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ArcGIS vs Mapbox: What are the differences?
ArcGIS: A geographic information system for working with maps *. It is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and much more; *Mapbox:** Design and publish beautiful maps. We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.
ArcGIS and Mapbox can be categorized as "Mapping APIs" tools.
Instacart, OpenGov, and Postmates are some of the popular companies that use Mapbox, whereas ArcGIS is used by Scarabee Aviation Group, Zoteca, and GRFN. Mapbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 107 company stacks & 154 developers stacks; compared to ArcGIS, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
From a StackShare Community member: "We're a team of two starting to write a mobile app. The app will heavily rely on maps and this is where my partner and I are not seeing eye-to-eye. I would like to go with an open source solution like OpenStreetMap that is used by Apple & Foursquare. He would like to go with Google Maps since more apps use it and has better support (according to him). Mapbox is also an option but I don’t know much about it."
Google MapsGoogle Maps is best because it is practically free (they give you $300 in free credits per month and it's really hard to go over the free tier unless you really mean business) and it's the best!
OpenStreetMapI use OpenStreetMap because that has a strong community. It takes some time to catch up with Google Maps, but OpenStreetMap will become great solution.
OpenStreetMapI use OpenStreetMap because i have the control of the environment, using Docker containers or bare-metal servers.
Google MapsI use Google Maps because it has a lot of great features such as Google's rich APIs, geolocation functions, navigation search feature, street map view, auto-generated 3D city map.
Pros of ArcGIS
- Reponsive5
- A lot of widgets4
- Data driven vizualisation4
- 3D2
- Easy tà learn2
- Easy API1
Pros of Mapbox
- Best mapping service outside of Google Maps27
- OpenStreetMap21
- Beautifully vectorable15
- Fluid user experience11
- Extensible7
- React/ RNative integration7
- 3D Layers5
- Affordable4
- Low Level API4
- Great customer support3
- Custom themes3
- High data volume rendering2