What Data East does

Data East (ООО «Дата Ист») is a privately held Russian geographic information systems (GIS) software vendor headquartered in Novosibirsk and operating since May 2001. The company develops and sells the domestic CoGIS platform — a .NET 8.0 microservices-based geoinformation infrastructure registered in the Russian Unified Software Registry (ПО 3789) that runs on Russian and Linux operating systems and supports Russian DBMS — along with a portfolio of vertical applications and modules including WellTracking (3D drilling visualization), SXF Tools (Panorama-to-ArcGIS data migration), CityCloud (smart-city/municipal management), and modules for cadastre, network analysis, municipal territory improvement, cemetery management (Ritual System), and offline map creation (eLiteMap Creator).

Its customers are primarily Russian government agencies, municipal administrations, and industrial enterprises in mining, oil & gas, energy, transport, forestry, and geodesy, with a secondary footprint across 45 countries serving an estimated 200,000+ users. The company monetizes through perpetual software licensing (single-user, corporate, and academic tiers), professional services (implementation, consulting, certified training via its own training center), geodata supply and processing, and distribution of third-party software (Икс Тулс). Distribution is conducted primarily via direct enterprise field sales, supplemented by self-serve downloads/trials for tools like SXF Tools, channel partnerships (Esri Business Partner, Russian Geographical Society), and regional ecosystem affiliations (Akademgorodok Technopark resident, SibAcademSoft member, Siberian Naukaopolis cluster participant). The company holds 60+ intellectual property objects and has positioned itself as a beneficiary of Russian import-substitution policy through successive registry registrations of its products.

Name

Data East

Legal name

Общество с ограниченной ответственностью «Дата Ист»

Website

https://dataeast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Data East is a Russian GIS software vendor founded in 2001, developing the domestic CoGIS platform and vertical applications (WellTracking, SXF Tools, CityCloud) for government, municipal, mining, and oil & gas clients, primarily in Russia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB), Advanced Analytics & Data Science Services (BPAEAHAE)

Keywords

• Geographic information systems
• Geospatial software platform
• Spatial data management
• Municipal GIS solutions
• Drilling visualization software

Headquarters

HQ city

Novosibirsk

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Sales: Data East generates revenue primarily through the licensing and sale of proprietary GIS software products including CoGIS platform (with modules for cadastre, municipal territories, network analysis, cemetery management), WellTracking, SXF Tools, and eLiteMap Creator. Software is sold as perpetual single-user licenses, corporate (unlimited device) licenses, and academic licenses. Pricing varies by product, license tier, and quantity.
2. Professional Services (Implementation, Consulting, Training): The company provides comprehensive professional services including custom GIS integration and infrastructure development, consulting on GIS technologies for automating business processes, and certified training through its own учебный центр (training center). These services complement software sales and represent a significant revenue stream.
3. Geodata Delivery and Processing: Data East supplies and processes geodata to meet specific customer requirements, providing geographic information system data tailored to customer needs as part of its full lifecycle GIS service offering.
4. Third-Party Software Distribution: Data East resells/distributes third-party software (Икс Тулс) alongside its own products, providing supply, delivery, and implementation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Data East develops and sells the CoGIS domestic Russian geoinformation platform — a .NET-based microservices system for creating and publishing cartographic web applications, managing spatial data, and supporting regulated access from desktop and mobile devices. The company extends the platform with vertical modules and standalone applications (WellTracking for 3D drilling visualization, SXF Tools for Panorama-to-ArcGIS migration, CityCloud for smart cities, plus cemetery, cadastral, and municipal management modules). It complements these software products with consulting, GIS integration and infrastructure development, geodata delivery and processing, and certified training services.

Product overview

Data East offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on the CoGIS domestic geoinformation platform. The core CoGIS platform consists of three main components: the GIS Server for publishing cartographic data and geoprocessing tools as web services, the App Constructor for building web mapping applications without coding, and the CoGIS Portal providing unified access to maps and applications. This core is extended through specialized add-on modules including CityCloud for smart city and municipal management scenarios, the Rituals cemetery management system, eLiteMap Creator for offline map generation, Municipal Territories module for urban improvement planning, Cadastral Map, and TrueDrive network analysis. Additionally, the company offers WellTracking as a vertical application for 3D drilling data visualization built on CoGIS, and SXF Tools as a standalone data migration tool for converting between GIS Panorama and ArcGIS formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CoGIS: Domestic digital infrastructure platform for creating web mapping applications and geoinformation portals. Includes map application constructor, GIS server, geoportal, and mobile applications.
• SXF Tools
• WellTracking
• CityCloud
• CarryMap

