G2 Vendor Directory

ArcGIS Enterprise vs. CARTO

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricArcGIS Enterprise

by Esri

CARTO

by CartoDB

Overall rating4.44.5
Review count6778
Ease of use8.28.9
Ease of setup7.49.3
Quality of support8.69.2
Meets requirements9.18.8
NPS59.67741970.3125
Small Business22.4%47.4%
Mid-Market50.7%21.8%
Enterprise26.9%30.8%
Total page views166576
Total LLM citations6626,361

ArcGIS Enterprise

Manage, map, analyze, and share Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data with ArcGIS Enterprise, the complete geospatial system that powers your data-driven decisions. ArcGIS Enterprise gives you a secure, browser-based mapping and analytics platform that leverages Esri’s powerful technology and extends your capabilities in the areas of real-time, big data, imagery, and more.

Pros

  • Collaboration
  • Tools
  • Analytics
  • Interface Usability
  • Integrations
  • Tracking Performance

CARTO

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.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Map Creation
  • 3D Visualization
  • Data Visualization
  • Visualization
  • Data Management