| Name | Basic ETL | Join | Orthorectify | Geocode | Digitization |
Project/ Transform |
Query | Visualization | Analysis | With Data | Cloud-based | Cost | ||||
| Story Maps/ArcGIS Online | yes | no | no | partial | yes | no | basic |
basic/ intermediate* |
no/partial | yes | yes | Free/Paid with ArcGIS | ||||
| QGIS | yes | yes | yes | partial | yes | yes | yes | advanced | advanced | no | no | Free/Open | ||||
| ArcGIS Desktop | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | advanced | advanced | yes | no | Free/$185/yr | ||||
| GDAL | yes | yes | partial | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | Free/Open | ||||
| ENVI/IDL | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | basic | intermediate | advanced | no | no | $185/yr | ||||
| FME | yes | yes | partial | partial | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | Free | ||||
| Harvard WorldMap | yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | basic | intermediate/ better |
no | yes | yes | Free | ||||
| indiemapper | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | basic | intermediate/ best |
no | yes | yes | Free | ||||
| Google Fusion Tables | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | intermediate | basic | yes | yes | Free | ||||
| PolicyMap | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | basic | intermediate | basic | yes | yes | Free to UD community, paid by UD Library | ||||
| *with arcgis desktop | ||||||||||||||||