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# Social Explorer Reviews
**Vendor:** Social Explorer  
**Category:** [Location Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/location-intelligence)
## About Social Explorer
Social Explorer's demographic mapping software is used by educational institutions, government agencies, non-profits, and for-profit companies in the marketing, real estate, and utilities industries to understand their communities. Build maps and reports using over 500,000 variables from built-in crime, environmental, health, and social datasets in order to profile the neighborhoods, census blocks, zip codes, counties, or states that matter most to your organization. All of this is available via Social Explorer's user-friendly interface, making it the perfect tool for users who need location intelligence but don't have extensive GIS training.






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## Social Explorer Features
**Reports**
- Reports Interface
- Steps to Answer
- Graphs and Charts
- Dashboards
- Customizable Reports
- Marketing Reports
- Sales Reports
- Activity Dashboard
- Interactive Reports
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Reports
- Activity Dashboard
- Customizable Dashboard

**Data Management**
- Data Capture
- Data Storage
- Data Manipulation
- Data Visualization
- Data Capture and Transfer

**Cartography**
- Geographic Maps
- Vector Mapping 
- Data Visualization
- Overlaying
- Data Mapping

**Map Creation**
- Geocoding
- Buffer Zone Query
- Overlaying
- Publishing

**Analysis**
- Distance Analysis 
- Spatial Analysis
- Demographic Data
- Trend Analysis
- Trade Area Analysis

**Analysis**
- Spatial Analysis
- Reporting 
- Real-Time Streaming 
- Trend Analysis
- Statistical Analysis

**Reporting**
- Data Transformation
- Third-Party Integrations

**Additional Functionality**
- Monitoring
- Reporting & Statistics
- Color Codes/Icons
- Map Creation
- Geographic Maps
- Location Tracking
- AI Copilot
- Internet Mapping
- API
- Map Sharing
- Third-Party Integrations
- Interoperability
- Reporting/Analytics
- Image Management
- Activity Dashboard
- Geotargeting
- Labeling
- Data Collection
- Route Optimization
- Geolocation
- Generative AI
- Data Import/Export
- Multi-Location
- Census Data Integration
- 3D Imaging
- Data Mapping

**Additional Functionality**
- Customizable Reports
- Geotargeting
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Search/Filter
- Role-Based Permissions
- Alerts/Notifications
- Real-Time Analytics
- Reporting & Statistics
- Activity Tracking
- Geocoding
- Widgets
- Communication Management
- Behavioral Analytics
- Data Synchronization
- Data Import/Export
- Multi-Location
- Database Support
- 2D/3D Designing
- Customer Segmentation
- Geofencing
- Collaboration Tools
- Single Sign On
- CAD Tools
- Activity Dashboard
- AI Copilot
- Generative AI
- Location Tracking
- Reporting/Analytics
- Mobile Access
- Access Controls/Permissions
- User Management
- Real-Time Notifications
- Heatmaps
- Route Optimization

**Self Service **
- Data Column Filtering
- Data Discovery
- Search
- Automodeling
- Natural Language Search
- Visual Discovery
- Data Blending
- Data Blending

**Advanced Analytics**
- Data Visualization
- Big Data Services
- Real-Time Analytics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Real-Time Analytics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Visual Analytics

**Building Reports**
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- Real-Time Data
- Real-Time Data
- Third-Party Integrations
- Third-Party Integrations

**Platform**
- Performance and Reliability
- Mobile Access
- Metadata Management

**Additional Functionality**
- Customizable Branding
- Natural Language Processing
- Data Extraction
- AI Copilot
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Real-Time Reporting
- Publishing/Sharing
- Collaboration Tools
- Strategic Planning
- Self Service Data Preparation
- Trend Analysis
- Text Analysis
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Data Synchronization
- Widgets
- Benchmarking
- Performance Metrics
- Data Mapping
- Generative AI
- Trend/Problem Indicators
- Customizable Templates
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Data Import/Export
- Profitability Analysis
- OLAP
- Alerts/Notifications
- Search/Filter
- Drag & Drop
- Data Connectors
- Multiple Data Sources
- Key Performance Indicators
- Dashboard Creation
- Role-Based Permissions
- Data Mining
- Forecasting
- Ad hoc Query

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