Caliper Corporation Testimonials

"I have been extremely happy with the purchase of Maptitude. I must admit, I was a little skeptical at first when comparing Maptitude to MapInfo due to the large price difference. But after researching both platforms I felt that Maptitude's functionality gave us the most bang for the buck. Creating maps is very easy, not only because the user's guide that comes with the software is helpful, but the training offered is top notch. I was able to receive one on one training without leaving the office. My training sessions were also available via download to reference when ever I needed. All in all we couldn't be happier with our purchase."

"As far as ease of use goes Maptitude takes the prize, Maptitude is definitely easer to use right out-of-the-box and the learning curve for advanced functions is shorter than with MapInfo. As for presentations, Maptitude takes the prize again over MapInfo. The folks at Caliper took great pains and effort to make a GIS software application that is as user friendly as possible. They took the cartographic prep-work out of the equation, so that the user can spend less time trying to make the map look pretty and can focus on doing the actual analysis and presentation. A few years back I did a cost comparison analysis of Maptitude vs. MapInfo and the result was a difference of over $20,000, I imagine this figure has only gone up since than. This took into account not just the cost of software but the cost of the data included with Maptitude that you have to purchase separately from MapInfo. Although in my current position, I'm not overly concerned with current economic or demographic statistics. I have used demographic and economic statistics from MapInfo vendors and Caliper’s data sets are more complete and better organized. Both Maptitude and MapInfo offer some nice thematic mapping wizards that utilize very nice color gradients but given a choice, the Maptitude wizards are easier to select from and the legends are easier to customize than MapInfo."