CARTO

Web · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 5.0

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

CARTO is ranked #50 of 63 in GIS software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.

CARTO plans and pricing

All plans

Enterprise Not published upfront annually Basic quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or self-hosted · Limited location data services · Limited API access & tokens · Standard or Premium support · SSO · Audit logs · Custom branding carto.com · 1 Oct 2026

Custom Not published upfront annually High-volume quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or self-hosted included · Up to unlimited location data services · Unlimited API access & tokens · Elite support · SSO · Audit logs · Usage metrics · Custom branding carto.com · 1 Oct 2026

Pay As You Go Not published monthly with 12 month contract Metered per consumption · Cloud · SaaS Only · Metered, capped location data · Limited API access & tokens · Standard support · No custom branding · No audit logs carto.com · 1 Oct 2026

Strategic Not published upfront annually Expanded quota per year · Cloud · SaaS or optional self-hosted · Limited location data services · Unlimited API access & tokens · Premium or Elite support · SSO · Audit logs · Usage metrics · Custom branding carto.com · 1 Oct 2026

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The record

Product: CARTO is an Agentic GIS platform that lets organizations build AI agents, geospatial workflows, and interactive maps inside their cloud data warehouse or lakehouse.
AI agents: CARTO lets users build and deploy AI agents that perform complex geospatial tasks using natural language.
Workflows: CARTO Workflows provides no-code, low-code pipeline building with drag-and-drop tools.
Visualization: CARTO Builder creates dynamic visualizations from billions of data points directly from a cloud data warehouse.
Developer tools: CARTO provides framework-agnostic APIs and native deck.gl support for application development without ETL, backend APIs, or data replication.
Data Observatory: CARTO Data Observatory provides more than 12,000 ready-to-use curated datasets directly in a data warehouse.
Integrations: CARTO connects to Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, PostgreSQL, Databricks, and Oracle data warehouses.
Analytics Toolbox: The Analytics Toolbox contains more than 100 advanced spatial functions and is available for BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, and PostgreSQL.
Security: CARTO is SOC 2 Type II certified and undergoes annual audits by an independent third-party certified auditor.
Privacy: CARTO states that it complies with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data privacy laws.
Data handling: CARTO says it does not copy connected data and runs queries against live data in the customer’s warehouse, with an encrypted temporal cache for performance and cost optimization.
Self-hosting: CARTO Self-Hosted runs on GCP, AWS, Azure, sovereign or regional clouds, or on-premises using a virtual machine or Kubernetes cluster.
Support: CARTO offers support options ranging from onboarding to ongoing platform guidance, plus professional services for spatial data science, app development, GIS, and cloud architecture.
Trial limits: The free 30-day trial includes all CARTO components, demo datasets, maps, and a CARTO Data Warehouse instance, but production use is not permitted.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best GIS Software in 2026#50 of 63
Best Interactive Map Software in 2026#30 of 41
Best Location Intelligence Software in 2026#23 of 35

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Sources

carto.com/about-us/index.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
carto.com/platform/· checked 1 Oct 2026
carto.com/pricing/index.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
docs.carto.com/getting-started/quickstart-guides/conne· checked 1 Oct 2026
docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-ove· checked 1 Oct 2026
docs.carto.com/faqs/security-and-compliance· checked 1 Oct 2026
docs.carto.com/carto-self-hosted/overview· checked 1 Oct 2026
carto.com· checked 23 Sept 2026