CARTO Reviews & Product Details

CARTO is the leading Agentic GIS platform. Unlike other GIS systems, CARTO removes data fragmentation and technical bottlenecks by letting you build AI Agents, geospatial workflows, and interactive maps directly inside your cloud data warehouse or lakehouse. With CARTO for Agents, those same capabilities extend into the agentic platforms your teams already use, so spatial analysis and reports run at scale without manual effort. Every team gets Location Intelligence that lives inside your existing, governed cloud infrastructure, and powers use cases like network planning, risk assessments, and identifying growth opportunities. 100% CLOUD-NATIVE: YOUR DATA NEVER MOVES CARTO runs natively on top of the cloud data warehouse you already use, including Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. Every action, from querying a table to running an AI Agent, happens inside your warehouse. There is no data replication, no separate spatial database to maintain, and no ETL to move geospatial data in and out. Many platforms claim to be cloud-native but still ask you to copy or process data externally. CARTO operates where your data already lives. AGENTIC GIS: TWO WAYS TO PUT AI AGENTS TO WORK CARTO AI Agents bring conversational spatial analysis to business users inside CARTO Builder maps and deck.gl applications. Users ask questions in plain language and get back answers, maps, and analysis, without waiting on a specialist. CARTO for Agents brings the platform into the agentic tools your teams already work in, including Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Snowflake Cortex, plus coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI. It is built on the open Agent Skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) standards, and delivered through the CARTO MCP Server, the CARTO CLI, and CARTO Agent Skills. There is no lock-in to a single agent stack. The platform is model-agnostic. You use your own approved LLMs and endpoints, so your data never has to move into a vendor's AI environment. Because agents call versioned CARTO Workflows rather than generating one-off SQL, results are deterministic and any analyst can open the workflow and see exactly how an answer was produced. WHAT YOU CAN BUILD CARTO Builder: interactive maps, dashboards, and map-based applications with no code required, including maps with AI Agents built in. CARTO Workflows: hundreds of low-code, drag-and-drop components for spatial analysis and data preparation. Workflows can be scheduled, versioned, and published as MCP Tools for AI Agents to call. Analytics Toolbox: advanced spatial SQL functions installed and run natively in your data warehouse, covering Spatial Indexes such as H3 and Quadbin, clustering, statistics, routing, and spatial data science. Data Observatory: public and premium spatial datasets, including demographics, mobility, points of interest, and environmental data, delivered straight into your warehouse. CARTO for Developers: deck.gl based libraries, APIs, and templates for building custom geospatial applications at any data volume. Integrations: QGIS plugin, embedding in BI tools, and connections across your wider cloud and AI stack.

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CartoDB

Discussions

CARTO Community

Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Daria Kolarczyk

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Time to Implement

1 month

Perceived Cost

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Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/11/2020

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"Innovative solutions"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

Many possibilities to solve different business challenges Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

Sometimes felt like a supplier relationship rather than a partner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/10/2020

"User friendly, great web portal for mapping"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

user-friendly interface , and shareable web links Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

spatial analysis functions are limited, and data manipulation is limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/2/2020

"Quick powerful exploratory mapping analysis; beautiful right out of the box"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

CARTO brings a modern web aesthetic to all of my maps right out of the box Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

CARTO has fantastic widget filtering capabilities but without the ability to hide these widgets they can get in the way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manuela B.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/25/2017

"Great for creating eye-catching maps really fast"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

I love its aplicability. I have created numerous maps with Carto in the last year. For point features, you can use any icons imaginable and display all kinds of informations in the pop-ups. I also created many heatmaps or progress maps that showed our team's editing work in specific cities or regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

I used to hate the new interface, but once I got used to it - it's ok. I think I would still go back to the previous one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CARTO:

Give it a shot, you will like it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CARTO solving and how is that benefiting you?

Carto is great for creating maps for presentations, I presented my internship project using maps created with Carto. I also created interactive maps for overseas partners to see our progress with different spatial data licenses or to send drivers to specific locations in order to collect data for our mapping purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Margaret M.

Senior Research Associate

Think Tanks

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/13/2017

"Extremely intuitive design for interactive maps"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

As someone with relatively little GIS knowledge Carto has been an amazing tool. I've been able to create very interactive maps (with pop up windows, google street view pictures, filtering widgets, and multiple layers users can turn off and on) that have been very popular. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

I wish Carto had an easy analysis tool to filter one layer by another. It's very possible such a tool exists and I just havent been able to figure out how to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/15/2017

"Best Digital Geospatial Mapping and Cloud Hosting Service"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

Ease of access and speed. For a digital mapping platform, Carto is a powerhouse of a client that is both intuitive and efficient (in time and resources). I am able to upload and operate datasets quickly (along with exporting full projects); and, customize the features with relative comfort - including adding and removing without too much complication. It is comparatively the best platform I've used in the years I've been mapping, and they have been among the most helpful hands on assistance when it comes to snafus while working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

The most significant critique I have with CARTO is that I wish there could be more than eight layers when designing maps, as there are times when it's critical to juxtapose many different layers in identifying and judging patterns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CARTO:

Others should recognize the scale of their work and discuss how that capacity can be addressed with the support team. It's best that we recognize and adapt in the beginning planning stages of engagement to make our progression with the software more efficient and optimal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CARTO solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are utilizing CARTO to develop a digital repository for geospatial information that we are collecting in the field with partners, collaborators, and local residents for our social laboratory platform and programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Policy

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/11/2017

"CARTO has helped us find new ways to visualize spatial data and connect analysis to a broad audience"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

-Creates attractive maps with easy-to-use interface

-Back-end development features are user friendly and easy to learn even with limited GIS or programming experience

-The ability to edit in HTML and CSS gives the opportunity to customize the end product design and provides a high level of flexibility and control

-CARTO is always innovating and adding new features and functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

-It would be nice if there were some expanded analytics on map usage

-It would be helpful if there was additional documentation on how to use HTML or CSS in CARTO. Currently, users largely have to figure it out themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CARTO solving and how is that benefiting you?

Previously when communicating spatial data to stakeholders, we could only use static maps in paper or PDF form. With CARTO, we are able to produce web-based maps which has improved our ability to distribute these maps to a broader audience. Also, these interactive web-based maps also have improve audience engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dillon M.

Housing Informatics Designer

Think Tanks

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/11/2017

"Location Intelligence at its best"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

CARTO is extremely easy to use, both for the beginning user and advanced user. With the introduction of the Builder, CARTO has made it easier for all users to tap into the potential of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

The changes made to the legend section have made it a little harder to change the legends on the fly, or customize easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elliott R.

Audience Engagement & Data Editor

Broadcast Media

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/5/2017

"Carto the best for data mapping"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

I like the flexibility with cartocss to create dynamic data maps that we use to visualize government data for investigative reporting purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

There's a bit of a learning curve for some of the terms, but the company's blog makes for pretty descent documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CARTO:

Read up on the blog and the cartocss. Definitely check out map designs done by others on either the company's blog or citylab.com. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CARTO solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're able to visualize trends and problems in Chicago using government data. The maps generated from Carto are powerful visual aids on many of our investigative projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Luan J.

Head of Information Management & ICT

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/11/2017

"A powerful interactive web mapping platform"

5/5

What do you like best about CARTO?

It is easy to use yet very powerful. Within a couple of hours, you can get a beautifully looking web map live. No need for coding or mapping knowledge as long as you understand your data.The advanced styling and analysis tools can get you even further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CARTO?

The platform would be even better if it had some more advanced cartographic elements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.