Supervisor- Business Solutions and Analytics in Research & Development at Town of Oakville (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
To be honest, there isn't really any competition to ArcGIS, while there are smaller applications such as QGIS, they are not enterprise. Meaning that they might do onething well, but not at a enterprise level. Other applications such as Google Maps API, and Mapbox, is just …
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Biologist at Mrc des Basques and more (Government Administration, 11-50 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
I was working with this software fore more than 10 years. I learned ArcGIS at University and I believed this software to be essential in the management of GIS. It was before I tried QGIS. I regret my purchase by the expensive cost, the complex method to licencing and the weak …
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Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at Hampden Township (Government Administration, 51-200 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
ArcGIS and QGIS have a lot of similarities between their products. Where ArcGIS stands out is with their online version of their software. ArcGIS's online solution will pair up with your on-prem solution to offer a fully synchronized system. I wasn't able to duplicate the …
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Ingeniero de proyecto in Engineering at DePodcast.com (Management Consulting, 501-1000 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
In my opinion ArcGIS is the most comprehensive geographic information system program in the world, select it over QGIS because it contains all the tools for a proper planning of the territory. arcgis offers the best geo-statistics tools, automated cartography, maps …
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Verified User
Chose ArcGIS
ArcGIS is more robust than QGIS, but often slower and more memory intensive. QGIS is also free, while providing at least 90% of the functionality. Although it might be difficult to get used to the interface differences between the two programs, QGIS is a worthy competitor …
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Planificador Territorial II at MPPP (Government Administration, 201-500 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
Both tools are very powerful. The difference is that QGIS is open source. I could say that these tools can be complemented. However, I have more experience in the use of ArcGis, and I see greater advantages. For example, the cartographic output is of higher quality, is of …
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Analista in Professional Services at Gobierno del Distrito Capital (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
ArcGIS is superior to all the other GIS existing in the market, none of them are half as good as ArcGIS is. They constantly try to evolve or to copy ArcGIS but they cannot do it. The principal limitation of the free software is the constant updates, that make the program so …
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Chief Technology Officer in Research & Development at Projenet (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
Both ArcGIS and QGIS are professional GIS applications. The price tag on ArcGIS is equivalent to the cost to train a professional on QGIS. ArcGIS is a more mature solution and is a stable tool with many years in production. QGIS is the new software, with almost the same tools …
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Verified User
Chose ArcGIS
Compared to other suites like ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI TerrSet, and OSGEO QGIS, ArcGIS compares favorably in most use cases. Naturally, different tools are best suited for different tasks (ENVI/ERDAS for spectral analysis, for instance) but ArcGIS is competent enough across …
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Verified User
Chose ArcGIS
Much better than any other similar product in the market.
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Graduate Research Assistant in Research & Development at Western Kentucky University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
ArcGIS is overall a better program than most of the competitors. It is generally more user-friendly, has better displays, and more customization than other programs. It is especially useful in the geosciences and workplace settings, where data can be seamlessly shared among …
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Director in Engineering at MCP 2010 Ingeniería C.A. (Civil Engineering, 1-10 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
I selected ArcGIS because is a tool that we use in our firm to perform base cartography and we depend on the exchangeable files from shape to dxf and kml. This software have as an advantage it's flexibility and stability, and it stacks up well because it has evolved from the …
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Geospatial Trainer and Support Specialist at Duncan-Parnell Inc. (Information Services, 51-200 employees)
Chose ArcGIS
The other software out there lacks the support that you get from the software manufacturer, Esri. I would also add that they look old, have a clunky feel and just aren't as intuitive or lack some of the functionality that the ArcGIS software has.
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Verified User
Chose QGIS
Frankly, QGIS is an inferior tool as compared to ArcGIS as ArcGIS is a market leader in spatial data analysis, offers a family of GIS Suite catering to different needs, has a huge repository of training exercises and tutorials, an organized catalog of data if you need further …
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Ph.D student in Research & Development at University of Vermont (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees)
Chose QGIS
I learned GIS with ArcGIS and have used ArcGIS longer than QGIS. Both programs have essentially the same functionality. However, QGIS is free, while users need a license for ArcGIS (individual licenses are available for a few hundred dollars). I really like that QGIS is open …
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Assistant REsearcher in Research & Development at Non-profit Quarterly (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees)
Chose QGIS
ESRI programs like ArcGIS are the gold standard in planning, GIS, and digital data visualization, but QGIS stands up to the ArcGIS package at a lower price point and with excellent training information. ArcGIS has very little other components not found in QGIS, and QGIS has …
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Planificador Territorial II at MPPP (Government Administration, 201-500 employees)
Chose QGIS
Both tools are very powerful. The difference is that QGIS is open source. Experts can develop applications that suit the specific needs of certain users. A big advantage of QGIS is undoubtedly the economic cost, because Qgis is a software almost as powerful as ArcGIS. I could …
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Programmer Analyst, Product Manager in Information Technology at Bee Robotics (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees)
Chose QGIS
QGIS vs. ArcGIS. The main reason is the price of ArcGIS. Most of the functionality is identical in both products, however, interfacing QGIS with external software allows it to dramatically increase processing capabilities.
