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Felt: cost, fit and limits
Felt is a cloud GIS platform made by Felt Maps, Inc. that lets teams upload or connect spatial data, build shared maps and dashboards, and ask Felt AI questions in plain language. It is aimed at analysts, planners and field teams who want browser-based mapping without desktop GIS software.
What to know first
Felt works as a shared map canvas with tiers defined by processing allowance, not by feature lists alone. The Free plan lets people create and annotate maps but not upload data, so the first real decision is the $199 Team plan. Each plan caps map views, processing gigabytes and AI credits, and the vendor states that going over a limit stops the action instead of billing extra. Connected-source refresh speed also rises with the tier.
Felt at a glance
| Maker | Felt Maps, Inc., United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | $199 per month billed yearly for Team |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI GIS Software in 2026, rank 1 of 11 |
| Website | felt.com |
Who Felt is best for
Consultants sharing client maps
Viewing and commenting are free, and public maps need no login, so a client can open a map link and leave comments without buying a seat.
Teams already on ArcGIS data
Team and above connect to ArcGIS services, WMS and WFS layers, and a QGIS plugin exists, so existing layers can be mapped without exporting files first.
Field survey crews
Team adds field capture, and field photos do not count against processing or storage, which matters when a crew uploads many pictures per site visit.
Developers building spatial apps
Business adds a REST API and webhooks, and a Platform add-on at $1,000 a month yearly is aimed at building apps on Felt, free for three months with any paid plan.
Felt plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 seats, 25 viewers and 10,000 map views a month. Maps can be created and annotated with real-time collaboration, but there is no processing allowance, so no uploads. |
| Team | $199 per month billed yearly, $249 monthly | 3 seats, 25 viewers, 25,000 views, 5 GB processing and 250 AI credits. Adds data uploads, styling, embeds and field capture. |
| Business | $599 per month billed yearly, $749 monthly | 5 seats, 100 viewers, 100,000 views, 25 GB processing and 1,000 AI credits. Adds MCP, SQL, dashboards, drive-time analysis, offline maps and one database or bucket source. |
| Enterprise | From $1,250 per month, paid yearly | 10 seats, unlimited viewers, 250,000 views, 100 GB processing and 2,500 credits. Adds SSO and SAML, an SLA, unlimited databases and regional or self-hosted deployment. |
Checked November 2026.
What Felt does
- Felt AI questions
- Users ask spatial questions about connected data and get back a live map, dashboard or app instead of writing spatial SQL. A simple question uses about 5 credits and a complex one 15 to 20, so Team's 250 credits cover roughly 50 quick questions.
- Refresh tiers on connected data
- Sources such as Google Sheets, Airtable, ArcGIS and SharePoint refresh daily on Team, hourly on Business and every 15 minutes on Enterprise. Business allows one database, warehouse or bucket source, while Enterprise allows unlimited.
- Upload formats
- Team and above accept CSV, Excel, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, .gdb, KML and KMZ, and GeoTIFF among others. Storage equals four times the monthly processing allowance, and unused amounts do not roll over.
- MCP access
- Business and Enterprise include MCP, which lets an outside AI tool use Felt. Team does not include it, so a buyer who plans to drive maps from Claude or a similar assistant needs at least Business.
- Add-on capacity
- Extra processing, views and credits are sold in small units at $5 a month each: 1 GB of processing, 1,000 views or 50 AI credits. Extra seats cost $49 a month billed yearly on paid plans.
How Felt handles your data
Felt's privacy policy names Felt Maps Inc. as the entity, says it keeps personal data no more than twelve months after an account ends, and agrees processing happens in the United States. It does not name a hosting provider or region and does not mention AI training. The terms say customers keep rights in Customer Data, while Felt may create aggregated de-identified data from usage. Whether that covers AI training is not stated. The policy lists no security certifications, so the vendor's policy was not checked for those. Enterprise offers regional or self-hosted deployment.
Where Felt falls short in practice
- Hard stop at the allowance. Felt does not charge for overages, so uploads and refreshes simply stop at the processing limit and AI requests stop when credits run out. A team that spikes mid-month must buy add-ons or wait for the first-of-month reset.
- Seats stay small on lower plans. Team and Business include 3 and 5 seats, and extra paid seats cost $49 a month on yearly billing. A 12-person analyst group on Business therefore pays well beyond the base $599.
- Not a desktop analysis suite. Analysis tools such as drive-time and SQL arrive on Business, and Felt's own materials frame it as a map and app builder. Heavy geoprocessing models still belong in QGIS or ArcGIS Pro.
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Felt: common questions
Can I upload my own shapefiles on the free Felt plan?
No. The Free plan has no processing allowance, so uploads are not available, and data upload starts on Team at $199 a month billed yearly. Free still allows creating and annotating maps and real-time collaboration, and viewing and commenting stay free for everyone, including on public maps.
What happens when Felt AI credits run out?
New AI requests stop until the allowance resets on the first of the month, because Felt does not charge overages. You can add 50 credits for $5 a month. Credits do not roll over, and a simple question uses about 5 credits while a complex one uses 15 to 20.
Does Felt include a trial of paid features?
New business sign-ups get a 7-day trial of Business and the Platform add-on, with no credit card required. Team and Business can also be bought monthly at higher rates, which gives a way to test paid features without committing to a yearly term.
Can Felt connect to a data warehouse?
Yes, on higher plans. Business includes one database, warehouse or bucket source with hourly refresh, and Enterprise allows unlimited sources with 15-minute refresh. Felt's about page names Snowflake, Databricks and Esri services as connection examples. Check which source type your database falls under before choosing a tier.
Can Felt be self-hosted?
Only on Enterprise. The pricing page lists regional or self-hosted deployment there, alongside SSO and SAML and an SLA. Enterprise starts from $1,250 a month and is paid yearly, and it can be invoiced or paid by purchase order. Smaller teams on Business get regional options only by moving up.