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Guildford, Surrey, UK. | Mapbox says it was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco. |
| Company headquarters | Companies House gives the registered office as Surrey Technology Centre, Occam Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YG. | LinkedIn lists headquarters at 750 15th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. |
| Founded | 2013 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Guildford, Surrey, UK | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Purpose | The platform provides indoor and outdoor positioning, blue dot navigation, footfall analytics, and asset and wearable tracking. | Mapbox Studio is a suite of applications for designing custom map styles and managing location data. |
| Rating on G2 | 3.5 out of 5 from 3 reviews for the Crowd Connected product profile. | 4.4 out of 5 from 69 reviews |
| Security | The company's data security document states that internet data transmission uses TLS encryption and that data in S3, EC2, and Dynamo is encrypted at rest. | Mapbox says it is SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 compliant and serves its APIs over HTTPS and TLS 1.2 or higher by default. |
| Support | Permanent indoor positioning plans list limited email support on Free and Starter, full support on Basic and Standard, and managed service on Enterprise. | Mapbox lists self-serve resources, account help, and technical assistance among its support options. |
| What it does | Crowd Connected provides indoor and outdoor positioning, blue-dot navigation, footfall analytics, asset and wearable tracking in one platform. | Mapbox Studio is a visual tool for designing map styles, adding custom data, fonts and icons, and publishing hosted styles for applications. |
Plans
Crowd Connected
- FreeFree
- Permanent Indoor Positioning FreeFree
- Permanent Indoor Positioning Standard0.05 USD/EUR a year
- Standard$0.05 a year
- Attendee Tracking (UK)£8, paid once
- Attendee Tracking (US)$10, paid once
- Permanent Indoor Positioning Starter55 USD/EUR a month
- Basic$2,000 a year
- Permanent Indoor Positioning Basic2,000 USD/EUR a year
- Event Apps SDK Small8,500 USD/EUR, paid once
Mapbox Studio
- Mapbox GL JS (Map Loads)Free
- Mapbox StudioFree
- Maps SDKs for MobileFree
- Pay-as-you-goFree
- Static Images APIFree
In their own words
Crowd Connected
Crowd Connected provides indoor and outdoor positioning, blue dot navigation, footfall analytics, and tracking for assets and wearables. For event attendee tracking, battery-powered Bluetooth beacons detect wearable tags and record attendance, arrival time, dwell time, and movement without badge scanning. Its analytics include near-real-time heatmaps, map regions, and device-count and dwell-time charts. Indoor positioning combines Bluetooth beacons with machine learning to self-calibrate, without manual calibration or fingerprinting. A single location SDK supports indoor and outdoor positioning in mobile apps. MapsPeople and Mazemap are integrated, and the platform can import IMDF maps from Mappedin, Point Maps, and Visioglobe; PNG and JPEG uploads are also supported. Apps can restrict background data collection to selected places and times. The service is offered on Android, iOS, web, and API. Crowd Connected Ltd, founded in 2013, is headquartered in Guildford, Surrey, UK. Its permanent indoor positioning plans list different area capacities and support levels, from limited email support to managed service.
Mapbox Studio
Mapbox Studio is a suite for designing custom map styles and managing location data. You can upload and edit Shapefiles, GeoJSON, and CSV data, which Studio converts into vector tiles. Style controls cover colors, typography, road width, point-of-interest density, sky, 3D buildings, and terrain. Studio can visualize point, line, and polygon data through options such as choropleths and scaled point maps. You can add your own fonts, icons, and textures to a map design. Published styles can be used through Mapbox SDKs and APIs; a stylesheet can also be downloaded or a high-resolution image exported for print. Component styles work with Maps SDK for Web v1.0+, iOS v5.0+, and Android 8.0+. Users cannot author their own Style Components, and components cannot be restored after they are ejected from a style. The plan costs nothing and is available to all Mapbox users, though related API and custom tileset usage may be billed separately. Mapbox says it was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco.