Cloud-native GIS,
without the overhead.
Desktop GIS was built for a different era. Strabo Geo is built for teams that want to load data, make maps and get answers, without managing infrastructure, juggling licences or waiting on a specialist.
Nine reasons teams choose Strabo Geo
Truly cloud-native
Not a desktop app ported to the web. Strabo runs on serverless engines that scale up when you need them and down to nothing when you don't.
Drop it on the map
Drag in a shapefile or geodatabase and it appears as a layer, ready to style and query. Janus, our free ArcGIS® Pro add-in, brings whole projects across with their symbology.
Dense data, no compromise
Fulcrum and Pythia keep million-feature layers fast at every zoom, in your exact styling.
Analysis without code
Model Builder chains 125+ spatial tools into workflows anyone on the team can run again.
AI that drives the map
Ask a question in plain English. The assistant filters, analyses and flies you to the answer.
Built for whole teams
Custom panes, guided workbooks and live team presence bring planners, managers and clients onto the same map.
Audit-ready
Every analysis run is recorded with its inputs and outputs in a tamper-evident trail.
Australian data, ready to go
Census boundaries and indicators, national address points, cadastre and open map data in the Strabo Library.
Open standards, no lock-in
OGC services, STAC, cloud-optimised imagery and 3D standards in. Open formats out, whenever you want.
How Strabo Geo compares
Against the alternatives most teams consider: legacy desktop GIS, and lightweight web map viewers.
| Capability | Legacy desktop GIS | Strabo Geo | Web map viewers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Desktop installs plus server infrastructure | Browser-based, nothing to install | Browser-based |
| Infrastructure | Sized, patched and paid for around the clock | Serverless, scales to zero when idle | Vendor-managed |
| Time to first map | Days to weeks | Minutes | Minutes, view only |
| Loading data | Manual import and conversion | Drag and drop, converted automatically | Limited formats |
| Coming from ArcGIS Pro | Restyle everything by hand | Janus brings layers and symbology across, free | Restyle by hand, if at all |
| Very large layers | Slow to draw, often pre-rendered by hand | Fast at every zoom with Fulcrum and Pythia | Usually not possible |
| Spatial analysis | Full, with a steep learning curve | 125+ tools in a visual Model Builder | None |
| AI assistant | None | Drives the map and runs analysis | None |
| Audit trail | Manual | Tamper-evident, every run | None |
| Collaboration | Shared drives and emailed files | Live team presence, roles and shared projects | Share a link |
| Regional data hosting | Self-managed | Your chosen region | Often offshore |
| Open format export | Partial | Full | Limited |
Why teams get stuck with the wrong tools
Most organisations fall into one of four traps. Strabo was designed to get them out.
The legacy tax
Perpetual licences, maintenance, servers and training before a single map is made, for features most people never use.
The specialist bottleneck
When only two people can drive the GIS, spatial questions join a queue and everyone else works from screenshots.
The developer trap
Map SDKs are powerful but need engineers to build anything. Your team needs a GIS to use, not one to build.
The format maze
Shapefiles here, geodatabases there, imagery somewhere else. Strabo takes them all and puts them on one map.
See it for yourself
Talk to us about your current setup and what you're trying to achieve. We'll show you exactly how Strabo fits.