CEDRA

What CEDRA does

The CEDRA Corporation is a privately held software development and consulting firm founded in 1985 and headquartered in Victor, New York. The company develops ArcGIS-based extensions and add-ins that bring civil engineering, surveying, cadastral mapping, and hydraulic modeling functionality into Esri's ArcView GIS, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Pro environments. Its product line is structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on the CEDRA-AGsuite bundle, which aggregates CEDRA-AVcad (CAD tools with 100+ commands), CEDRA-AVcogo (60+ coordinate geometry commands), CEDRA-AVland (roadway and site design), CEDRA-AVparcel (tax/cadastral mapping), CEDRA-AVsand (storm/wastewater modeling with EPA SWMM integration), CEDRA-AVwater (water distribution modeling with EPANET integration), CEDRA-DataEditor (attribute editing), and CEDRA-DxfExport (AutoCAD DXF export). Pro Wraps provides royalty-free tooling for migrating ArcObjects code to the ArcGIS Pro SDK.

CEDRA has been an authorized Esri Business Partner for over 30 years and has completed hundreds of GIS implementations across U.S. municipal, county, state, and federal government clients, plus select private engineering and Fortune 500 enterprise asset management engagements (notably Nuvolo EAM floor plan projects for hospitals, banks, and media companies). Revenue is generated through three streams: (1) one-time perpetual software licenses priced at $1,995 for single-user and $2,995 for site-wide CEDRA-AGsuite, (2) recurring annual software support subscriptions of $350-$995 per license, and (3) professional services for GIS implementation, data conversion, database design, custom application development, training, and field data collection. Distribution is direct via the company website, phone, email, and fax, supplemented by nominal-fee demo packs that credit toward full license purchase and conference participation at SCAUG and GIS/SIG user groups.

Name

CEDRA

Legal name

The CEDRA Corporation

Website

https://cedra.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEDRA Corporation, founded 1985 and based in Victor, NY, develops ArcGIS extensions and consulting services for civil engineering, surveying, parcel mapping, and utility modeling, serving primarily U.S. municipal, county, and state government agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GIS Software for Civil Engineering

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC), Geospatial BI & Location Analytics (HDAEAMAK)

Keywords

• GIS software development
• Civil engineering software
• ArcGIS extensions
• Parcel mapping solutions
• Utility network modeling

Headquarters

HQ city

Victor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: One-time perpetual licenses for CEDRA software products including Single User License ($1,995) and Site License ($2,995) for CEDRA-AGsuite. Licenses are perpetual with optional annual software support subscriptions.
2. Software Support and Maintenance: Annual subscription-based software support providing telephone, fax, email technical support and software upgrades. Single user support $350/year, Site license support $995/year.
3. Professional Services: Consulting services including GIS implementation, database design, data conversion, custom application development, training, and field data collection for private and municipal clients.
4. Publications: Sale of technical books including Avenue Wraps, Pro Wraps, and Geometric Procedures for Civil Engineers, which include royalty-free software code for developer use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CEDRA develops and sells ArcGIS-based software extensions—including CEDRA-AVcad, CEDRA-AVcogo, CEDRA-AVland, CEDRA-AVparcel, CEDRA-AVsand, CEDRA-AVwater, CEDRA-DataEditor, CEDRA-DxfExport, and the integrated CEDRA-AGsuite—that deliver CAD, coordinate geometry, parcel mapping, roadway design, water/sewer modeling, data editing, and DXF export capabilities within Esri's ArcGIS environment. The company also provides professional GIS consulting services (data conversion, database design, application development, training) to governmental agencies, municipalities, engineering firms, and utilities.

Product overview

The CEDRA Corporation offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on ArcGIS extensions for civil engineering, GIS, and utilities management. The core product is CEDRA-AGsuite, an integrated package combining all individual modules. The modular product line includes: CEDRA-AVcad (CAD tools), CEDRA-AVcogo (coordinate geometry), CEDRA-AVparcel (cadastral/parcel mapping), CEDRA-AVland (roadway/site design), CEDRA-AVsand (sanitary/storm sewer modeling), CEDRA-AVwater (water distribution modeling), CEDRA-DataEditor (attribute editing), and CEDRA-DxfExport (AutoCAD export). Pro Wraps enables ArcObjects to ArcGIS Pro SDK migration. All software operates within Esri ArcGIS and ArcView environments as extensions and is licensed for single user or site deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CEDRA-AGsuite: Comprehensive software package integrating all ArcGIS-based CEDRA software including CAD, COGO, Deed Transcription, Parcel Mapping, Surveying, Contouring, Traverse Adjustment, Cross-Section and Profile Stripping/Plotting, Stakeout, Roadway Design, Earthwork Calculations, Site Development, Plan and Profile Drawing Assembly, Sanitary, Storm, Combined Sewer Modeling, Water Distribution Modeling, Data Editing/Maintenance and DXF export functionality.
• CEDRA-AVcad
• CEDRA-AVcogo
• CEDRA-AVland
• CEDRA-AVparcel
• CEDRA-AVsand
• CEDRA-AVwater
• CEDRA-DataEditor
• CEDRA-DxfExport
• Pro Wraps

