Instead of QGIS Cloud
QGIS Cloud alternatives
QGIS Cloud publishes QGIS maps, spatial data, and services online through a QGIS Desktop plugin. QGIS Server keeps published styling aligned with desktop projects, while PostGIS databases can be managed with pgAdmin or QGIS Database Manager. WMS, WFS, and editable WFS-T services support sharing and updates; a WebGIS client, mobile client, background map layers, raster support, and printing up to 1200 dpi broaden delivery options. QGIS Cloud Free costs nothing and includes one PostGIS database and 50 MB, but maps and services are public and use is limited to non-commercial and non-government activity.
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Felt
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Collaborative GIS, AI analysis, and mobile field surveys — Felt adds AI analysis, broad cloud connections, real-time collaboration, and offline field capture beyond QGIS Cloud publishing.
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QGIS
Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3Free desktop GIS analysis and cartography — QGIS is a free desktop GIS with hundreds of analysis tools, reporting, and over 2,000 community plugins rather than hosted publishing.
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GIS Cloud
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+2Web mapping and offline field data collection — GIS Cloud combines private team maps, custom offline forms, automatic synchronization, and QGIS or ArcMap publishing plugins.
Free plan · paid from $5/mo · 14-day trial Visit site - 5
GPXSee
Free plan AndroidLinuxMac+1Viewing and analyzing GPS log files — GPXSee is a focused GPS viewer with many track formats, offline maps, sensor graphs, and PNG or PDF export, not a Web-GIS publisher.
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GRASS GIS
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Open-source geospatial processing and modeling — GRASS GIS provides over 500 processing modules, extensive raster and terrain analysis, scripting interfaces, and QGIS integration instead of hosted map delivery.
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NASA WorldWind
Free plan Open source AndroidAPILinux+4Developer-built 3D globes and geospatial applications — NASA WorldWind is an open-source 3D globe and SDK supporting JavaScript or Java applications, terrain, imagery, and spatial interactions.
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Google Earth Engine
Free plan APILinuxWeb - 9
Google Earth Pro
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Mapbox Studio
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ALIGN
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kepler.gl
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb - 13
MapServer
Free plan APILinuxMac+3 - 14
MapWindow GIS
Free plan APISelf-hostedWindows - 15
NextGIS Web
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 16
OpenJUMP GIS
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SAGA GIS
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spopt
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DroneDeploy Aerial
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1 - 20
eSpatial
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geemap
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1 - 22
swisslandstats-geopy
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TerrSet
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uDig
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wdpar
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CARTO
Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb - 27
earthpy
Free plan LinuxMacWindows
Alternatives fit when those boundaries or the hosted QGIS workflow do not. QGIS Cloud Pro is billed at 65 Euro/month and adds restricted access, more databases, storage, backups, and WebGIS editing. Other choices emphasize collaborative mapping, field collection, desktop analysis, dashboards, GPS files, geospatial processing, or 3D visualization. Compare private sharing, offline work, analysis depth, data connections, developer access, and whether web, desktop, mobile, or self-hosted deployment suits your organization before moving away from QGIS Cloud.