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Maxman 0.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5/5
"Powerful, Flexible, and User-Friendly Open-Source GIS Solution"
What do you like about QGIS?
What I like best about QGIS is its open-source flexibility and powerful geospatial capabilities. It allows seamless integration with various data form
Verified User
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5/5
"GIS Experience"
What do you like about QGIS?
I appreciate the flexibility to add as many layers as needed, each in a different format, and the ability to incorporate Python into the process.
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Bruno R.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0/5
"QGIS: free and on par with ArcGIS Pro"
What do you like about QGIS?
QGIS is an amazing tool that combines power, flexibility, and accessibility! Here are some of the things I love most about it: - Free and Open-Source
Emanuel K.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0/5
"The Leading Open-Source GIS Powerhouse for Professionals and Learners Alike"
What do you like about QGIS?
The most helpful thing about QGIS is its powerful tools and flexibility, all for free. It supports many data formats, has a large plugin ecosystem, an
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Verified User
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5/5
"GIS Experience"
What do you dislike about QGIS?
The documentation for the pyQGIS module is lacking, making it difficult to fully understand or utilize its features. Additionally, the module does not
Emanuel K.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0/5
"The Leading Open-Source GIS Powerhouse for Professionals and Learners Alike"
What do you dislike about QGIS?
The least helpful aspect of QGIS is that it can have a steep learning curve, especially for beginners. Overall, while QGIS is powerful, it requires ti
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Bruno R.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0/5
"QGIS: free and on par with ArcGIS Pro"
What do you dislike about QGIS?
While QGIS is a powerful and versatile GIS tool, it does have some drawbacks that users should be aware of: - Performance Issues with Large Datasets
Emanuel K.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0/5
"The Leading Open-Source GIS Powerhouse for Professionals and Learners Alike"
What do you dislike about QGIS?
The least helpful aspect of QGIS is that it can have a steep learning curve, especially for beginners. Overall, while QGIS is powerful, it requires ti
Last updated: Nov 04, 2026
Free software that is just as capable if not more capable than the competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The UI is a bit outdated and there is a large learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Qgis is the most powerful gis software ever I know, and it is absolutely free and fast developing with many help centers and many training data. Especially it is comfortable to work on remote sensing and spatial analysis. I would like QGIS to dedicate more in marine data analysis. I think there are fewer functionalities and training data available regarding ocean data analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It isn't easy to find some plugins and sometimes QGIS crashes, and in some cases, while performing some analysis, sometimes it works and with the same procedure it fails to perform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS software is used to create, visualize, analyze, update the data of the Geographic Information System. It has a plugin that can be developed and installed as per requirement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS has a plugin that is compatible with its particular version only. 3D view of QGIS does not work efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
UI of QGIS is excellent and easy to learn for beginners. The best thing I like about this software is the availability and easy installation of plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Software crashes while performing a heavy task Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS was for me a very powerful tool to visualize and manipulate data without having the necessity to use an expensive GIS software under a commercial license. The early version I used was already very good in terms of user interface, with a design of icons and menu very close to the familiar Windows environment. The QGIS was perfect for data analysis and printing screenshots of the map on the monitor, as well as calculating buffer zones or editing tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS was poorly developed in the printing settings. To print a meaningful map, adding a legend, labels, and titles was very difficult, close to impossible. In this sense, it was not possible to substitute the use of commercial software. I also dislike the point that sometimes it was crashing after a long time spent in calculation, without giving any output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS is free, and great training resources are available to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The procedure to perform even a simple task is quite lengthy and time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very easy to use and doesn't use as much processing power as other GIS software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some features may not be as good or complex as other GIS software for complicated procedures Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing about Qgis is how powerful it is - I use paid gis software in my professional occupation and have to say that QGIS is by far the best program out there that provides so much for free. It is reliable - unlike the paid software that I use QGIS never crashes. It is functional and fast to load - I can do almost everything on it and it is for free. This is not a sponsored review, yet it would feel like one because I am grateful and happy that I learned about this program.
I use QGIS version 3.18.0 and I love the fact that it is free and available for both 32 bit and 64 bit, unlike its main competitor that has only 32 bit. QGIS is also available for all operating systems that I use i.e. Linux, Windows, and Mac which is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I am still learning and to be fair the only thing I don't like is that I don't know enough about the program. Some of the tasks that I execute are slightly more time-consuming in QGiS in comparison to other programs out there. However, for a program that is for free and offers so much, I honestly feel that complaints should be out of the question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
QGIS is a free software that enables data amateurs to discover trends within spatial datasets easily. It's use of plugins and accompanying tutorials make it a great piece of kit and invaluable for any aspiring GIS techies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is not as good with displaying datasets from different coordinate systems. ArcMap does a much better job. Additionally, regarding large vector files, it is more temperamental than ArcMap and certain features, that I take for granted in ArcMap are not as readily available in QGIS (ie: clip raster (Arcmap) - Clipper (QGIS plugin)). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I specially regard this is an open source software, where there's always the possibility to improve by accessing user-base websites or just fast improvement of possible software issues that may appear on the go. It is easily accesible and usable for everyone who wants to start getting into the mindset of georeferenced data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You must understand how the software works to get specific outputs, for example the image export section is quite unhandy given that all the layers get exported as one file for graphic tasks. Thus is needed to export manually every layer and then re-format on a design software. Being an open source software there's constantly add-ons or extra features that can be downloaded to add to your workplace, but they don't get seamlessly added to your workplace, making your (QGIS) desktop crowded and hard to read. Basemaps cannot be added directly, you must search the dataset or online server that provides the needed information. Versus other software that work with geodata, this is quite unfriendly for new users and time-wasting for experienced users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
