--- title: ArcGIS StoryMaps Reviews meta_title: 'ArcGIS StoryMaps Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how ArcGIS StoryMaps works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.1 review_count: 17 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-07' parent_category: name: Graphic Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/graphic-design --- # ArcGIS StoryMaps Reviews **Vendor:** Esri **Category:** [Desktop Publishing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/desktop-publishing) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 17 ## About ArcGIS StoryMaps ArcGIS StoryMaps helps you tell remarkable stories with custom maps that inform and inspire. A story can effect change, influence opinion, and create awareness—and maps are an integral part of storytelling. ArcGIS StoryMaps can give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility to your ideas. Use our simple map maker to create custom maps to enhance your digital storytelling. Or add text, photos, and videos to your existing ArcGIS web maps and web scenes to create an interactive narrative that's easy to publish and share. ## ArcGIS StoryMaps Reviews ### 1. Insightful and dynamic **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charlyn S. | Researcher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Configuration capability, linking maps with data. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** In terms of big data, there are limitations in visualizing related data at the same time. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** Enhancing data visualization capability. ### 2. ArcGIS StoryMaps: A Perfect place for World Stories! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin A. | Office Associate Trainee, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The first and foremost thing is that it is an interactive map of the whole wide world, in which we can make every change, as we are designing every detail of it. Along with the multimedia content, like videos, pictures, and audio too! **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The dislikes towards StoryMaps would be the attaining of the licenses for the data of several maps, regarding soil, land data etrc. The data storage, and its server space for spatial analysis may not be free. Although there are some accessible data for the people. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is an interacting map of the world, with custom-made maps and designs, and embeds multimedia contents. We need to learn only one developer/builder for this, which is modernized, easy to learn, and design. It makes the work a lot easier. Through Story Maps we can connect with the world a lot easier and make it more resourceful with a huge loads of data. ### 3. ArcGIS Story Maps Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fahad A. | Assistant Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The thing that we do most in a story map is an interactive map of the whole world where we can do changes as we design every detail of it. As with multimedia content, like pictures, audio, and video tools. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The dislike towards story maps is that we are facing license issues for the data of several maps, like land and soil data, it is also showing some issues like server space for spatial analysis that is not free and there is some sort of minimum tools access for the people. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need to learn only one developer/builder for this custom development, which is modernized, easy to learn, and as per our system requirements. It makes the work easier through the story maps and we can connect the world a lot easier and make it more resourceful with a huge amount of data. ### 4. Unique way to obviously express our contents to the audience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prabhashini M. | GIS Instructor / GIS Trainer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Very precise and handy to use. Simple environment to work with. It will derive a complex situation or incident in an easily understandable manner. Friendly GUI and app. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Many advantages are using them but at least, I feel like the file size of maps is limited and need to allow larger file sizes. As an improvement would like to suggest that, allow large file sizes as it is very essential to the professionals. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are doing outside GIS and Geology field works. We are producing thousands of maps and pictured work locations. Story maps provide us the privilege to simplify the task and give a quality output product when it comes to research presentations. ### 5. ArcGIS Story Maps is an effective and intuitive location-based storytelling application **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayaprakash S. | Spatial Scientist | GIS Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** This application can be configured through ArcGIS online and the ArcGIS Enterprise platforms. It helps the users to create and share contextual information with geospatial references in a visually appealing manner via dynamic web interfaces and various multimedia content. Complex geospatial analytical outputs that exist in the form of a feature class and raster formats are hard to understand by non-GIS users. Thus, story maps fulfill this gap by facilitating intuitive visualization methods bridged with the spatial framework which can transfer the core idea effectively. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Our organization was not able to configure this application in the ArcGIS enterprise 10.6.1 version. It is available in the 10.8.1 version and later **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our organization utilized the ArcGIS Story Maps in the latest version of ArcGIS enterprise to share information related to landslide hazards and risk situations in landslide hazard-prone areas of Sri Lanka. Landslide hazard zones were visualized through appealing cartographic symbols and each zone was described through textual information. Further, with the help of the block palette option, detailed information was presented via various formats such as images, videos, and web pages. The guided tour option helped in navigating the readers to the popular past landslide incidents and information popup with photos and videos to make them aware about the nature of Landslides. ### 6. Slippy Maps done Nicely if you can afford an ArcGIS Online account **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ian T. | GIS Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** ArcGIS Story Maps are one of the better features of ArcGIS Online. Essentially they allow you to easily create a single appealing flowing webpage with a series of "Slippy maps" interwoven with text and other media. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** be careful, ArcGIS online can be expensive and your costs can go upwards quickly if your Story Maps becomes viral. ESRI really should work out better payment plans for ArcGIS Online. