--- description: Review of QGIS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: QGIS | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [GIS Software](/directory/3501/gis/software) > [QGIS](/software/290314/qgis) # QGIS Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/290314/qgis Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/290314/qgis?page=2) > QGIS is an open-source GIS solution that helps businesses streamline processes related to map creation, data exporting, map labeling, spatial analysis, and more on a centralized platform. It enables staff members to utilize a drag-and-drop interface to compose maps with multiple custom layers, such as roads, rivers, protected areas, water, buildings, and other elements. QGIS allows team members to create map labels with custom titles, descriptions, fonts, size, colors, opacity, and placement. The print layout option lets employees create multiple templates with specific item properties, add and edit maps, and export maps in multiple file formats, including SVG, PDF, or image. Additionally, with the vector analysis tool, supervisors can create projections, transform data, conduct network analysis, generate spatial statistics, build image histograms, calculate shortest paths, monitor overlapping areas, and more from within a unified platform. QGIS comes with an application programming interface (API), which allows businesses to integrate the platform with several third-party solutions. Administrators can configure the platform in multiple languages, such as English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian. It is available for free and support is extended via documentation, email, and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 100 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 100 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: QGIS ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: QGIS is available free of cost. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Activity Dashboard - Colour Codes/Icons - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Collection - Data Import/Export - Data Mapping - Data Visualisation - Geocoding - Geographic Maps - Geolocation - Interoperability - Labeling - Map Creation - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Spatial Analysis - Third-Party Integrations ## Integrations (1 total) - GRASS GIS ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [GIS Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3501/gis/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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For example, Send2GoogleEarth plugin can join with Google Earth Pro, Google Earth Engine Plugin can work with GEE platform. This software provides plugins and tools for quick land use classifications compared to other GIS platforms. Digitization of spatial elements like buildings, roads, streams, and land cover is very comfortable with QGIS. QGIS has the facility to load base maps such as OpenStreetMap, Google Hybrid, Google Satellite, Google Road, and Bing Arial by adding the URL. This service is very valuable for those who are working with base data preparation and interpretation. > > **Cons**: QGIS doesn’t support adding data from file geodatabases. Sometimes QGIS is unexpectedly ended due to crash reporting. Especially at the time, we are doing digitization activities using google satellite images. > > QGIS is open-source software that can easily download and deploy. It consists of a variety of plugins and tools to work with geospatial data. ----- ### "Excellent GIS tool" — 5.0/5 > **Alexis** | *22 February 2023* | Environmental Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: a quality software and it is also free for all users > > **Cons**: which is available to all users for free and has a large number of tools to work with > > a positive experience is easy to use and the elements are available to the user ----- ### "Just use ESRI." — 1.0/5 > **Cooper** | *3 October 2024* | Architecture & Planning | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: In theory, it was easy to use, however there were always problems. > > **Cons**: The opensource nature of the product led to a lack of overall support and compatibility. I experienced constant problems, slow-downs, freezes, and crashes with the program. > > Honestly terrible, i used it for a very brief period of time due to all of its issues. ----- ### "Review of QGIS" — 5.0/5 > **Chancy** | *21 June 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: QGIS is free and open-source software. QGIS supports all possible formats such as raster, vector, point clouds of GIS, and Remote Sensing. QGIS is highly customizable and the Developer can develop various plugins as per requirements. > > **Cons**: QGIS sometimes encounters a bug and immediate Support is not available. QGIS needs more tools for raster data processing. > > QGIS is very useful software in the Geoinformatics field. ----- ### "Free and easy to use" — 5.0/5 > **Carlos** | *14 February 2022* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is an open access software with regular updates available to everyone. Its compatibility with various graphic and semantic information input formats make it a powerful tool for managing geographic information. The management of information in raster and vector formats make Qgis a versatile system, suitable for applications in many themes. The possibility of using web maps as a base or in the representation of the results allows a better visualization of the information. > > **Cons**: Some initial training is needed, once the first steps are taken it is easy to use. > > Qgis is one of the most complete geographic information processing software out there today. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/290314/qgis?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/290314/qgis) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data