How much does AskEarth cost?

No public pricing; demos and pilots on request.

What are the best alternatives to AskEarth?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to AskEarth among data analyst agents are Datapad, Lumi AI, Pluvo, Opensee. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Can AskEarth be self hosted or run in a private VPC?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. AskEarth publishes public evidence of self hosted or private VPC deployment, along with data residency options for controlling where agent data is processed and stored. Evidence basis: Data is hosted in the EU by default, customers can choose their region including Switzerland, and sovereign, dedicated cloud or on premises deployments are available for regulated customers, with workloads in isolated VPC networks. askEarth. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does AskEarth give you tracing and observability into agent runs?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. AskEarth publishes public evidence of tracing, observability and audit logging into agent runs, so a team can see what an agent did and why. Evidence basis: Every prompt, response and data access is logged and exportable, and answers show their reasoning steps with map evidence. Every answer is traced to its source, so a reviewer can see which data layer and document it rests on. askEarth, ask. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Can you bring your own model or route between providers with AskEarth?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. AskEarth publishes public evidence of bring your own model and bring your own key (BYOK), and of routing tasks between models or providers rather than being locked to one. Evidence basis: GIA works with the customer's own proprietary LLM or a third party model, so the customer can bring its own model. askEarth names no provider. askEarth, ask.earth/gia, 2026-09-28. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Q: Who is AskEarth for?

Insurers (underwriting, prevention and claims teams), Organizations with proprietary geoportals and geospatial data

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Data analyst agentindependentVerified 2026-09-28

Entry priceNot public; demo and pilot on request.Full pricing detail

Geospatial intelligence agent (GIA) that answers plain language questions over a customer's geodata, satellite imagery and documents with cited sources, hosted in the EU by default with sovereign and on premises options.

askEarth builds GIA, a geospatial intelligence agent that lets people without GIS expertise ask questions of geospatial data in plain language. For each question GIA loads the customer's data, pulls in sources such as natural disaster perimeters and satellite imagery, reconciles projections and runs spatial joins, then answers on an interactive map with the data layer and source behind each answer. It works across structured geodata and unstructured content such as regulations, PDFs, spreadsheets and websites, and connects to the customer's APIs, databases, risk models and geoportals alongside Copernicus Sentinel, Planet and Airbus imagery and national geoportals.

askEarth also sells an AI Readiness service, in which its team reviews a customer's geospatial catalog and authors machine readable metadata, and packages GIA for insurers as a live property risk profile with a before and after evidence pack per address. askEarth offers SSO through any identity provider, granular permissions for users, teams and data sources, logging of every prompt, response and data access, EU hosting by default with a choice of region including Switzerland, and sovereign or on premises deployment. ISO 27001 is in progress.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://www.ask.earth

Funding status

Seed. Raised about 3.93 million dollars in total, including an oversubscribed seed round of 2.26 million Swiss francs, about 2.85 million dollars, led by 42CAP with participation from Kickfund, Zuercher Kantonalbank, Venture Kick, S2S Ventures, Founderful, and Incubateur HEC Paris.

Company status

independent

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

Plain language questions over geospatial dataProperty risk profiles for insurers from satellite imageryPreparing geospatial catalogs for AISatellite and Earth observation analysis

Target customers

Insurers (underwriting, prevention and claims teams)Organizations with proprietary geoportals and geospatial data

Deployment options

SaaSdedicated cloudsovereign cloudon premises

Integrations

Connects to the customer's APIs, databases, risk models and geoportals, and draws on Copernicus Sentinel, Planet and Airbus imagery and national geoportals such as IGN and Swisstopo. It works across geodata and documents such as regulations, PDFs and spreadsheets.

In practice

An insurer needs a property's risk before it quotes. GIA returns a five second risk profile covering roof condition, footprint mismatch, tree overhang and pools, with every answer traced to its source.

Hail hits a region overnight. GIA builds a before and after evidence pack for each insured address within 48 hours, from satellite imagery and disaster perimeters.

An energy company is choosing sites for new assets. Planners ask GIA in plain language, and it combines their own data with imagery, cadastre, grid and environmental risk layers in about 30 seconds instead of weeks of GIS work.

