What GIS Cloud does

GIS Cloud is a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) platform founded in 2008 and headquartered in London, with primary engineering and operations based in Zagreb, Croatia through the subsidiary GIS Cloud d.o.o. The platform enables organizations to collect geospatial data in the field via a mobile app (supporting points, lines, polygons, and custom survey forms with GPS capture and offline-first storage), manage and style that data in a browser-based Map Editor, and distribute it through private Map Viewer or branded public Map Portals configurable in under 30 minutes. Core modules include Mobile Data Collection, Map Editor, Map Viewer, Map Portal, GIS Cloud Track (real-time fleet/asset tracking), Crowdsourcing, Geocoder, and Publisher plugins for QGIS and ArcMap, with developer access provided through REST and JavaScript APIs and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI agent integration.

The platform supports online, offline, and on-premises deployment modes, with data residency options in the US, EU, and Australia, and is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Revenue is generated primarily through tiered SaaS subscriptions (monthly, 6-month, or annual auto-renewing billing) with a 14-day free trial as the entry point, supplemented by premium services with usage-based overage charges and professional services delivered through a global partner network of consultants, system integrators, and VARs. Distribution combines self-serve product-led growth (web signup, mobile apps for iOS/Android) with enterprise field sales (a 'Request a Demo' motion targeting government, utilities, civil engineering, and large enterprises). Named customers span WSP and Opus International (civil engineering), Asplundh (vegetation management), NYSW Railway, Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc, UNDP, Carabineros de Chile, Asterra, InfraTrace, and Old Bridge Township, alongside nonprofit and SMB users. Recent product expansion includes GIS Cloud Track (2025) and AI Features (in-product assistants, AI-assisted form fill, AI-assisted application building, AI-generated draft records, and MCP server) delivered through third-party AI providers.

Name

GIS Cloud

Legal name

GIS Cloud Ltd.

Website

https://giscloud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GIS Cloud is a web-based GIS platform, founded in 2008, that enables organizations to collect geospatial field data, manage maps, and share location intelligence through browser and mobile apps. It serves government, utilities, civil engineering, and nonprofit customers globally with subscription SaaS pricing and partner-led professional services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Software (GIS Platform)

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Cloud GIS platform
• Field data collection
• Geospatial mapping software
• Real-time location tracking
• Mobile GIS applications

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Core SaaS subscription model with tiered pricing plans for premium services. Automatic recurring billing (monthly, 6-month, or annual) with auto-renewal. 14-day free trial offered to new users.
2. Premium Services: Additional premium services with associated fees beyond core platform access. Overages billed for additional map views or increased usage.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, training, and consulting services provided through global partner network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

GIS Cloud is a cloud-based geographic information system (GIS) platform that enables organizations to capture, manage, analyze, and share geospatial data in real time from the field to the office. It combines mobile field data collection, a browser-based map editor, private map viewers, public map portals, and developer APIs into a unified platform, with support for offline work, on-premises deployment, and integrations with QGIS and ArcMap.

Product overview

GIS Cloud is a real-time online GIS mapping platform offered as a unified platform with multiple integrated modules. The core platform consists of Mobile Data Collection for field work, Map Editor for data management and styling, Map Viewer for private access, and Map Portal for public sharing. Add-on modules include Track for real-time asset/fleet tracking, Crowdsourcing for community engagement, Publisher plugins for QGIS and ArcMap integration, and Geocoder for address services. The platform supports online, offline, and on-premises deployment options. Developer access is provided through REST and JavaScript APIs, plus MCP server for AI agent integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GIS Cloud Track: Real-time tracking solution for visualizing people, fleet, and assets on a map with location visualization and in-depth reports.
• Mobile Data Collection
• Map Editor
• Map Viewer
• Map Portal
• Crowdsourcing
• Publisher for QGIS
• Publisher for ArcMap
• Geocoder
• App Builder
• Custom Dashboard

Products and services

• Mobile Data Collection Field data collection app that enables users to fill custom survey forms, capture GPS-located points/lines/polygons, and operate offline with automatic sync. Targeted at field workers and field operations teams in government, utilities, civil engineering, and non-profits.
• Map Editor Browser-based GIS interface for reviewing collected data in real time, styling and classifying layers, and managing teams, jobs, and task assignments. Targeted at GIS analysts and project managers.
• Map Viewer Read-only, private map interface for stakeholders to access and view GIS projects. Targeted at internal stakeholders and decision-makers who need to consume but not edit maps.
• Map Portal Branded public-facing map sharing platform that converts GIS projects into configurable public portals in under 30 minutes. Targeted at government agencies, utilities, and non-profits sharing data with citizens or the public.
• GIS Cloud Track Real-time tracking application for visualizing people, fleet, and assets on a map with location tracking, in-depth reports, charts, and historical data analysis based on multiple parameters. Targeted at operations teams managing mobile assets and field personnel.
• Crowdsourcing Public data collection and engagement platform enabling community participation in GIS mapping projects. Targeted at government agencies and non-profits running citizen engagement or crowdsourced mapping initiatives.
• Publisher for QGIS QGIS desktop plugin that publishes and synchronizes GIS projects directly to the GIS Cloud platform. Targeted at existing QGIS desktop users who want cloud collaboration and sharing.
• Publisher for ArcMap

