Maptitude vs QGIS
Maptitude
caliper.com
QGIS
qgis.orgSide by side
| Figure | Maptitude | QGIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $66.25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 1 |
| Spec score · GIS Software | 8.9 (#2) | 7.9 (#24) |
| Spec score · Geographic Information Systems | 8.8 (#1) | 7.8 (#11) |
| Audience | Caliper describes Maptitude as designed for business users and lists applications across healthcare, banking, transportation, retail, and other industries. | QGIS describes itself as a tool for everyone and invites organizations to find local user groups and support providers. |
| Founded | 1983 | 2002 |
| Purpose | Maptitude maps and analyzes location data for sales territories, routes, site selection, and business planning. | QGIS provides spatial visualization and decision-making tools, including tools to create, edit, analyze, and publish geospatial information. |
| Support | Pricing information states complimentary phone and email support is provided for 60 days after purchase, with possible extensions at Caliper's discretion. | QGIS provides community support through its Discourse forum, GIS StackExchange, chat channels, and local user groups. |
Plans
Maptitude
- Maptitude Desktop No Subscription$1,095, paid once
- Maptitude Online$795 a year
- Desktop Subscription$795 a year
- Maptitude Desktop Subscription$795 a year
- Maptitude Online$795 a year
- Desktop (No Subscription)$1,095, paid once
- Enterprise Subscription$1,095 a year
- Maptitude Desktop (No Subscription)$1,095, paid once
- Maptitude Remote Desktop Subscription$1,095 a year
- Maptitude Remote Desktop (No Subscription)$1,395, paid once
In their own words
Maptitude
Maptitude maps and analyzes location data for business planning, including sales territories, routes, site selection, and deliveries. Its tools cover territory balancing, vehicle routing, drive-time rings, facility location analysis, and delivery planning. Users can build heat, thematic, cluster, radius, 3D, and customized maps, then create PDF or Excel reports. The desktop product supports two-way synchronization with Excel, Access, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and ODBC, along with more than 70 geospatial formats. Included GISDK provides more than 850 GIS functions callable from Windows applications written in.NET languages, R, and Python. Browser-based Maptitude Online supports interactive map sharing, team permissions, and real-time collaboration. Desktop Maptitude requires 64-bit Windows; Mac users can run Windows through virtualization or use Maptitude Online in a browser. Plans include Maptitude Online at $795 a year and desktop subscription at $795 a year. A no-credit-card 30-day trial is available.
QGIS
QGIS is free, open-source software for creating, editing, analyzing, visualizing, and publishing geospatial information. Its layout designer produces print maps, while reporting tools can assemble atlases and reports containing maps and tabular material. It includes hundreds of analysis tools and supports visual workflows that can be reproduced. QGIS works with many data sources and formats and can use or create web services based on industry standards. More than 2,000 community-developed plugins add capabilities. QGIS Server publishes projects and layers through OGC-compatible WMS, WMTS, WFS, and WCS services. The download page offers a Long Term Release for users who prefer stability over the latest features. The project lists third-party mobile field apps, including QField, Mergin Maps, and IntraMaps Roam; these are separate from QGIS mobile apps. QGIS is licensed under GNU GPL version 2 or later and has community support through forums, GIS StackExchange, chat channels, and local user groups. The free plan costs nothing.