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** ArcGIS StoryMaps allows users to easily create interactive maps integrated with other media. There are other DIY ways to accomplish this but none are as easy as ESRI's system. ### 7. A new approach to visualize your data **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The best feature is the ability to display photos based on the location and information you want to visualize. This assists with telling your story and any story in a unique way. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The platform for building the story maps, requires ArcGIS online subscription, and high familiarity with ESRI software family and GIS in general. This is not for any user. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** ArcGis story maps, give the ability to tell a location-based story, for any type of data. From tourism to fire expansion and outbreaks, agriculture status, droughts, and much more. It provides a way to share and make accessible, geographical data and information that isn't approachable for common goods. ### 8. It was a great experience using ArcGIS StoryMap that make our results professional. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ali K. | Geographic Information Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** It is easy to understand and create about any topic that leads our project more professional and attractive. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** In my experience, ArcGIS StoryMap is incredible. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can build your presentation with maps and layers with high resolution , also you can go on towards the location easily. ### 9. The interface is user friendly and intuitive. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Color theme and the seamless integration with other gis components. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Some images take really long time to show up. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** I present my findings with story map instead of PowerPoint or a plain report. ### 10. ArcGIS Storymaps review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Altai B. | Content Creative, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** It's easy to use, especially drag and drop It makes easy for the user to understand spacial information through videos and images **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** I couldn't use the customized map with specifically layers and symbols **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** environmental solution ### 11. I would recommend ArcGIS StoryMaps to my friends and colleagues **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ahmad F. | Geographic Information System Officer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 20, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** what I like are the variety of options for outputs **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** something I dislike is the difficulty of updating or editing existing stories **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** it solves the issue of creating easily shared reports with geospatial data ### 12. The ArcGIS StoryMaps is a wealthy workspace to produce a Useful and good looking temporal maps **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The flexibility of Manipulating and presenting of spatial and attributes data, makes my experience very exciting and insightful, beside the good looking results **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** The duplications of the methods and the amount of space that the programm workstations occupy **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** The business problem that the ArcGIS Story Maps Solving are the Network Analysis and the reducing of the gab size between the expected objectives and field results ### 13. My review on ArcGIS StoryMaps **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** It has a blog and map viewer style at the same time, hence we could have both advantages **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** We have to have access to the internet, intranet (offline) capability would become value-added for the apps **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** Oil and gas field development history can be well explained using ArcGIS Story, starting from the block acquisition until late life production. ### 14. ArcGIS Storymaps review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Altai B. | Graphic Illustrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** the software allows users to create inspiring stories with the combination of text and interactive maps **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** in some of the parts the UX is not really great **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** creating a story with maps and multimedia contents ### 15. My colleague taught me of how to use storymaps for plotting travel points **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 30, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** I like how we can write nice stories with the points in it. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Maybe it would've been nice to have what3words integrated, so every spot's location can be seen with what3words address with it. **Recommendations to others considering ArcGIS StoryMaps:** For a simple user, it is a nice tool for pinpointing travel destinations and leaving memory for you. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's very nice to be reminded of places you visit and easily share with other people. ### 16. Keep your audience engaged by enhancing your map/data with powerful storytelling tools. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Very easy to create stories with your maps, tagging points of interest with video and images. **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Not being able to use maps you made with custom cartographic elements. **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?**

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### 17. Rythemic story **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2022 **What do you like best about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Understanding the situation of the story **What do you dislike about ArcGIS StoryMaps?** Chose of Colors for more clear understanding **What problems is ArcGIS StoryMaps solving and how is that benefiting you?** Spatial analysis made easy ## ArcGIS StoryMaps Discussions - [What is ArcGIS StoryMaps used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-arcgis-storymaps-used-for) - 2 comments - [View ArcGIS StoryMaps pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/arcgis-storymaps/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-19+01%3A49%3A25+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=5333077d-12a3-46be-acf7-b9bc008b0790&secure%5Btoken%5D=85da5493ce167781d0e855a05a176cc61bde1b79daace0bbef4e92abf4955670&format=llm_user) ## ArcGIS StoryMaps Features **Design** - Templates - Layout editor - Publishing formats - Saved preferences - Infographics - Asset Library **Platform Additional Functionality** - Mobile Access - File Storage ## Top ArcGIS StoryMaps Alternatives - [Adobe InDesign](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (3,399 reviews) - [Microsoft Publisher](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-publisher/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (992 reviews) - [Canva](https://www.g2.com/products/canva/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (6,448 reviews)