giscollective

Name

giscollective

Legal name

GISCollective Software UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Website

https://giscollective.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collaborative Mapping & GIS Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB), Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

Keywords

• Open source mapping platform
• Collaborative mapping software
• Citizen science mapping tools
• Community GIS solutions
• Geospatial data collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freemium Platform Access: Core platform features are free including unlimited maps, all mapping tools, basic branding, team management, and website builder. This drives adoption and community growth.
2. Premium Subscriptions: Subscription packages unlock exclusive features such as newsletters, custom domain names (e.g., www.mywebsite.com instead of subdomain), and Matomo analytics accounts. Referenced on the Spaces documentation page.
3. Self-Hosted Deployment: Self-hosting is free under AGPL v3.0 license. Organizations can deploy on their own infrastructure using Docker or Kubernetes without any licensing fees.
4. Support Services (Implied): Contact form for support inquiries suggests paid support or consulting may be available for enterprise or self-hosting users needing assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GISCollective develops and operates an open-source collaborative mapping platform (licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0) that lets communities and organizations create, manage, and publish place-based maps. The offering bundles team-based collaboration, crowd-sourced data collection via surveys, content moderation, customizable icon sets, embeddable maps, and data export in CSV, GeoJson, and GeoPackage formats. It is delivered as a free public SaaS instance, a premium subscription tier with newsletters/custom domains/analytics, and self-hosted Docker or Kubernetes deployments.

Product overview

GISCollective offers an open-source platform for collaborative place-based mapping projects. The core product is the GISCollective Platform (licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0), which provides the underlying infrastructure for building custom mapping applications. The flagship implementation is Green Map (OGM2), a platform for sustainable community maps. The ecosystem includes specialized applications like Honey Bee Watch for citizen science. The platform consists of integrated modules including: Mapping Tools for unlimited maps with point/line/polygon support, Survey/Campaign System for crowd-sourced data collection, Team Management with role-based access, Articles for content management, Calendars and Events for scheduling, Newsletters for community communication, Website Builder for creating project hubs with customizable pages, and Icon Design System for creating custom map markers. The platform also exposes a REST API for programmatic access and supports self-hosted deployment via Docker or Kubernetes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GISCollective Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Unlimited maps and mapping tools available free
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Green MapcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreen Map (greenmap.org) is a long-standing partner and primary user of the GISCollective platform. They use the Open Green Map (OGM2) system for their globally recognized sustainability mapping network. The partnership includes co-development of the platform, with Green Map contributing to feature development and community building. Green Map provides reference implementations and user testing for the platform's capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Maptionnaire: Maptionnaire is a community engagement and participatory mapping platform used by urban planners and researchers to run map-based surveys. It overlaps with GISCollective's survey/crowdsourcing and citizen-science positioning, with similar focus on engaging non-GIS-expert contributors.

Broad incumbents

• Mapbox: Mapbox provides mapping and location platform APIs, SDKs, and basemap services used by developers and enterprises. It overlaps with GISCollective on the core mapping/embedded-maps capability but addresses a much broader commercial market with proprietary technology.
• Esri ArcGIS Online: Esri's ArcGIS Online is the dominant enterprise GIS platform with extensive mapping, crowdsourcing (Crowdsource Reporter), and community engagement capabilities. It overlaps broadly with GISCollective but targets organizations with professional GIS expertise and budgets.
• Google My Maps: Google My Maps is a free consumer mapping tool for creating and sharing custom maps. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same grassroots and small-team mapping use cases that GISCollective addresses, with the advantage of Google's brand and basemap quality.
• Carto: Carto is a location intelligence and spatial analytics platform serving enterprises and developers. It overlaps with GISCollective's spatial data management and embeddable mapping, but focuses on commercial analytics use cases rather than community/citizen-science projects.

Direct peers

• OpenStreetMap Foundation: OpenStreetMap is the foundational open geospatial data project and the de facto basemap for community mapping tools including GISCollective. It is a direct peer in the open, collaborative mapping community, providing the data layer and ecosystem that GISCollective's customers rely on.
• Felt: Felt is a collaborative mapping platform designed for teams to create, share, and discuss maps in real time. It competes directly with GISCollective's collaborative map-making and team workspace positioning, although Felt targets a more commercial/team audience.
• uMap: uMap is an open-source tool for creating custom maps with OpenStreetMap layers, targeted at community and non-technical users. It is the closest direct comparable to GISCollective's public mapping platform in terms of audience, openness, and lightweight editing UX.
• Scribble Maps: Scribble Maps is a web-based mapping tool that lets users draw, annotate, and share custom maps without GIS expertise. It competes with GISCollective for the same lightweight, non-technical user base that wants to publish custom maps quickly.
• QGIS Cloud / QGIS: QGIS is the leading open-source desktop GIS project, with QGIS Cloud offering hosted publishing. It is a direct peer to GISCollective in the open-source geospatial space, sharing the AGPL-friendly ethos and the goal of democratizing GIS for non-experts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgitlab.com/GISCollective
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/giscollective

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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