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    Avatar Systems

    Score1 out of 10
    N/AAvatar Systems is a provider of energy management software applications.N/A

    CARTO

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACarto (formerly CartoDB) in Brooklyn, New York offers their location intelligence solution.N/A
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    ArcGIS
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Avatar SystemsCARTO
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    1.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Avatar Systems
    Avatar Systems is appropriate for basic routine medical visit charting. In my opinion, I would not use it for anythin beyond that. I was not impressed with Avatar's capabilities and customization. The system is great for locked down user level permissions.
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    CARTO
    CartoDB is great for generating geographic visualizations of data where the geographies are well-defined. It would be great for analysts to develop visualizations of data with spatial elements. That being said, the software is limited if you want to do any real data munging or analysis, as it can be cumbersome to use and there isn't a great interface for actually saving the results of different manipulations (you can save it as a new file, but it's hard to do version control, etc.). I would recommend preparing the data outside of CartoDB and only using the tool for visualization once the data is well prepared.
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    Pros
    Avatar Systems
    • Locked down permissions for access
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    CARTO
    • It is amazing at allowing control of the visualizations. It takes a little bit to get used to but the combination of full SQL queries and CSS-like styling is very powerful.
    • The services are built on a robust stack of open source software. I was able to build a standalone instance of CartoDB relatively easily (after some research and trial and error).
    • Server side map rendering is key for handling large data sets. The way the images are returned makes them very easy to catch in an HTTP cache to minimize the hits to the server. The interactivity that CartoDB has built in makes this completely transparent to the end user, they can click on parts of the static images and be presented with popups or change map styles. It's a very clever implementation.
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    Cons
    Avatar Systems
    • customer service
    • customization
    • response times to tickets
    • tier one support
    • post transition support
    • functionality improvements for templates
    • more robust options for more than basic visit types
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    CARTO
    • I don't like the new Builder UI as it has been tough to explain. Other than that I have no complaints.
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    Avatar Systems
    In my opinion, Avatar Systems would rank low on my list when compared to the others.
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    CARTO
    CartoDB is more user friendly and quicker to learn than ArcGIS Online and Mapbox
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    Return on Investment
    Avatar Systems
    • Avatar Systems didn't meet all of our needs, but would for a private practice
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    CARTO
    • CartoDB definitely saves a lot of time when creating visualizations. Previously, I would use different software and have to make edits manually (or just create the visualizations manually to start with). I would say that the software definitely cuts the time required to create certain visualizations by a half or two-thirds.
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