Commercial Software

MapInfo Professional by Precisely (formerly Pitney Bowes) specializes in location intelligence, business analytics, and geocoding services.

Maptitude prides itself as an affordable one-stop shop GIS on the market with a low learning curve. It shines in business and transportation.

Companies, government, and the military embrace GeoMedia because of its solution-driven approach and its ability to extract actionable information.

Golden Software MapViewer emphasizes scientific data mapping, modeling, and analysis. But it can also work with various thematic maps.

GE has a long, successful track record in utilities and network infrastructure. Because of this, Smallworld has value-added tools specifically for networks.

Manifold GIS has more or less the full capabilities of the bigger GIS software suites. But the key is their focus on speed and a low price tag.

FME software is your GIS data conversion factory. You load a file format in. It churns out another – as requested. It’s as simple as that.

In this ArcGIS review, we rank it based on analysis, cartography, editing and data management capabilities. See our full review and find out where it ranks.