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Job to be done |
eSpatial advantage |
Maptive |
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Is it easy to use? |
With our new AI assistant using it is effortless. |
Not as intuitive or fast. |
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Sales, marketing and operations use cases |
Designed for sales, marketing and operations teams, who want results not steep learning curves. |
A good all round business mapping tool. |
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How easy is it to share insights with my team? |
Share insights effortlessly. Embed live maps in presentations or share a public map (and hide from search engines). |
Share maps via links. Collaboration may require team members to have individual licenses or viewers. |
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Can it help me design & balance sales territories fast? |
Advanced Territory Management capabilities including automatic territory optimization. |
Limited. Lacks advanced workload balances and is clunky to use. |
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What about support? |
Real people with mapping expertise in their DNA will be on hand when you need it (at no additional cost). |
Offer good support on phone and email. |
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Can it handle large datasets? |
Easily handles the largest datasets. |
Only handles up to 100,000 points. |
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What about routing for sales and service? |
Advanced multi-day trip capabilities including stop times, pre-scheduled meetings, time constraints, favourite locations, vehicle constraints and more. |
Limited single route generation. |
Our Customers Love Mapping With eSpatial
How eSpatial Compares to Maptive
Why Choose eSpatial
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The Easiest Map Software to Use
Get your maps up and running in minutes, without the need to be a GIS pro
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It's The Complete Mapping Software Platform
Everything from data visualisation to route planning, territory management, scenario modelling — all in one place
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Powerful Algorithms and Automation
Smart insights with less manual effort
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Flexible to Suit Every Team's Needs
Whether you're in sales, ops, marketing or field service, it works your way
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Customize Your Maps in Minutes
From colour schemes to territories, tailor every map to your business instantly
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World-Class Onboarding At No Extra Cost
One-to-one support that gets you from setup to actual impact, fast
Turn your data into your
most powerful asset
Your business runs on data, but if it's trapped in rows and columns, you can't see the full picture. You're left guessing about where your real opportunities are, which markets are underserved, and what your competitors are missing. eSpatial changes that. By uploading your data, you can instantly see it come to life on a map. Powerful heat maps and filters don't just show you where your customers are—they reveal the patterns and trends that lead to confident, data-driven decisions. It's the difference between having data and having a strategy.
Stop guessing, start designing balanced and profitable sales territories
An insight is only valuable if you act on it. Seeing your customer hotspots on a map is the first step, but the real growth comes from designing your sales territories to capture that opportunity. While basic mapping tools leave you to figure it out on your own, eSpatial provides a dedicated suite of tools to turn your insights into an optimized territory plan. Effortlessly balance territories by workload or potential, create clear hierarchies for your team, and model different scenarios to make confident decisions that drive predictable revenue growth.
Tier-by-Tier Pricing Comparison
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Tier Level |
eSpatial Plan & Seat Economics |
Maptive Plan & Seat Economics |
Value & Strategic Comparison |
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Entry / Project Access |
Mapping Pro
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45 Day Pass
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Maptive's $250 pass is a single-user temporary stopgap. eSpatial's entry plan gives a 3-user team full mapping capabilities for $499/seat/yr. |
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Individual Professional |
Mapping Pro
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Pro Plan
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eSpatial offers a significantly lower cost per seat ($499 vs. $1,250). Maptive charges $1,250 for a single user, making eSpatial more cost-effective for growing teams. |
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Territory Management |
Professional Territory Manager
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Team Plan
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Maptive offers territory balancing but it is limited in scope, whereas eSpatial provides dedicated territory design, 100 rep territories, and 20-day route optimization. |
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Enterprise & Advanced |
Advanced Territory Manager
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Enterprise Plan
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Advanced optimization vs. storage volume. Maptive Enterprise scales record limits; eSpatial Advanced provides automated territory balancing, 6-level hierarchy management, and "What-If" scenario modeling. |
Functional Capabilities Matrix
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Capability / Feature Area |
eSpatial |
Maptive |
Strategic Advantage |
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Entry-Level Cost Per Seat |
$499 / seat / year (3-seat base). |
$1,250 / seat / year (Pro single user). |
eSpatial delivers a 60% lower seat price for multi-user team onboarding. |
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Short-Term Project Access |
Annual plan model focused on continuous value. |
$250 / 45-Day Pass (1 user, single dataset). |
Maptive Weakness: Maptive's $250 pass expires in 45 days, locks out team collaboration, lacks API access, and caps usage. |
