ArcGIS Earth is a 3‑D globe viewer for visualizing spatial data. Below are 20 GIS platforms that can serve as alternatives, offering desktop, web‑based, or cloud‑native capabilities for mapping, analysis, and data management.
Get targeted exposure with custom position pinning and highlighted placement.
Free, open‑source desktop GIS with extensive plugins, robust analysis tools, and support for many raster/vector formats.
Free desktop application for high‑resolution satellite imagery, 3‑D terrain, and simple GIS data import/export.
Open‑source 3‑D virtual globe SDK that lets developers embed interactive Earth visualizations into applications.
Powerful open‑source GIS for raster, vector, and geospatial modeling, widely used in academia and research.
Open‑source desktop GIS focused on interoperability, with tools for editing, analysis, and cartography.
System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses; offers a rich set of terrain analysis and raster processing modules.
Free software for spatial data analysis, visualization, and exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA).
Cloud‑based location intelligence platform for building interactive maps, spatial analytics, and data visualizations.
Developer‑focused platform offering customizable basemaps, APIs, and SDKs for web and mobile GIS applications.
Open‑source JavaScript library for creating dynamic web maps with support for many data sources.
Lightweight, open‑source JavaScript library for interactive maps, ideal for mobile‑friendly web GIS.
Open‑source JavaScript library for 3‑D globes and maps, enabling high‑performance visualizations in browsers.
Platform for creating, hosting, and styling custom map tiles, with desktop and cloud tools.
Microsoft’s mapping service offering aerial imagery, road maps, and APIs for web and mobile GIS solutions.
Professional GIS desktop suite with 2‑D/3‑D visualization, spatial analysis, and enterprise data management.
Open‑source server for publishing geospatial data using OGC standards (WMS, WFS, WCS).
Web mapping platform for creating, publishing, and managing interactive spatial data services.
High‑performance GIS and database engine with fast raster processing and advanced scripting.
Esri’s flagship desktop GIS offering 2‑D/3‑D visualization, advanced analytics, and seamless integration with ArcGIS Online.
3‑D GIS viewer and analysis tool for terrain, imagery, and vector data, often used in defense and urban planning.