What is Ultimaps?

Last updated March 25, 2026

Ultimaps is a browser-based tool for creating vector map visualizations. You pick a base map, add your data, customize the look, and export or embed the result. No signup required to start, nothing to install.

Unlike Google Maps or Mapbox, Ultimaps is not a navigation or tile-based mapping tool. It's built specifically for visualizing data on maps of countries, states, counties, and other administrative regions.

What you can create

Ultimaps supports four types of map visualizations:

  • Choropleth maps color regions by numeric data like population, revenue, or test scores. The map automatically generates a color scale and legend from your data.
  • Category maps group regions by type. Sales territories, political parties, language families, membership status. Each category gets its own color.
  • Illustrated maps are hand-colored. Pick regions, choose colors. Good for infographics, presentations, and simple visuals where you don't need data.
  • Interactive maps add tooltips on hover and popups on click. Publish them with a shareable link or embed on your website as an iframe.

Who uses Ultimaps

Sales teams build territory maps. Teachers create classroom activities. Journalists visualize election results. Marketers make infographics for reports and social media. Researchers map survey data. Students add map visuals to presentations. If you need a clean, presentation-ready map from your data, Ultimaps is probably a good fit.

Key features

  • 200+ base maps covering countries, states, counties, departments, and more
  • Data import from Excel, CSV, Google Sheets, Notion, or plain text via AI
  • Styling with themes, color palettes, gradients, patterns, and legends
  • Location pins added by address, coordinates, or file import
  • Interactive publishing with tooltips, popups, and website embedding
  • Export as PNG, SVG, or PDF for print and presentations
  • AI-powered coloring and data generation from natural language
  • Geographic layers: add roads, cities, lakes and surrounding territories (available on selected maps)

How it works

  1. Pick a base map. Choose from 200+ maps of countries, states, counties, and other regions.
  2. Add your data. Import a spreadsheet, use AI, or color regions by hand.
  3. Customize. Apply a theme, adjust colors, add a legend, drop pins, toggle labels.
  4. Export or publish. Download as PNG, SVG, or PDF. Or publish an interactive map and embed it on your website.

For a full step-by-step walkthrough, see Getting Started with Ultimaps Studio.

What Ultimaps is not

Ultimaps is not a navigation tool. There are no directions, no street view, no routing. It's not a GIS platform either. You won't find spatial analysis, shapefile editing, or coordinate system transformations here.

Maps are vector-based, not tile-based. That means no street-level detail and no custom geometry uploads. If you need a map that's not in the catalog, you can order a custom map.

Free vs Pro

The free plan gives you unlimited maps, PNG export (with a small attribution in the bottom-right corner), 100 geocoding requests and 20 AI requests per month. That's enough for most individual use.

Pro removes the watermark and unlocks high-resolution PNG, SVG, and PDF export, plus templates. Plans start at €49/month. See pricing for details.