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Territory Optimization |
Automated & Weighted Balancing based on workload, revenue potential, and hierarchies. |
Basic Territory Boundaries (manual area grouping, account assignment). |
eSpatial and Maptive optimize territories. But eSpatial offers geographical, points-based and hybrid alignments. And up to 6 levels of hierarchy. |
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Route Planning & Optimization |
Multi-Day Schedules (Up to 20 days, 30–50 daily stops, vehicle/time constraints). |
Single Route Generation (Basic point-to-point routing). |
eSpatial handles complex field schedules, saving up to 20% in travel efficiency. |
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Data Capacity & Limits |
Handles 300,000+locations to enterprise-grade datasets with fast rendering. |
Capped at 100,000 locations per dataset on standard plans. |
eSpatial supports larger datasets without performance degradation. |
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Predictive "What-If" Modeling |
Yes (Model organizational shifts & market expansion side-by-side). |
No (Static dataset visualization only). |
eSpatial lets operations teams test scenarios prior to live field changes. |
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CRM Integration & Sync |
Bi-Directional Salesforce Sync (Sync territory assignments back to CRM). |
Data Syncing (Plot Salesforce accounts on a map). |
eSpatial turns CRM data into actionable, optimized territories synced back to rep workflows. |
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Security & Compliance |
ISO-27001 Certified, SSO, Role-Based Access Controls. |
256-bit SSL, SSO, Salesforce Security Reviewed. |
eSpatial holds formal ISO-27001 enterprise security certification. |
Frequently Asked Questions
eSpatial offers a lower price per seat for business teams, starting at $499 per user/year on the Mapping Pro plan (minimum 3 users). In contrast, Maptive's Pro plan costs $1,250 per user/year for a single seat, with additional users costing $750 each. While Maptive requires $1,250 for one user to access basic mapping, eSpatial provides three full team seats for $1,497 total per year, making eSpatial significantly more cost-effective per seat for collaborative teams.
Maptive’s $250 45-Day Pass is a short-term, single-user license designed for temporary projects rather than ongoing business mapping. While it appears low-cost upfront, it carries heavy functional limitations:
- Single User Only: It cannot be shared or used collaboratively across a team
- No API Access: It lacks API connectivity for automated workflows
- Limited Support & Lifespan: Access expires completely after 45 days, requiring a transition to annual plans ($1,250+) to retain active mapping workflows
For organizations needing ongoing team mapping, territory management, or CRM integration, eSpatial’s annual team plans offer greater long-term ROI and lower seat costs.
eSpatial is purpose-built for strategic sales operations and territory optimization. While Maptive allows basic manual boundary creation and account plotting, eSpatial Professional and Advanced Territory Manager tiers include:
- Automated Territory Balancing: Balance workloads based on revenue potential, account count, or custom CRM metrics
- Predictive "What-If" Scenario Modeling: Test organizational changes side-by-side without disturbing live operations
- Multi-Level Hierarchy Management: Support up to 6 levels of organizational hierarchy synced directly with Salesforce
eSpatial provides advanced multi-day route optimization for sales and service teams, supporting up to 20-day schedules and up to 50 stops per day with vehicle and time constraints. Maptive offers basic single-route generation, making eSpatial the superior choice for field operations requiring multi-day trip planning.
Both eSpatial and Maptive offer capabilities for building sales territories. Maptive provides useful tools for basic territory design, allowing you to create areas and assign accounts. However, eSpatial is purpose-built for the complexities of strategic sales operations. The key difference lies in the depth of optimization. eSpatial offers advanced features like weighted balances, allowing you to create territories that are truly equitable—not just by number of accounts, but by revenue potential, workload, or any other metric that drives your business. This, combined with powerful scenario modeling and hierarchy management, allows you to move beyond simple territory design and into a continuous optimization cycle that supports predictable revenue growth.
Both eSpatial and Maptive allow you to connect to your Salesforce data to visualize it on a map. The key difference isn't in the connection itself, but in the strategic actions you can take after your data is synced. While both tools can plot your accounts, eSpatial's integration serves as the foundation for our advanced sales territory optimization suite. You can use your live CRM data to perform multi-variable territory balancing, model complex hierarchies, and then sync those strategic territory assignments back to Salesforce. This creates a seamless workflow from insight to action that is purpose-built for high-performance sales operations.
eSpatial is built on an enterprise-grade infrastructure designed to handle large and complex datasets without compromising performance. You can upload hundreds of thousands of data points and still experience fast, smooth map rendering and analysis. This ensures that as your business grows, your mapping software can scale with you. While Maptive is effective for smaller datasets, users with larger, more complex data files may experience slower performance and rendering times.
While the exact ROI depends on your specific business, our customers typically see significant returns in three key areas. First, they find hidden growth opportunities, leading to revenue increases of up to 12%. Second, by optimizing territories and routes, they improve sales team productivity, enabling up to 20% more customer meetings. Finally, our platform dramatically accelerates analysis and planning, cutting project time by up to 95% and freeing up your operations team for more strategic work. We can help you build a business case based on your own data.
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