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Web development

  • Test and iterate map designs in the Editor before building website
  • Embed maps with iframes or
  • Integrate maps directly into webpage with CartoDB.js
  • Totally customizable design
  • Full access to filtering and layer management to build custom map interfaces

Managing of the data in the cloud

  • No need to install anything
  • Account size that is able to grow with your use
  • Easily add, update, and delete data
  • Share data among teams
  • Full control of data privacy
  • Highly secure system for sensitive data

Easy to use Editor

  • Drag and drop spreadsheets and other data to create maps in seconds
  • Intuitive, browser based interface that requires no training at all.
  • Powerful filtering tools to drill into data
  • One-click visualization wizards to style data and highlight key insights
  • Publish maps to share with your team or or publish them on your website
  • Create, store, duplicate, and reuse visualizations all within your browser

Support

  • Dedicated support for all paid accounts
  • Less than 24-hour response time
  • Access thoughtful and technically trained support staff to help find your answer
  • Multilingual support available

Advanced on-site training

  • CartoDB experts available for onsite training
  • Introductory to advanced courses
  • Small to medium sized class sizes
  • Classes from 1 hour to full-day
  • Free training material available online

Partners network

  • Global network of CartoDB certified consultants
  • Experienced consultant in your vertical
  • Experts on the platform
  • Rely on CartoDB Support team to help you find the perfect match

Show thousands of points on a usable map

  • Modern styling and rendering techniques make it possible to display all your data
  • Map interaction makes it possible to drill into every point you show
  • Display all your data without row limits

Build dashboards with real time

  • CartoDB is fully real-time
  • Changes to data available immediately in maps and APIs
  • ...

Brandable maps

  • Use custom styling to make your data look like your brand
  • Let your designers take control down to the pixel
  • ...

Merge data across multiple departments/agencies

  • Agencies use diverse tools and incompatable formats
  • Use CartoDB to easily integrate join in a single location
  • Finally see data from different departments on the same map
  • Allow teams to join the same account using multiseat

Open Source SaaS

  • CartoDB is an open source tool
  • No more black boxes
  • Supporter of the community
  • Find out more about our community
  • Our SaaS allows you to easily tap into the power of Open Source
  • No more headaches, we handle upgrades, scaling, security

More than the Cloud

  • CartoDB runs on a secure cloud environment
  • If you have particular requirements, we also will deploy Enterprise instances -- On GovCloud, Amazon's Federally certified and compliant cloud offering -- On Premise, running CartoDB on your very own infrastructure
  • Get in touch

High performance

  • CartoDB runs on scalable cloud infrastructure
  • Built on PostgreSQL, the industry leading RDBS
  • Access PostgreSQL/PostGIS SQL for powerful data manipulation and analysis
  • Run queries in your account or through your account API
  • Crunch data on the cloud to visualize quickly in your maps

GIS capabilities

  • Built on industry leading PostGIS library
  • Access a complete suit of GIS functions
  • E.g. measure distances, intersections, sizes
  • Transform and manipulate geometry types
  • Join and merge data geospatially
  • See results of GIS analysis immediately on an interactive map

Reduce development costs

  • Little to no training needed to get started
  • Easy to use Editor available on all accounts
  • See your data in interactive maps before spending any time on development
  • No setup cost or tool installations needed
  • Thorough documentation and tutorials to help you learn
  • Full courses freely available online
  • Make maps with zero coding skills
  • Prototype quickly before moving maps into development
  • Utilize maps and data APIs to reduce backend development

Design templates once for continued reuse

  • Design your map pages once and easily reuse for all your published maps
  • Use CartoDB.js to integrate your CartoDB maps into those designs
  • Simply swap in a new map and republish without any new code

Team accounts

  • Use CartoDB across your department or across your company
  • Variable and customizable sharing settings for each persons data
  • Easy to use Editor allows you quickly empower your collaborators
  • Create view-only seats to securely show visualizations within your team
  • Share your account resources to scale as a team

Twitter

  • Tap into historical and real-time twitter data
  • Define your search and deliver is straight to your account
  • Automatically limit data to those with coordinates for mapping
  • See how events and subjects were discussed over time and place
  • Use Styling Wizards to create beautiful maps quickly
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