Two strong interactive mapping platforms — one a ready-to-use product built around floor plans, booth sales, wayfinding and kiosks, one a mapping platform and SDK toolkit for permanent venues and custom app development.
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Mappedin is a general-purpose indoor mapping platform used by malls, stadiums, airports, universities, hospitals, and workplaces. It offers a self-serve map editor with AI-assisted map creation, digital directories, indoor wayfinding, and a well-documented set of SDKs and APIs for web, iOS, Android, and React Native, so development teams can embed custom indoor maps into their own apps and products. It is a mature, credible platform for permanent venues, publicly referencing customers such as major mall operators, stadiums, and airports. Mappedin is not, however, a trade-show-specific product: its public materials focus on venue operations, navigation, and workplace use cases rather than event organizer workflows.
ExpoFP takes a different approach: it is a floor-plan-first platform that started with trade shows, expos, and conferences and now also offers solutions for campuses and shopping centres. The interactive floor plan is the core product, with booth inventory and management, booth reservations and online booth purchases, exhibitor profiles and discovery, website embedding, turn-by-turn accessible wayfinding across floors and buildings with no app download, standing kiosks with "you are here" and offline mode, and analytics. Blue-dot indoor, outdoor GPS and QR-code positioning are available at the project level. Organizers can build a floor plan themselves in the drag-and-drop editor or have the ExpoFP team convert an existing plan, then publish it to their event website in minutes.
This page is for teams comparing ExpoFP vs Mappedin, looking for a Mappedin alternative for trade shows, or evaluating interactive event floor plan software and booth sales tools. If your project is a custom app build on indoor mapping SDKs, Mappedin deserves a serious look. If your project is an event, or a venue that wants ready-made web and kiosk wayfinding — with booths to sell, exhibitors to list, and attendees to guide — the comparison below explains why an event floor plan platform like ExpoFP is usually the faster path.
This comes down to whether you are buying an event product or mapping infrastructure.
You run trade shows, expos, or conferences and need the floor plan to do commercial work: manage booth inventory, take reservations and online booth purchases, publish an exhibitor directory, and give attendees turn-by-turn wayfinding without an app — or you run a venue that wants web and kiosk wayfinding without a development project. ExpoFP delivers all of this out of the box, with a free plan, a 7-day full-featured trial, and published DIY pricing from $149/mo.
You manage a permanent venue portfolio — malls, stadiums, campuses, hospitals, or offices — and want workplace integrations and enterprise-scale mapping, or you are a development team building indoor mapping into your own native app or product. Mappedin's editor, AI mapping, and multi-platform SDKs are designed exactly for that, and its free self-serve tier makes it easy to start mapping a building.
Mappedin capabilities are summarized from its public website and documentation as of July 2026. Anything marked “should be confirmed” is worth verifying directly with Mappedin for your use case.
| Feature | ExpoFP | Mappedin |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive event floor plans | Core productPurpose-built for trade shows and expos | Interactive indoor maps for venues; events are not the documented focus |
| Floor plan editing | Drag-and-drop editor plus optional done-for-you conversion by the ExpoFP team | Self-serve map editor with AI-assisted map creation from uploaded plans |
| Booth management | Built-in booth inventory tied directly to the map | Not a documented focus; no booth-specific tooling in public materials |
| Booth reservations | Exhibitors can request/reserve booths from the live floor plan | Not a documented feature; should be confirmed with Mappedin |
| Booth purchases online | Supported on paid plansBooth reservation and sponsorships included from DIY at $149/mo; exhibitor payments can be enabled on DIY, Standard and Pro plans | Not a documented feature |
| Real-time booth availability | Live availability shown on the floor plan as booths sell | Not a documented focus |
| Exhibitor profiles / listings | Built-in exhibitor directory with logos, descriptions, and links | Location/POI profiles for venuesExhibitor-style listings should be confirmed |
| Search by booth, company, or category | Built-in event search across booths, exhibitors, and categories | Map search for locations and points of interest |
| Attendee wayfinding | Turn-by-turn, accessible routes across floors, buildings and an area mapBlue-dot, outdoor GPS and QR-code positioning available at the project level | Strong wayfindingA-to-B routing, multi-floor navigation, indoor positioning options |
