The Best Alternative to MapAnything

Visual aids are always helpful to get your point across, whatever you do. Whether its a graph, a flow chart or a map - the ability to display data in a visual way is always a tremendous addition.

Google Maps
The Google maps is a Web-based service that allows you to display geographical sites in the world. It is a powerful aid that can be added to landing pages, apps and forms to display locations related to your content. For example a Contact us form or company page that specifies the company address can also show its exact location via map.

Displaying Salesforce data
Many apps and online tools have recognized the potential of using google maps in more advanced ways, to visualize their CRM data.
So you can now not only show a simple list of leads or contacts, for example, but you can also pin point to the exact locations of all your leads & contacts on a map and see if they are in close proximity.

MapAnything
MapAnything is an example of such a product. It is a geo-productivity platform in Salesforce that allows you to display layers of data on the map to view leads, contacts, customers locations etc. Mapping anything means that any record with an address in salesforce can be displayed on Google Maps. So in terms of SF standard objects the following may be mapped: Leads, Accounts, Contacts and Users. Mapanything is has advanced functionalities, such as creating routes on the map but its pricing is higher and this is also a factor when choosing a tool for this purpose.

FormTitan- Interactivite map


Displaying data from Salesforce in Google map can also be achieved with other tools, including our FormTitan platform. In order to choose the best tool , you will need to find out what the differences are between all these tools, and which suits your needs best.
FormTitan is not a mapping platform, however its data mapping abilities are powerful, enabling you to not only add data layers to your google map, but also to
- display locations on the map based on Latitude and Longitude values.
- give a different style to each type of pins you display (for example: contacts in blue and leads in yellow)
- Draw related data on a specific location once its pin is selected on the map.
- Store the selected pin’s Id to then perform other tasks based on it.

And let’s not forget the pricing. In this field you will find that FormTitan has no competitors - it is packed with features and has the lowest prices on the market. So for much less you actually get much much more.

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