Crowd Connected
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VisitCrowd Connected vs IRIS
What both publish
| Fact | Crowd Connected | IRIS |
|---|---|---|
| API and exports | The platform exposes APIs for analytics and audience segments, CSV exports for tools such as Excel, Power BI and Tableau, and real-time entry and exit event streaming. | IRIS provides a documented REST API, an MCP server, and exports in CSV, XLSX, and GeoJSON formats. |
| Company | Crowd Connected Ltd is a UK-based location technology company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Guildford, Surrey, UK. | IRIS is the main product of The Big Data Company, based at Utrecht Science Park in Utrecht. |
| Headquarters | Guildford, Surrey, UK | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include MapsPeople, Mazemap, Mappedin, Point Maps, Visioglobe, Pushwoosh, Airship, Salesforce, OneSignal, AWS Pinpoint, AWS SNS, APNS, Expo and Firebase. | The MCP server can be used with assistants including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot. |
| Purpose | The platform provides indoor and outdoor positioning, blue dot navigation, footfall analytics, and asset and wearable tracking. | IRIS forecasts revenue for candidate locations and provides prediction intervals, sales drivers, and validation against a customer's own stores. |
| Security | The company's data security document states that internet data transmission uses TLS encryption and that data in S3, EC2, and Dynamo is encrypted at rest. | IRIS says customer data is hosted and processed in the EU, is not resold, and is not used to train another customer's model without permission. |
| Support | Permanent indoor positioning plans list limited email support on Free and Starter, full support on Basic and Standard, and managed service on Enterprise. | IRIS Market does not include paid human support, while IRIS Studio includes support from the people who built the models. |
Crowd Connected plans
- Permanent Indoor Positioning FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Standard$0.05 a year
- Permanent Indoor Positioning Standard0.05 USD/EUR a year
- Attendee Tracking (UK)£8, paid once
- Attendee Tracking (US)$10, paid once
IRIS plans
- Kick Start€2,000, paid once
- IRIS Market€6,000 a year
- IRIS Studio€13,000 a year
- IRIS€24,000 a year
Pick Crowd Connected if…
Crowd Connected suits event, healthcare, and education teams that need location features or footfall analytics. Event organizers may find its wearable-tag tracking useful when they need attendance and movement data without badge scans.
Pick IRIS if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.