Products and services

• CEDRA-AGsuite Comprehensive integrated software package combining CEDRA-AVcad, CEDRA-AVcogo, CEDRA-AVparcel, CEDRA-AVland, CEDRA-AVsand, CEDRA-AVwater, CEDRA-DataEditor, and CEDRA-DxfExport into a single ArcGIS-based solution. Provides CAD, COGO, deed transcription, parcel mapping, surveying, contouring, traverse adjustment, cross-section/profile plotting, stakeout, roadway design, earthwork calculations, site development, plan/profile drawing assembly, sanitary/storm sewer modeling, water distribution modeling, data editing, and DXF export functionality for civil engineers, surveyors, municipalities, tax assessors, planners, and utilities.
• CEDRA-AVcad CAD tools extension for ArcGIS providing over 100 commands for creating, editing, and manipulating point, line, polyline, polygon, curve, and text elements with point snapping across themes. Includes geometric creation, deed transcription, parcel mapping lite functionality, coordinate transformations, and attribute editing. Targeted at GIS professionals needing CAD functionality inside ArcGIS.
• CEDRA-AVcogo Advanced coordinate geometry extension that expands CEDRA-AVcad with over 60 three-dimensional commands, including cadastral mapping, surveying, and civil engineering tools. Provides spiral creation, spline curves, intersections, and point projection capabilities for surveyors and civil engineers.
• CEDRA-AVparcel Tax (cadastral) mapping and parcel maintenance extension with topological polygon editing capabilities. Supports deed transcription, automatic centroid determination, customized PIN formats, three-dimensional databases for high-rise condominiums, and mass annotation of parcel identification numbers and areas. Built for tax assessors and parcel mapping professionals.
• CEDRA-AVland Civil engineering and site design extension providing surveying, COGO, contouring, traverse adjustments, stakeout, road design, profiling, cross-sections, earthwork calculations, and site modeling within ArcGIS. Enables engineers to take projects from field collection through design, construction, and facility maintenance.
• CEDRA-AVsand Storm water and wastewater hydraulic modeling extension providing spatial geometric modeling of sanitary, storm, and combined sewer systems. Supports over 30 built-in conduit shapes, static and dynamic simulations using rational method and St. Venant equations, backwater analysis, and interfaces with EPA SWMM modeler (Versions 4.31 and 4.4h).
• CEDRA-AVwater Water distribution and water quality modeling extension enabling engineers to define geometric configurations, establish materials inventory, introduce supply/demand loads, and perform fire flow analysis and extended period simulations. Interfaces with EPA EPANET modeler (Versions 1 and 2) for hydraulic and water quality analysis.
• CEDRA-DataEditor Data maintenance and attribute editing extension enabling users to create customized dialog boxes for editing feature attributes without programming. Supports single and multi-column dialogs, pull-down lists, attribute equations, coordinate/area calculations, and both desktop and ArcGIS Server deployment.
• CEDRA-DxfExport DXF export utility enabling creation of AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Files from all visible ArcGIS layers including shapefiles, geodatabases, and coverages. Exports features with symbology, annotation, supports color mapping, batch processing, and integration with Nuvolo EAM platform.
• Pro Wraps Royalty-free product assisting migration of ArcObjects code to ArcGIS Pro SDK. Provides mapping of over 300 ArcObjects Namespaces to ArcGIS Pro SDK equivalents and includes VB Class Library with over 400 procedures for creating dialog boxes, features, graphics, and geodatabases. Developed using ArcGIS Pro Version 3.6 for GIS developers.

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 1985CEDRA has been an authorized Esri Business Partner for over 30 years, with access to latest Esri technology including ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst and complete suite of Esri products. CEDRA develops ArcGIS-based software extensions and offers consulting services for ArcGIS implementation.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)coreTechnology or IntegrationCEDRA software integrates with EPA SWMM modeler (Versions 4.31 and 4.4h) for storm water/wastewater modeling and EPANET modeler (Versions 1 and 2) for water distribution modeling.
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEDRA worked with NYSERDA on routing and network analysis, developing 3D GIS-based roadway networks for routing heavy and wide load vehicles and fuel efficiency analysis.
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEDRA collaborated with FHWA on developing 3D GIS-based roadway networks for heavy and wide load vehicle routing as part of freight transportation analysis.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform provider whose ArcGIS products CEDRA extends. Esri is both CEDRA's most important technology partner (30+ years) and a potential competitive threat as it expands native civil engineering and parcel management capabilities in ArcGIS Pro.
• Autodesk: Autodesk Civil 3D, Map 3D, and InfraWorks compete directly with CEDRA's civil engineering and surveying modules for the same surveying, civil engineering, and government customer base.

Direct peers

• Trimble: Trimble provides civil engineering, surveying, and geospatial software (Trimble Business Center, Trimble Access) that competes with CEDRA's COGO, surveying, and roadway design functionality, often as integrated bundles with Trimble's own hardware.
• Bentley Systems: Bentley offers OpenRoads, WaterGEMS, and other civil/infrastructure design software serving the same municipal, DOT, and utility customers as CEDRA, with overlapping water/sewer modeling and roadway design capabilities.
• Carlson Software: Carlson Software specializes in surveying, civil engineering, mining, and GIS software and is a direct competitor to CEDRA's COGO, parcel mapping, and roadway design extensions, with similar pricing and customer profile.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Hexagon's ERDAS IMAGINE, GeoMedia, and M.App Enterprise compete with CEDRA in the broader geospatial platform market, particularly with government and utility customers managing spatial data.
• Caliper Corporation: Caliper's Maptitude and TransCAD provide GIS and transportation analysis capabilities that overlap with CEDRA's routing, parcel, and mapping offerings for government and transportation customers.

Emerging players

• Bluebeam (part of Nemetschek): Bluebeam Revu and Studio serve the same architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) market as CEDRA, particularly for plan/profile review and markup workflows in public infrastructure projects.
• BlueCielo (now Accruent): BlueCielo/Accruent provides enterprise asset management and engineering document management solutions that overlap with CEDRA's Nuvolo EAM floor plan and asset management services.
• QGIS: QGIS is an open-source GIS platform that competes at the platform level with Esri ArcGIS, the foundation CEDRA builds on; if it continues to gain adoption in public sector, CEDRA would need to develop QGIS plugins to maintain reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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