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer reports achieving more in 5 minutes with GIS Cloud than in 1.5 years with ArcGIS
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability7 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Third-party AI ProviderscoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party AI providers power GIS Cloud's AI Features (in-product assistants, AI-assisted data capture, MCP server). These providers process user inputs and outputs as subprocessors under data-protection obligations that prohibit using data to train their models. Current list available in subprocessor list.
• QGIScoreTechnology or IntegrationPublisher for QGIS enables integration with QGIS desktop software, allowing users to publish maps directly from QGIS to GIS Cloud platform.
• ArcGIScoreTechnology or IntegrationPublisher for ArcMap enables integration with ArcGIS desktop software, allowing users to publish maps directly from ArcMap to GIS Cloud platform.
• Global Partner NetworkcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGIS Cloud works with a global network of partners who provide consulting, implementation, training and other services around GIS Cloud products. Some partners also help market and promote products, generate leads, and resell products. Partners include system integrators, consultants, and VARs.
• Data Hosting Service Providers (US)coreOthersThird-party data hosting service providers in the United States host collected information. GIS Cloud d.o.o. maintains ISO/IEC 27001 certified information security management system.
• Google AnalyticsminorOthersThird-party analytics service that collects, monitors and analyzes usage information to increase service functionality. Has its own privacy policies.
• Payment ProcessorcoreOthersThird-party payment processor used for billing through payment accounts linked to user accounts. Processing subject to payment processor's terms, conditions, and privacy policies.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mapbox: Developer-first cloud mapping and location platform providing maps, navigation, search, and JavaScript SDKs. Mapbox competes most directly with GIS Cloud's JavaScript API/REST API and Map Editor/Map Portal products for developers and enterprises building custom location-based applications, with stronger developer tooling and a deeper consumption-based pricing model.
• CARTO: CARTO is a cloud-native location intelligence and spatial analytics platform for building location-based apps and dashboards, with strong APIs and data warehouse integration. It competes with GIS Cloud's Map Editor, Map Portal, and developer APIs for customers wanting spatial analytics, BI-style visualizations, and warehouse-native geospatial workflows.
• QGIS Cloud: QGIS Cloud is a hosted publishing service for QGIS projects, offering near-identical functionality to GIS Cloud's Publisher for QGIS - both publish QGIS desktop maps to a cloud-hosted map portal. They are direct substitutes in the QGIS-to-cloud publishing niche, though GIS Cloud extends further with its own field data collection and tracking modules.

Emerging players

• Felt: Felt is a collaborative, fast cloud-based GIS mapping tool focused on ease of use for non-GIS specialists. It overlaps with GIS Cloud's Map Editor and Map Viewer products on the easy-to-use, browser-first mapping experience for teams, though Felt does not (yet) match GIS Cloud's field data collection or on-prem footprint.
• Planet Labs: Planet Labs provides high-frequency satellite imagery and APIs for monitoring infrastructure and natural resources. Its imagery and analysis APIs overlap with the remote-sensing and infrastructure-monitoring workflows GIS Cloud customers use (e.g., Asterra satellite-based infrastructure intelligence), making it a partially overlapping peer in the satellite-fed GIS segment.

Broad incumbents

• Esri ArcGIS Online: Esri's flagship cloud GIS platform offering web maps, field apps (Survey123, Field Maps), spatial analysis, and a massive ready-made basemap/feature-service ecosystem. GIS Cloud directly competes for the same cloud-GIS workloads (field data collection, map sharing, asset mapping) that ArcGIS Online serves across government and utilities, though Esri has much deeper enterprise lock-in.
• Precisely (MapInfo): Precisely's MapInfo Pro is a legacy desktop GIS platform with adjacent cloud services serving government, utilities, and telco. It is comparable to GIS Cloud as a long-standing GIS vendor with both desktop heritage and cloud offerings, though Precisely's primary business is broader data integrity rather than cloud-native mapping.
• Trimble Maps / Trimble Catalyst: Trimble's geospatial division provides mapping, GIS, and field data collection solutions (Trimble Catalyst, TerraFlex, Trimble Maps) for utilities, transportation, and government. It overlaps with GIS Cloud on mobile field data collection, asset mapping, and utility-sector workflows, but with much deeper hardware/correction-services integration and a larger installed base.
• Google Earth Engine / Google Maps Platform: Google's geospatial platforms provide satellite imagery analysis (Earth Engine), basemaps, and developer APIs that are foundational to GIS Cloud's basemap layer and remote sensing workflows. While Google does not offer field data collection or branded portals, its free/cheap tools set a price floor and shape user expectations for any commercial GIS platform.

Others

• Maptitude / Caliper: Caliper's Maptitude is a desktop GIS product with cloud delivery options targeting government, business, and telco. It is thematically comparable to GIS Cloud for organizations seeking affordable GIS, but lacks the modern mobile field data collection, track-and-trace, and AI/MCP exposure that differentiate GIS Cloud's current platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/giscloud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gis-cloud
• Instagraminstagram.com/giscloud

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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