Honeycomb Maps

What Honeycomb Maps is

Honeycomb Maps creates interactive geospatial visualizations from location data, including Snowflake tables, for people who do not need GIS expertise or frontend development. Map layers can display points, lines, polygons, H3 hexagons, and arcs. Timeline controls, interactive filters, dynamic metrics, and charts that filter the map when clicked help users explore the information. The free web app accepts location-data uploads up to 100MB and can connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box.

The Free plan is listed as free and includes unlimited map viewers, but it is limited to file uploads: direct database connections and private collaboration are unavailable. The Snowflake Native App runs in the customer’s Snowflake account and queries tables using Restricted Caller’s Rights, applying users’ existing Snowflake permissions. It offers view and edit permissions, organization sharing, and Snowflake SSO, with a 30-day free trial. For deployment in a customer environment, Honeycomb Maps offers infrastructure-as-code templates for AWS, GCP, or Azure, SSO, implementation, and ongoing support. Snowflake is listed for direct SQL data sources; Databricks and BigQuery are marked as coming soon. Uploaded data is stored on AWS servers in the United States, is not used to train machine-learning models, and is not sold.

Who it suits

Honeycomb Maps suits individuals, students, researchers, and non-profits who want to make maps from uploaded location data. Teams using Snowflake can consider its database-connected offering, while organizations seeking their own deployment can request an environment deployment.

Limits

The Free plan accepts uploads up to 100MB and does not include direct database connections or private collaboration. The Snowflake Native App has a 30-day free trial; license pricing is by quote.

Getting started

1. Visit https://honeycombmaps.com/.
2. Use the web app to upload location data up to 100MB, or connect Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box.
3. Choose the Snowflake Native App and contact Honeycomb Maps for a license quote if using Snowflake tables.
4. Use the 30-day trial for the Snowflake Native App.
5. Contact the company for an AWS, GCP, or Azure environment deployment and license quote.

Verdict

Choose Honeycomb Maps Free for upload-based geospatial visualization when a 100MB file limit and unlimited map viewers meet the need. Consider the Snowflake Native App for database access and collaboration controls, or request a quote for customer-environment deployment; the free offering does not provide direct database connections or private collaboration.