Felt
Felt is a cloud-based GIS platform for creating maps, dashboards, and apps from spatial data. It supports spatial SQL, analysis across tables, and plain-language analysis with Felt AI. Listed connections include Amazon S3, BigQuery, Databricks, Esri, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, MS SQL, Postgres, Snowflake, STAC, WFS, WMTS, Wherobots, and Amazon Redshift. Its QGIS plugin preserves styling, symbology, and layer structure when publishing to Felt. The iOS and Android Field App supports surveys, GPS-based capture, geotagged photos, offline work, and later syncing. Teams can collaborate on maps in real time, use threaded comments, share work, and manage permissions. Felt states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, and that data is hosted in the U.S. by default; Enterprise offers regional hosting, data residency choices, and customer VPC deployment. The free Personal plan includes unlimited maps and sharing, but does not allow uploads of users' own data files and is for personal use only. Professional and Enterprise use annual contracts, with pricing not published; Professional includes a 7-day trial.
Who it is for
Felt lists GIS, field and operations, data science and analytics, product and engineering teams, and large GIS organizations among its audiences. The free Personal plan is limited to personal use, while Professional and Enterprise are aimed at broader organizational needs.
What is good
- Supports spatial SQL and natural-language analysis.
- QGIS publishing preserves map styling and layer structure.
- Field App supports offline capture and later syncing.
- Real-time collaboration includes comments and permissions.
- States SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR compliance.
What to know first
- Personal plan does not allow own data uploads.
- Personal plan is not for business use.
- Professional and Enterprise pricing is not published.
- Professional limits monthly processing to 25 GB.
Verdict
Felt combines spatial analysis, data connections, field collection, and team collaboration in a cloud GIS platform. The free Personal plan is limited, and organizational plans require an annual contract with pricing available by inquiry.
Felt plans and pricing
All plansCompared on GIS software
- Free plan
- Yes
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