Geovisual Interactive

What Geovisual Interactive does

Geovisual Interactive GmbH, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Fürth, Germany, develops desktop software for georeferenced real-time 3D visualization of infrastructure projects. Its flagship product, GeoVisual Civil Engineer, combines IFC/Datasmith imports from major CAD systems with standard geodata layers (DGM, DOP, LOD2, CityGML) and Google 3D Tiles to let civil engineers, urban planners, and municipalities create parametric digital twins and presentation-grade 3D scenes directly, without relying on external rendering services. The product is built on a real-time 3D engine stack (with Unreal-based roles in current hiring) and integrates tightly with BricsCAD, Vestra Infravision, and ProVi CAD pipelines.

The company operates a freemium and self-serve PLG motion: a free Viewer, free Education licenses, a 14-day full-featured trial, and paid subscriptions at €49/month (single-seat) and €74/month (network seat) billed annually. Complementary revenue comes from paid online workshops (€249/participant), incident-based Direct Support (€25), and project-based Premium Support. The Digital Twin service and the GeoVisual Geodata Collection — a curated index of free public geospatial data for DACH, Europe, and South America — sit alongside the software as adoption levers. Target customers are German and European civil engineering offices (Ingenieurbüros), municipal planning departments, and academic users; named deployments include the City of Münchberg and Ingenieurbüro GBi.

Geovisual Interactive is a privately held, founder-owned GmbH with no disclosed external funding and headcount in the 11–50 band. Distribution is digital-first via the company website, with direct sales for enterprise and municipal clients. The company received 2nd Place at the DIGITAL Award 2023 for the Münchberg Digital Twin project, which remains a flagship reference for its municipal value proposition.

Name

Geovisual Interactive

Legal name

GeoVisual Interactive GmbH

Website

https://geovisual-interactive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Geovisual Interactive GmbH builds GeoVisual Civil Engineer, a desktop tool for georeferenced real-time 3D visualization and digital twin creation, serving civil engineering offices, municipalities, and urban planners in the DACH region and broader Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Visualization Software

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAMANAK

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Maps, Location & Navigation Platforms

SECONDARYBPAMANAB

Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs)

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Maps, Location & Navigation Platforms

Keywords

• Civil engineering software
• 3D infrastructure visualization
• Digital twin platforms
• Geospatial planning tools
• BIM visualization software

Headquarters

HQ city

Fürth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Subscription-based licenses for GeoVisual Civil Engineer software. Single-seat license at 49€/month or network/floating license at 74€/month, billed annually. Free Viewer tier and free Education licenses for students and university staff.
2. Professional Services - Training: Online introductory workshops at 249€ per participant. Half-day workshop covering project organization, geodata integration, planning, and export.
3. Support Services: Direct Support at 25€ per incident via phone, messenger, or video call. Premium Support with project-dependent pricing for comprehensive workflow and visualization assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

GeoVisual Interactive develops and sells GeoVisual Civil Engineer, a Windows desktop software application for georeferenced real-time 3D visualization of infrastructure projects. The product enables civil engineers, urban planners, and municipalities to combine BIM/IFC models, GIS geodata, and 2D plans into interactive 3D visualizations and parametric digital twins without depending on external rendering service providers. Complementing the software are paid online training workshops, tiered support services, and a curated geodata collection for the DACH region and beyond.

Product overview

Geovisual Interactive offers a unified software platform centered on GeoVisual Civil Engineer, a desktop application for georeferenced real-time 3D visualization of infrastructure projects. The product portfolio includes free and paid tiers: GeoVisual Viewer (free) for viewing projects, GeoVisual Civil Engineer (49 EUR/month) as the primary paid license with full features, GeoVisual Network License (74 EUR/month) for team use, and GeoVisual Education License (free) for students. The company also provides complementary services including Online Getting Started Workshop (249 EUR), Direct Support (25 EUR), and Premium Support (project-based pricing). GeoVisual Digital Twin is offered as a solution service for municipalities. An extensive GeoVisual Geodata Collection resource provides curated links to public geospatial data for DACH, Europe, and South America. All software versions are standalone Windows desktop applications supporting IFC import via Datasmith, integration with various CAD systems (BricsCAD, Vestra Infravision, ProVi), and geodata formats (CityGML, DOP, DGM, LOD2).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GeoVisual Civil Engineer: Interactive georeferenced real-time 3D visualization software for civil engineers and infrastructure planning
• GeoVisual Viewer
• GeoVisual Digital Twin