QGIS vs. ERDAS IMAGINE. It is quite good for satellite …
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Geographic Information Systems Engineer at Earth Love United Foundation (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Chose QGIS
QGIS is open source and freely available for Windows and Mac iOS Geographic Information System Software. QGIS is highly customizable as per project requirements and different application usage. QGIS has ample tools and plugins that are useful for the analysis of raster and …
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Verified User
Chose QGIS
Handling ESRI licenses was not an easy task for our organization as we had a large number of users that needed access to GIS capabilities on a very occasional basis. R requires a lot of coding to get a decent-looking map. QGIS hits the spot when it comes to visual …
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Analista in Professional Services at Gobierno del Distrito Capital (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose QGIS
First of all QGIS it is a free software in an are that has always been monopolized for big companies like ESRI, in that way QGIS bring the opportunity to know how to work with GIS and how we can manage data from so many formats in only one software. Qgis it is the best …
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Verified User
Chose QGIS
Each of the products have their strong points and their weak points, as well as some products being particularly adept at certain analyses or workflows. That being said, QGIS can do nearly everything all of the above products can do, and it does them for free, with continual …
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I'm very grateful to be able to use it, and I have a master's degree with a focus in Geospatial Analysis. There can be a bit of a learning curve, and I try to build user-friendly ways for volunteers to see & collect data. Meanwhile, if a colleague is less confident with building such a system, it may be more difficult for them to implement.
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Styling: the styling engine is fantastic with raster styling features that I recognize from apps like Photoshop.
Print layouts: I can set up custom print layouts, and even do automated multi-page atlas style reports that I use for cycling through detailed areas when providing my clients with pdf reports.
Extendable: the plugins are fantastic, and almost anything I need that isn't provided natively with QGIS is available as a plugin.
Community: the QGIS community is passionate about GIS, and are always ready to help. There are great training resources available online.
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Making maps in QGIS is a bit clunky. I also find it to be extremely unintuitive. For basic GIS, it is great, but I would much rather make maps (for publication purposes) in ArcGIS.
Editing and adding feature layers is not very intuitive. Changing colors of added point or line features is a rather convoluted process.
ArcGIS has a huge selection of online courses, and if you have the appropriate license, you can access most for free. I found these to be very helpful when dealing with map projections and other issues. However, QGIS does not have a large library of courses specifically made for that program.
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Simply because the program deserves it. It seems to me that it is a fundamental tool for the storage, analysis, and interpretation of medium and large-scale phenomena, unmanageable with traditional engineering software. Its versatility in the handling of the different "layers" with which the data is handled and interpolation tools, make this software a powerful ally both for companies and for the educational part of the universities.
Once set up, the tools are extremely easy to use. I had a staff member develop a tool for field data collection, that included an external and internal dashboards to monitor progress in days. The field workers that collected the data, barely knew how to use a computer, and within minutes they could use the application that was configured for them.
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I wasn't a GIS user at all when I started using QGIS, nor did I have any background working with data in anything other than Excel, and as a result, I struggled quite a lot in the beginning (it's not quite Google Maps). But having said that, I haven't come across anything that I couldn't do with a little help from the online community. I've done complex spatial analyses on large datasets of metropolitan cities, designed custom multi-page pdf reports that automatically cycle through different areas of an area, etc.
And the GIS staff that I've appointed, after their initial resistance, took to the tool like a fish to water, and I haven't heard them complain after starting to use the tool for a week or two.
But if you're new to GIS, be patient and invest some time to learn how to use the tool. It is absolutely worth it.
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Unlike other platforms (ex: EMSI), there is no "help desk" new users can easily call into for troubleshooting or errors, and so you have to spend LOTS of time trying workarounds. This is also because the help center blog posts are usually pretty confusing, and many times do not include images or videos to help you along. Any such changes would be immensely useful!
Even though there is a no dedicated support team for QGIS (or at least we are not aware of it), there is a huge online community and a large number of forums catering to every question you may have regarding any particular functionality of QGIS. So, you have a lot of help available but you will have to sift through it on the web.
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My students love the "drop" feature in Google Maps, but besides that it truly doesn't compare. I love that you can add, delete, or change layers to this map to better understand its larger affect. There are many more ways to manipulate maps on ArcGIS than on Google Maps. I can also add personal details and information if I want to create a specific map, something that I am unable to do with Google
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QGIS is open source and freely available for Windows and Mac iOS Geographic Information System Software. QGIS is highly customizable as per project requirements and different application usage. QGIS has ample tools and plugins that are useful for the analysis of raster and vector data. It also supports GRASS, GDAL, and SAGA tools.
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QGIS gives us more impactful data on children and maternal health issues, which in turn has helped us establish more programs, relationships, and funding opportunities because of the excellent data presentations we can give.
QGIS has allowed our staff to improve their data analysis skills, improving our workforce across the board, with or without the direct use of geographic data.
QGIS has required a lot of staff time to learn, but the ROI on time spent vs the reports we produced afterward has been well worth it.
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