GIS/Map Providers: Wondering the Difference?

[PeterC]

In 2017 Matt Sheehan of WebMapSolutions asked a series of questions to the main GIS/Map providers (Esri, Pitney Bowes, Boundless, GIS Cloud, Carto, Mapbox, Mango, Hexagon Geospatial), and published their answers in a blog series "GIS/Map Providers: Wondering the Difference?":

• Question 1: Can you summarize your core offering?
• Question 2: What differentiates you from your competition?
• Question 3: Does your offering extend or compliment other GIS or mapping solution? If yes, please elaborate?
• Question 4: Could you summarize your pricing model?
• Question 5: There is a growing demand for maps and GIS to integrate with popular business platforms (BI, CRM, EAM) and data. Does your offering play well with other non-GIS/mapping systems?
• Question 6: Do you have a partner program? Why might your clients turn to your partners for help?

And in the final post in the series the author offered his reflections under the title "GIS/Map Providers – who will be the winners?"