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Felt vs Uptake

Felt logo

Felt

Maps

Collaborative browser mapping with a free non-commercial tier and annual-only paid contracts

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite
Uptake logo

Uptake

Fleet Management

Predictive maintenance analytics for commercial vehicle fleets and heavy industrial assets

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Felt has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Felt felt publishes no prices for Professional or Enterprise, so buyers cannot compare against ArcGIS Online or QGIS with hosting without entering a sales process; Uptake bosch announced a planned acquisition in March 2026, so the roadmap and the pricing model beyond the current contract term are outside the seller's control; buyers should insist on contractual protection rather than verbal reassurance.
  • They diverge on capability: Felt covers Real-time collaboration, Uptake covers Fault code prioritisation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Felt and Uptake actually diverge.

Attributes where Felt and Uptake differ
AttributeFeltUptake
Starting priceFreeOn request
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Cloud, iOS, Android
CategoryMapsFleet Management

Identical on both: pricing model (quote), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Felt

  • Real-time collaboration
  • Drag and drop data
  • Unlimited viewers
  • Field app with offline support
  • Dashboards
  • Live cloud sources
  • API and SDK

Only in Uptake

  • Fault code prioritisation
  • Failure prediction models
  • Telematics ingestion
  • Maintenance recommendations
  • Fleet health dashboards
  • Industrial APM

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Felt

  • An environmental consultancy that needs a client to view and comment on survey results without installing GIS softwarenot Uptake
  • A utility field crew collecting asset condition offline and syncing to the same map the office is looking atnot Uptake
  • A planning department sharing a proposal map with the public where the viewer count is unpredictable and viewer seats would be uncostednot Uptake
  • A team of analysts who each hold data in different formats and want one map assembled in an afternoon rather than a weeknot Uptake

Uptake

  • A long-haul carrier drowning in engine fault codes that needs the ten trucks worth acting on today rather than the four hundred codes loggednot Felt
  • A vehicle OEM wanting failure prediction on its own product without building a data science teamnot Felt
  • A mixed fleet running several telematics providers where the operator wants one health view instead of three vendor portalsnot Felt
  • A mining operation predicting haul truck component failures where an unplanned pit stoppage costs far more than the softwarenot Felt

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Felt

  • Felt publishes no prices for Professional or Enterprise, so buyers cannot compare against ArcGIS Online or QGIS with hosting without entering a sales process
  • Paid tiers are annual contract only with no monthly option, which excludes consultancies that need a tool for a single short engagement and forces them to the free non-commercial tier they are not licensed to use for client work
  • The API, JavaScript SDK and live warehouse connections are enterprise-only, so a mid-sized team that wants programmatic access has to buy the top tier rather than pay for one capability
  • Analytical depth is limited: there is no meaningful geoprocessing, topology checking or model building, so Felt sits beside a real GIS rather than replacing one
  • The Professional tier caps data processing at 25 GB a month and map views at 100,000 a month, which are easy to exceed with raster imagery or a public-facing map, and the overage terms are not published either

Uptake

  • Bosch announced a planned acquisition in March 2026, so the roadmap and the pricing model beyond the current contract term are outside the seller's control; buyers should insist on contractual protection rather than verbal reassurance.
  • The company narrowed dramatically from its original industrial AI positioning, and non-fleet industrial customers are now clearly a secondary segment whose requirements will compete with vehicle priorities inside a much larger parent.
  • Predictions depend entirely on the telematics feed, so a fleet with cheap devices that expose limited fault codes gets weaker results and no amount of model quality compensates.
  • Pricing is per asset per month with a practical fleet minimum, which puts it out of reach for smaller operators who arguably have the least maintenance analytics capability of their own.
  • It recommends but does not execute: alerts still have to be turned into work orders in a separate maintenance system, so value depends on integration work and on shop discipline Uptake cannot enforce.

Pricing, plan by plan

Felt

Free
  • PersonalFree
    • Free forever for non-commercial mapping
    • Map creation, upload and sharing
    • Not licensed for commercial use
  • Professional$undefined/year
    • 10 full-access seats with unlimited viewers
    • 25 GB of data processing per month
    • 100,000 map views per month
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Live cloud sources including Postgres, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks and S3
    • REST API and JavaScript SDK
    • AI features

Uptake

On request
  • Uptake Fleet$undefined/year
    • Priced per asset per month, quoted
    • Practical minimum fleet size applies
    • Telematics integration scoped and charged separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Felt if

  • You need real-time collaboration.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want drag and drop data.
Felt review

Choose Uptake if

  • You need fault code prioritisation.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
  • You also want failure prediction models.
Uptake review

Questions people ask

Is Felt or Uptake better?
Neither clearly leads. Felt starts at Free and Uptake at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Felt or Uptake?
Felt has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Felt and On request for Uptake.
Does Felt or Uptake run on more platforms?
Felt runs on Web, iOS, Android. Uptake runs on Web, Cloud, iOS, Android.
Can I use Felt for free?
Yes. Felt has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Uptake starts at On request.
What is Felt best used for?
Felt is most often used for an environmental consultancy that needs a client to view and comment on survey results without installing gis software, a utility field crew collecting asset condition offline and syncing to the same map the office is looking at, a planning department sharing a proposal map with the public where the viewer count is unpredictable and viewer seats would be uncosted, a team of analysts who each hold data in different formats and want one map assembled in an afternoon rather than a week. Of those, an environmental consultancy that needs a client to view and comment on survey results without installing gis software and a utility field crew collecting asset condition offline and syncing to the same map the office is looking at are not what Uptake is typically brought in for.
What can Felt do that Uptake cannot?
Felt covers Real-time collaboration, Drag and drop data, Unlimited viewers, Field app with offline support. Uptake covers Fault code prioritisation, Failure prediction models, Telematics ingestion, Maintenance recommendations.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Felt: What does Felt cost?

Felt does not publish prices for Professional or Enterprise. Personal is free but licensed for non-commercial use only.

Uptake: Is Uptake still trading?

Yes. It is operating and selling, with a Bosch acquisition announced in March 2026 and subject to regulatory approval.

Felt: Can I pay monthly?

No. Paid plans are annual contracts. There is a 7 day trial of Professional.

Uptake: Do I need Uptake hardware?

No. It consumes data from existing telematics devices and OEM feeds; there is no Uptake sensor to buy.

Felt: Do viewers cost anything?

No. Viewer access is unlimited on the paid plans, which is the main reason organisations with large map audiences choose it.

Uptake: Is Uptake still selling industrial asset performance management?

It retains the capability, but the commercial focus and the acquisition rationale are both fleet vehicles. Treat non-fleet roadmap commitments cautiously.

Felt: Is there a nonprofit discount?

Yes, 30 per cent for verified United States nonprofits, and free access for verified students and classrooms.

Uptake: How is it priced?

Per asset per month, quoted, with a practical minimum fleet size. Nothing is published.

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