G2 Vendor Directory

ArcGIS Enterprise vs. Surfer

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

MetricArcGIS Enterprise

by Esri

Surfer

by Golden Software

Overall rating4.44.6
Review count67126
Ease of use8.28.9
Ease of setup7.49.3
Quality of support8.69.3
Meets requirements9.18.8
NPS59.67741974.193548
Small Business22.4%53.2%
Mid-Market50.7%26.2%
Enterprise26.9%20.6%
Total page views166600
Total LLM citations6623,669

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

Surfer

Surfer® is a full-function 2D and 3D mapping, modeling, and analysis software package for scientists and engineers. Surfer's sophisticated interpolation engine quickly transforms XYZ and XYZC data into publication-quality maps. Virtually every aspect of the map is customizable. Enhance maps with profiles, legends, titles and labels, faults and breaklines, or external maps from any web mapping service. Surfer is used extensively by geologists, geophysicists, hydrologists, archaeologists, oceanographers, biologists, consultants, engineers, and many others across the globe.

Pros