Sources & related URLs

Related / legacy domains

https://www.linkedin.com/company/askearth https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/askearth

Research sources

https://www.ask.earth/ https://www.ask.earth/gia https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/askearth https://www.venturekick.ch/Swiss-DeepTech-startup-askEarth-raises-CHF-226M-to-advance-geospatial-AI

Agentic Index coverage score

6.0 / 14 capabilities · 43%

Integrations & Tool Calling	Partial
GIA connects to the customer's APIs, databases, risk models and geoportals through prebuilt connectors for satellites, APIs and databases, and draws on Copernicus Sentinel, Planet and Airbus imagery and national geoportals such as IGN and Swisstopo, all as sources it reads. askEarth names no action GIA takes in a customer system. Users include swisstopo, Stadt Zürich, several Swiss cantons, TotalEnergies, Aramco and the United Nations. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/product and ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Workflow Orchestration	Partial
For each question GIA runs its own sequence of steps, loading the customer's data, pulling disaster perimeters and satellite imagery, reconciling projections and running spatial joins, and it handles multi layer, multi step questions a standard geoportal cannot. askEarth names no flow the customer builds or configures. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth and ask.earth/productread 2026-10-06
Knowledge Grounding & RAG	Full
GIA grounds its answers in the customer's own data and documents, working across structured geodata and unstructured content such as regulations, PDFs, spreadsheets and websites, and cites the data layer and source behind each answer. It also draws on cadastre, grid and environmental risk layers alongside satellite imagery. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/productread 2026-10-06
Human Oversight & Guardrails	Not documented
GIA returns answers to the person who asked and traces every answer to its source. askEarth names no approval step, review queue or guardrail setting. SourceaskEarth, ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Security, Identity & Governance	Partial
SSO works through Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace or any identity provider over SAML or OIDC, with granular permissions for users, teams and data sources. Data is protected with TLS 1.3 and AES-256 encryption, and customer managed keys are a premium option. ISO 27001 is in progress, and askEarth names no completed attestation. It claims GDPR compliance and alignment with the EU AI Act. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/security and ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Observability & Auditability	Full
Every prompt, response and data access is logged and exportable, and answers show their reasoning steps with map evidence. Every answer is traced to its source, so a reviewer can see which data layer and document it rests on. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/security and ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Memory & State Persistence	Not documented
Across conversations, askEarth names no memory GIA keeps, no saved context and no learning from past questions. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/productread 2026-10-06
Deployment & Data Residency	Full
Data is hosted in the EU by default, customers can choose their region including Switzerland, and sovereign, dedicated cloud or on premises deployments are available for regulated customers, with workloads in isolated VPC networks. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/security and ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Prebuilt Agents / Templates / Packs	Partial
askEarth groups its offer as AI Readiness, Spatial Copilot and Spatial Intelligence Solutions. Two use cases are live, strategic assets site selection and assets risk monitoring for insurance, the second giving insurers a five second property risk profile at quote time, checks for roof condition, footprint mismatch, tree overhang and pools, and a 48 hour before and after evidence pack per address after hail or flood. There is no published catalog of ready made agents or templates. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/product and ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Triggers & Channel Coverage	Not documented
GIA works when a person asks a question in plain language in its map and chat interface. askEarth names no alert, schedule, event trigger or other channel. SourceaskEarth, ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Model Flexibility & Routing	Full
GIA works with the customer's own proprietary LLM or a third party model, so the customer can bring its own model. askEarth names no provider. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/giaread 2026-09-28
APIs / SDKs / MCP Extensibility	Not documented
There is no public API, SDK, MCP server or developer documentation for building on GIA. The customer's own APIs can be plugged into GIA, but only as a data source. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth and ask.earth/productread 2026-10-06
Testing, Debugging & Optimization	Not documented
By askEarth's own comparison, GIA answers in 30 seconds where a GIS team takes two to six weeks. askEarth names no test set, accuracy measurement or evaluation of GIA's answers. SourceaskEarth, ask.earthread 2026-10-06
Browser / Computer-use	Not documented
GIA reads websites only as sources for answers, and askEarth names no browser or desktop operation by GIA. SourceaskEarth, ask.earth/product; ask.earthread 2026-10-06

The Agentic Index coverage score grades every vendor Full, Partial or Not documented against the same 14 buyer facing capabilities, from public evidence only. Each capability links to how all vendors in the index score on it. How this evidence is graded

Pricing

Not public; demo and pilot on request.

Included quota

Not public.

Cost watchouts

Customer managed encryption keys are a premium option. Sovereign or on premises deployment and third party imagery licensing may add cost, which is an inference; askEarth states commercial imagery is handled through a single licensing path.

Variable cost rationale

No billing unit is published, so exposure is unknown; imagery and query volume are plausible drivers for this kind of product, which is an inference.

Overage / add-ons

Not public.

Sales call required

Yes, required for paid access

Free / trial

Demo and pilot on request; no self serve trial

Lowest paid plan

Not public.

Key ambiguities

No price, plan or billing unit is published; the FAQ offers demos and pilots, and customer managed keys are a premium option on the Security page.

Agentic Index verified 2026-09-28

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