Products and services

• CoGIS Domestic Russian geoinformation digital infrastructure platform for creating web mapping applications and GIS portals. Enables monitoring of spatial objects, business task management, and organization of large volumes of geodata with regulated access from desktop and mobile devices, targeted at government, municipal, and industrial enterprises.
• CoGIS Mobile Mobile application for Android and iOS enabling offline and online map work via the CoGIS platform's mobile web layout and dedicated native apps, for field personnel requiring map access in remote locations.
• WellTracking 3D visualization application for effective management of spatial drilling data built on the CoGIS platform. Provides an automated workplace for mining surveyors with 60 tools for processing and geoprocessing spatial data, trajectory calculation, and inclinometry data processing, sold to mining and oil & gas enterprises in Basic, Standard, and Corporate license tiers.
• SXF Tools Standalone data migration tool for converting GIS data from Panorama (SXF format) to ArcGIS, preserving original map styling and converting to .gdb/.mdb/.sde databases, for organizations migrating between Panorama and ArcGIS platforms.
• CityCloud
• CoGIS Rituals (Система Ритуал) GIS module for comprehensive automation of funeral activities, including cemetery data management, burial records, and public information about burial sites, for municipal funeral services organizations.
• eLiteMap Creator for CoGIS Module for creating interactive offline maps in CMF2 format based on map service data published on CoGIS Server, with password protection, expiration dates, and device-list restrictions, for organizations distributing offline maps to field users.
• CoGIS Municipal Territories (Благоустройство муниципальных территорий) Module for controlling the condition and planning of municipal territory development, including inventory of public and yard areas, automatic passport generation, event planning, lifespan tracking, and green space analysis, for municipal administrations.
• CoGIS Cadastral Map (Кадастровая карта)
• CoGIS TrueDrive (Сетевой анализ)
• CoGIS Portal
• CoGIS Server (ГИС-сервер)
• CoGIS App Constructor (Конструктор картографических приложений)
• GIS Software Development and Integration Services
• Certified Training (Учебный центр)
• GIS Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000+ users across 45 countries rely on Data East software products
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SibAкадемСофт (Ассоциация содействия развитию информационных технологий)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerData East is a member of the SibAкадемСофт Association for the Promotion of Information Technology Development, a Novosibirsk-based IT industry association that supports local software companies.
• Сибирский наукополис (Научно-производственный кластер Новосибирской области)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerData East is a participant in the science-production cluster program of Novosibirsk Oblast, contributing to the development of the regional innovation ecosystem.
• Технопарк Новосибирского АкадемгородкаminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerData East is a resident of the Akademgorodok Technology Park (Technopark), gaining access to infrastructure and innovation support programs available to technology park residents.
• Русское географическое общество (РГО)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerData East is a corporate partner of the Russian Geographical Society, supporting geography and environmental protection initiatives while leveraging the partnership for brand visibility and social impact positioning.
• EsricoreTechnology or IntegrationData East is an Esri business partner with recognized expertise in ArcGIS platform development and migration. The company won Esri's 'Turning Pro' award for successful migration of software products to ArcGIS Pro. Data East develops solutions on the ArcGIS platform and provides ArcGIS migration services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Global provider of geospatial, surveying, and mapping solutions across construction, agriculture, and mining. Overlaps with Data East's WellTracking drilling/surveying tooling and overall mapping platform capabilities on a global scale.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Global geospatial analytics and GIS platform provider (ERDAS, GeoMedia, M.App Enterprise). Represents the kind of multinational incumbent Data East competes against in mining, government, and infrastructure segments worldwide.
• Bentley Systems: Global infrastructure engineering software provider with significant GIS and spatial data capabilities (Open Utilities, OpenCities). Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping geospatial infrastructure capabilities for municipalities and utilities.
• Esri: Global GIS market leader (ArcGIS platform). Data East is both an Esri business partner (winning Esri's 'Turning Pro' award in 2018) and a competitor positioning CoGIS as an ArcGIS alternative for Russian import substitution. Esri sets the global standard Data East's domestic platform seeks to replace in Russia.
• Precisely (MapInfo): Provider of location intelligence and mapping software (MapInfo Pro) serving government, telecommunications, and enterprise customers globally. Represents another established GIS incumbent whose capabilities overlap with CoGIS's enterprise mapping and spatial analytics scope.

Direct peers

• KB Panorama (КБ Панорама): KB Panorama is the most established domestic Russian GIS developer (creator of Panorama GIS and the SXF data format that Data East's SXF Tools interoperates with). It is the closest direct competitor for Russian government and defense GIS contracts and for the data-format ecosystem Data East targets.
• IndorSoft (ИндорСофт): Russian GIS developer specializing in infrastructure, road, and transport-sector geospatial solutions. Competes with Data East in the Russian municipal and transport verticals and shares the same domestic-platform, import-substitution positioning.
• ESTI (ЭСТИ): Russian systems integrator and software developer specializing in GIS, cadastre, and municipal geoinformation systems. Competes directly with Data East for Russian municipal and cadastral implementation contracts and shares the domestic-platform narrative.

Emerging players

• Geoscan (Геоскан): Russian UAV manufacturer and geospatial analytics provider. Comparable as a domestic Russian player combining hardware (drones) with GIS processing software for surveying, mining, and agriculture—adjacent to Data East's spatial data management focus.

Regional players

• Sovzond (Совзонд): Russian provider of satellite imagery, remote sensing, and GIS solutions for agriculture, forestry, and government. Comparable as a domestic Russian geospatial services and software peer targeting overlapping government and natural-resource customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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