| Mobile / browser experience | Web-firstWorks in any mobile browser, no app required; standing kiosks with "you are here", caching and full offline mode | Web SDK plus native iOS, Android, and React Native SDKsApp builds require development |
| Multi-floor / multi-building support | SupportedMulti-level venues and multi-building events | SupportedUnlimited floors and campus-scale mapping |
| Website embedding | One-line embed of the floor plan and exhibitor list on any site | Embeddable maps and sharing; deeper customization via SDKs |
| Self-service setup | Publish an event floor plan yourself, often same day | Self-serve editor availableAdvanced experiences typically need developer work |
| Lead retrieval / capture | Not a core feature; analytics on searches, booth views and routes are included | Not a documented feature |
| Public pricing | PublishedFree plan, 7-day trial, DIY from $149/mo | Free tier to startPaid plans priced by square footage, quote-based for enterprise |
| Product scope | Floor plans, booth sales, exhibitor marketing, wayfinding, kiosks and positioning options in one tool | General indoor mapping platform and SDK toolkit for many industries |
| Best fit | Trade shows, expos, conferences, fairs, plus campuses and shopping centres wanting ready-made wayfinding | Malls, stadiums, airports, campuses, offices, custom app projects |
| Ideal buyer | Event organizers and venue teams selling booth space | Venue operators, workplace teams, and software developers |
Mappedin is excellent general mapping infrastructure. But event organizers usually need a product, not a platform to build on — and that is where ExpoFP wins:
If you operate a portfolio of permanent spaces — shopping malls, stadiums, airports, hospitals, corporate campuses, or offices — and want enterprise-scale mapping with AI-assisted map creation, digital directories, workplace integrations, and indoor positioning options, Mappedin is designed for exactly that job. It is also the stronger choice when you have a development team building indoor maps into your own mobile or web application: its web, iOS, Android, and React Native SDKs and developer documentation are a core strength, and its free self-serve tier makes experimentation low-risk.
The honest framing is not “which platform is better” but “which problem are you solving.” Mappedin sells general indoor mapping infrastructure: a powerful editor, hosting, and SDKs that development teams shape into whatever experience a venue needs. That flexibility is the point — and the cost. To get event-specific behavior like booth inventory, reservations, exhibitor self-service, or online booth sales, you would need to design and build those workflows yourself on top of the mapping layer, then maintain them.
ExpoFP starts from the opposite end. It ships as a finished product, so the commercial workflows are already in it: the floor plan doubles as booth inventory, the map doubles as a directory, and wayfinding works in the browser and on kiosks on day one. You give up SDK-level flexibility — ExpoFP is not a toolkit for building your own native or workplace app — and in exchange you get a ready system without writing code, whether for an event, a campus or a shopping centre. For most organizers, that trade is the whole decision.
Start with your venue's lifecycle. A permanent building justifies permanent mapping infrastructure, ongoing square-footage-based subscriptions, and possibly custom app development. An event — even a recurring one — needs a floor plan that can be built quickly, sell booth space, promote exhibitors, and guide attendees for a few intense days, then be cloned for the next edition.
Then look at who will do the work. If you have developers and a roadmap, Mappedin's SDKs reward that investment. If your team is event operations, sales, and marketing, ExpoFP's self-service editor and out-of-the-box workflows will get you live without engineering time.
A free plan and a 7-day full-featured trial — no SDK, no dev team, no mapping project to scope.
Common questions for teams comparing ExpoFP and Mappedin.
Yes — for events. If you were considering Mappedin to power an interactive trade show or expo floor plan, ExpoFP covers the same interactive mapping and wayfinding needs while adding booth inventory, reservations, online booth sales, and an exhibitor directory out of the box. For permanent venues, ExpoFP's campus and shopping centre solutions cover web and kiosk wayfinding, while Mappedin is the stronger choice when you need native SDKs or workplace integrations.
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Information on this page is based on publicly available product materials and may change over time. If you represent this product and would like us to correct or update anything, please contact us. This is ExpoFP's own comparison and reflects our perspective based on publicly available information and user-facing product research.