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Carto

CARTO

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.0 /10

21 Reviews Write a Review

What is CARTO?

An end-to-end Spatial Analysis platform. The Spatial Analysis platform of choice for market-leading location data & visualization, built for the cloud.

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Awards & Recognition

CARTO won the following awards in the Geographic Information Systems category

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6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

7 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

CARTO Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CARTO?

0% Negative

7% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Data Visualization GIS

Map Manipulation

Spatial Analysis

Geospatial Technology

Data Integration GIS

High Quality Maps

3D Visuals

Imaging and Production

Geo Coding

Mobile

Map Customization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

CARTO Reviews

Krishn G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2021

Great data scaling tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates CARTO from other similar products?

Carto is very powerful platform to scale any data size virtually. The flexibility of APIs are making this very useful. Mapping of datasets are done in customized sets.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Our datasets vary in size and shape and being able to customize the way user interacts with the data make more things possibility.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Frequency of changes makes involvement of learning of tool however this is also happening with other tools too.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Nice tool for mapping of large scale data with more interaction to users need make this recommended for all business.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Inspiring
Less Generous

Dave H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

A compelling map-enabled GIS analytics platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CARTO from other similar products?

It has really solid integration w/PostgreSQL; and the mapping layer is data-aware, which makes visualizations very simple to achieve

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SQL interface for data management

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing to say

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

use it with mapbox

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Helps Innovate

Cons

Less Effective Service
Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Efficient Service

Ron R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Great product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CARTO from other similar products?

It works well with 3rd party javascript libraries like leaflet.js, and when I last used it they had a free option limited to 1 layer - but with no other restrictions. It was nice because you can do pretty much everything you want with a single layer if you are willing to write javascript to customize the map.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Javascript extensibility.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The dashboard editor is a little confusing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Don't be afraid to use javascript to customize your map, you can do some really cool stuff that isn't really possible by just using the built in map designer.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate

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Awards & Recognition

CARTO Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

5 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CARTO?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Visualization GIS Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

Map Manipulation Multiple maps can be open simultaneously, and can be duplicated, combined, synchronized, tiled, cascaded, and minimized/maximized.

Spatial Analysis Includes geographic data, analysis, and modelling.

Geospatial Technology Includes surface analysis, network analysis, and geovisualization.

Data Integration GIS Ability to import external data sources (census, etc.) overlayed into your map environment.

High Quality Maps Includes high quality imagery, destinations, and area information.

3D Visuals Seamlessly toggle between 2D and 3D viewing of the map.

Imaging and Production Ability to export and print high-quality images and graphics in multiple formats, including presentation ready maps.

Geo Coding Custom geo-codable indexes can be created to pin-map based on external datasets.

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Map Customization Map editor allows a map to be customized on-the-fly.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

CARTO Reviews

Krishn G.

Great data scaling tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dave H.

A compelling map-enabled GIS analytics platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Ron R.

Great product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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4
Since last award

5
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Visualization GIS

Map Manipulation

Spatial Analysis

Geospatial Technology

Data Integration GIS

High Quality Maps

3D Visuals

Imaging and Production

Geo Coding

Mobile

Map Customization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization