CubeWerx

What CubeWerx does

CubeWerx Inc., founded in 1996 and headquartered in Gatineau, Quebec, is a geospatial technology company that builds a cloud-native platform for ingesting, managing, and publishing aerial and satellite imagery through OGC-compliant web services. The company originated the first commercial web map server (CubeSERV) and has been a sustained contributor to Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, including editing key API specifications and receiving the 2003 Gardels Award. Its product portfolio spans the Stratos Geospatial Platform, CubeSERV (web map server), CubeSTOR (geospatial database), CubeWerx Analytics, Stratos Guardian, CubeWerx Insights (an Earth Observation analytics framework launched October 2024), and SmartTiles, with integrations into WordPress/WooCommerce for storefront distribution of imagery products.

The company's core technology is built on a modular services architecture covering WMS, WFS, WMTS, WCS, and WPS standards, with support for Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF to handle large imagery datasets. CubeWerx operates a managed-services model for government and enterprise customers, demonstrated by a four-year managed services contract with the Saskatchewan Geographic Information Centre (SGIC) and a Canadian Department of National Defence production deployment. Customers include imagery data providers (Space Imaging Systems, ATLIS Geomatics) and government entities (DND, Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario). The company is an AWS Standard Tier Technology Partner and participates in the European Space Agency architecture committee.

Following the January 2024 re-acquisition of its technology and operations from MariaDB plc, CubeWerx returned to independent operation. Revenue mechanics are contract-based: multi-year managed-services agreements with government and defense customers, enterprise licensing for data providers, and AWS marketplace distribution. The company has no disclosed headcount, revenue, or funding figures; the founding team originated from Oracle Spatial and has worked together for over 20 years. Public-facing deployments, such as FlySask with 600,000+ users per month, indicate operational scale of the platform even though they are not direct revenue signals.

Name

CubeWerx

Legal name

CubeWerx Inc.

Website

https://cubewerx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CubeWerx is a Canadian geospatial technology company that provides OGC-compliant cloud-native platforms for ingesting, managing, and publishing aerial and satellite imagery, serving government agencies, defense organizations, and imagery data providers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Data Management Software

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK), Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL)

Keywords

• Geospatial web services
• OGC compliant platforms
• Satellite imagery management
• Spatial data infrastructure
• Geospatial data publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Gatineau

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Stratos Platform Subscription: Flexible subscription and licensing structure for the Stratos platform ranging from fully DIY license purchase with support to fully managed subscription-based SaaS. Pricing tailored to individual business models.
2. Managed Services: Fully managed geospatial services where CubeWerx handles all aspects of hosting and maintaining services on AWS cloud or customer infrastructure. Subscription-based pricing maximizes flexibility and reduces client overhead.
3. Partnership Platform Fees: Flexible partnership model where CubeWerx works with partner organizations to create pricing structures that accommodate their downstream business models. Partners can monetize their data assets through the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CubeWerx develops and sells the Stratos Geospatial Platform, a cloud-native software platform for ingesting, managing, processing, and distributing large archives of aerial and satellite imagery and vector data via OGC-compliant web services (WMS/WMTS/WFS/WCS). The platform is built on a universal geospatial database (CubeSTOR), a cascading geospatial server (CubeSERV), and includes built-in access control (Stratos Guardian), server- and database-side analytics (CubeWerx Analytics), and usage insights (CubeWerx Insights). It is sold to data providers, government agencies, and defense/intelligence organizations that need to serve geospatial data to large user communities under stringent access controls.

Product overview

CubeWerx offers the Stratos™ Geospatial Platform as its core product, a unified enterprise platform for managing and distributing large geospatial data archives with built-in access control, security, and analytics. The platform integrates multiple specialized components: CubeSERV® (cascading geospatial server for web mapping), CubeSTOR (universal geospatial database), CubeWerx Analytics (usage tracking), Stratos Guardian (security/access control), and SmartTiles™ (intelligent tiling). CubeWerx Insights represents an upcoming addition to the portfolio as an open framework for Earth Observation data processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stratos™ Geospatial Platform: Enterprise platform for managing and distributing large archives of aerial and satellite imagery with access control, security, and analytics.
• CubeWerx Analytics
• CubeSERV®
• CubeSTOR
• Guardian
• CubeWerx Insights

Products and services

• Stratos Geospatial Platform Cloud-native, OGC-standards-compliant enterprise platform for ingesting, managing, processing, and distributing large archives of aerial and satellite imagery and vector data. Sold to commercial data providers, government agencies, and defense/intelligence organizations that need to serve geospatial data to large user communities with access control, analytics, and usage tracking.
• CubeSERV Cascading geospatial server that exposes OGC-compliant web services (WMS, WMTS, WFS, WCS) for serving imagery and vector data from CubeSTOR to clients. Sits inside the Stratos Geospatial Platform and is sold as part of the platform to data providers and government agencies.
• CubeSTOR Universal geospatial database with spatial indexing extensions that ingests and stores aerial and satellite imagery and vector data for the Stratos platform. Sold as part of the Stratos platform to organizations that need to manage large geospatial archives.
• Stratos Guardian Access-control and security gateway for the Stratos platform providing pixel-level access control, authentication, and usage tracking on imagery and vector data. Sold as part of the Stratos platform, particularly to defense/intelligence and government customers with stringent access-control requirements.
• CubeWerx Analytics Analytics engine for the Stratos platform that runs server-side and database-side geospatial analytics, allowing customers to process imagery and vector data in place rather than moving it to clients. Sold as part of the Stratos platform.
• CubeWerx Insights Usage analytics and operational insights product for the Stratos platform, providing visibility into platform usage, data consumption, and operational metrics for data providers and platform operators.
• Managed Services for the Stratos Geospatial Platform Hosting, support, training, and custom development services for customers deploying the Stratos Geospatial Platform, including cloud-hosted deployments on AWS and on-premises/hybrid support. Sold to organizations that want a fully or partially managed geospatial data infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• 247,923 satellite images comprising 100+ TB processed in 66 hours on 8 vCPU/16GB RAM (1.6 TB/hour)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• MariaDB plccoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Completed deal with MariaDB plc to re-acquire its geospatial technology, marking CubeWerx's return to independent operation. CubeSTOR database extensions built on MariaDB. Partnership enables continued development of geospatial database capabilities.
• ATLIS GeomaticsmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019Self-managed Stratos platform installation on AWS EC2/S3. Custom web application for data delivery integrated with WordPress/WooCommerce. Enables ATLIS clients to purchase subscriptions, download data, and access web services with quotas and access control.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2018AWS Standard Tier Technology Partner status. CubeWerx software optimized for AWS architecture, deployed on EC2, S3, and ELB frameworks. Access to AWS tools, training, and support for efficient integration. Cloud-hosted solutions leverage AWS infrastructure for scalability and reliability.
• Saskatchewan Geospatial Imagery Collaborative (SGIC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2018Four-year managed services contract for FlySask imagery portal. Hosted on AWS in Canada. SGIC serves 600,000+ users per month with aerial and satellite imagery through OGC-compliant web services.
• European Space Agency (ESA)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016CubeWerx served on ESA architecture committee for Earth Observation platforms. Collaborated on Common Architecture specification alongside OGC. Shaped framework for EO data platforms.
• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999CubeWerx is a leader in OGC standards development, serving as editor of OGC API Features specifications, OGC API Records, OGC API Processes, and contributing to WMS, WFS, WMTS, WPS, SLD, Filter Encoding, and CSW standards. Active participation in OGC testbeds since 1999. Three directors received OGC Kenneth G. Gardels Award in 2003.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mapbox: Mapbox provides cloud-based mapping and location platform services with extensive developer tools and tile-based delivery. Comparable to CubeWerx in providing streaming geospatial web services, though Mapbox emphasizes vector tiles and developer APIs versus CubeWerx's OGC imagery focus.
• CARTO: CARTO is a cloud-native location intelligence platform offering spatial analytics, data visualization, and tile-based web services. Comparable to CubeWerx in serving enterprise and government customers with managed geospatial cloud infrastructure and APIs.
• Safe Software (FME): Safe Software's FME platform is a leading geospatial data integration and transformation engine with broad OGC support. Comparable to CubeWerx in serving data providers and government agencies that need to publish and integrate geospatial data across systems.
• Element 84: Element 84 specializes in Earth observation and geospatial data engineering, with expertise in STAC catalogs, cloud-native geospatial formats, and OGC APIs. Comparable to CubeWerx in serving the EO data platform market with cloud-native solutions, and a participant in many of the same OGC testbeds.

Broad incumbents

• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform provider with ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online, offering OGC-compliant web services, imagery management, and extensive government/defense customer base. CubeWerx competes primarily in the imagery publishing and OGC services niche that Esri addresses as part of a broader portfolio.
• Hexagon Geospatial: Hexagon's ERDAS, M.App Enterprise, and Luciad portfolios provide geospatial data management, image processing, and OGC services for defense, government, and commercial markets. Comparable to CubeWerx in serving imagery data providers and government spatial data infrastructure initiatives.
• Maxar Technologies: Maxar operates one of the largest commercial satellite imagery constellations and provides self-service imagery ordering and web services. Comparable to CubeWerx as a customer (data provider) and competitor for downstream imagery delivery platforms serving defense and intelligence customers.
• Planet Labs: Planet operates high-cadence Earth observation satellite constellations and provides Planet Insights Platform for imagery analysis. Comparable as an EO data provider that also competes in the platform layer that CubeWerx serves, including government and commercial monitoring applications.

Emerging players

• Sinergise: Sinergise provides the Sentinel Hub platform for Earth observation data processing and distribution, similar to CubeWerx Insights. It serves agricultural, environmental, and government customers with cloud-native EO analytics, and competes in the European EO platform market.
• GeoServer (open source): GeoServer is the leading open-source server for sharing and editing geospatial data, providing full OGC compliance. It represents the open-source alternative to CubeWerx's CubeSERV, often deployed by government agencies and academic institutions.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Themefusion/101565403356430
• Xx.com/cubewerx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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