Products and services

• GeoVisual Civil Engineer Windows desktop application for georeferenced real-time 3D visualization of infrastructure projects. Enables civil engineers, urban planners, and municipalities to combine BIM/IFC models, GIS geodata, 2D plans, and 3D models in an intuitive interface, replacing external rendering service providers.
• GeoVisual Viewer Free desktop software that lets users open, view, and navigate existing GeoVisual projects without editing or creation capabilities. Serves as the entry-level tier and the default state after trial expiry.
• GeoVisual Digital Twin Service solution for municipalities to create and maintain urban digital twins built on the GeoVisual Civil Engineer platform, enabling visualization of infrastructure projects, citizen participation, and urban development planning.
• Online Getting Started Workshop Half-day online training workshop in which participants work through practical examples on their own computers, covering the full GeoVisual Civil Engineer workflow from geodata integration through presentation and export. Priced at €249 per participant excluding VAT.
• Direct Support On-demand technical support service delivered via telephone, messenger, or video call, providing timely assistance with setup, system integration, workflow questions, software problems, and visualization queries. Priced at €25 per incident excluding VAT.
• Premium Support Project-based comprehensive support service covering workflow creation, project implementation, support with visualization of standard infrastructure projects, and development of video presentations. Pricing is project-dependent and provided via custom quote.

Quantifiable outcome

• Decision-making processes accelerated through intuitive visualization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BricsCAD (Bricsys)coreTechnology or IntegrationBricsCAD is the primary Datasmith development partner for GeoVisual. The Datasmith Direct Link workflow has been extensively tested and optimized for BricsCAD users. Enables seamless import of IFC models from BricsCAD into GeoVisual for visualization. Special workflow documentation and tutorials available for BricsCAD users.
• Vestra InfravisioncoreTechnology or IntegrationGeoVisual supports import of Vestra Infravision IFC files up to Build 68 (optimized for Build 64/65). Dedicated workflow documentation and tutorial available. Plans are automatically georeferenced when imported. Case study available showing Dombühl infrastructure project visualization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pix4D: Pix4D provides photogrammetry-driven 3D mapping and geospatial visualization software from drone and aerial imagery, serving surveying and infrastructure professionals with comparable 3D visualization use cases though from a data-acquisition-first perspective.
• Cesium: Cesium is the 3D Tiles and geospatial visualization engine that GeoVisual integrates with via Cesium ion for Google 3D Tiles support. It is both a key technology supplier and a competing platform for streaming 3D geospatial content into browsers and applications.

Emerging players

• Cityzenith: Cityzenith offers a Digital Twin platform focused on smart cities and built environment decarbonization, providing a cloud-based alternative to GeoVisual's desktop digital twin approach for municipal customers.

Broad incumbents

• Bentley Systems (OpenCities / iTwin): Bentley provides OpenCities for city-scale digital twins and the iTwin platform for infrastructure digital twins, overlapping with GeoVisual's municipal digital twin and infrastructure visualization value proposition at enterprise scale.
• Epic Games (Twinmotion / Unreal Engine): Unreal Engine (and Twinmotion) underpin the real-time 3D visualization and rendering capabilities GeoVisual is built on via Datasmith. Epic also offers Twinmotion as a direct AEC visualization product that overlaps with GeoVisual for architects and planners.
• Esri (ArcGIS Pro / ArcGIS Urban): Esri's ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Urban cover 3D city modeling, urban planning visualization, and GIS-integrated infrastructure workflows, making it the dominant incumbent in the geospatial layer that GeoVisual sits on top of.
• Trimble (Cityworks / eCognition / Quadri): Trimble provides geospatial and infrastructure solutions including Cityworks for municipal asset management and Trimble Connect for AEC collaboration, competing with GeoVisual in civil infrastructure and municipality digital twin workflows.
• Autodesk (InfraWorks / Civil 3D / BIM 360): Autodesk offers InfraWorks and Civil 3D for civil infrastructure design and BIM 360 for cloud collaboration, directly competing with GeoVisual in the georeferenced infrastructure visualization workflow though as part of a much broader AEC portfolio.

Others

• Safe Software (FME): Safe Software's FME is the leading spatial ETL and data integration platform for GIS, CAD, and BIM formats (IFC, CityGML, DWG). It overlaps with GeoVisual's geodata integration and WMS/WFS support as an enabling/complementary technology in customer pipelines.
• Vestige / Vestra Infravision: Vestra Infravision is an integrated partner whose IFC outputs GeoVisual imports directly. While not a direct competitor, it is part of the same civil engineering planning ecosystem and represents the CAD source that GeoVisual visualizes, making it a relevant peer for understanding the value chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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