A practical comparison of a turnkey event floor plan platform and a developer-oriented indoor mapping SDK — so you can pick the right tool for your trade show or expo.
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MapsPeople is a Danish indoor mapping company whose core product, MapsIndoors, is a platform for building interactive indoor maps into apps and websites. It provides native SDKs for iOS, Android, and Web (built on top of base maps such as Mapbox and Google Maps), a content management system for updating map data without code, and wayfinding features including turn-by-turn directions, accessibility-aware routing, and multi-stop routes. MapsPeople serves a broad range of venue types — offices, airports, stadiums, malls, healthcare, education — and also markets an events use case, with features like clickable exhibitor POIs, sponsor highlighting, category search, and kiosk-optimized maps. It is a capable, well-regarded platform, and its publicly listed customers include event-technology companies and large venue operators.
ExpoFP takes a different, narrower path: it is a floor-plan-first platform built specifically for events. The interactive floor plan is not just a map layer — it is the system of record for your booth inventory. Organizers draw or import the floor plan, manage booth numbers, sizes, and pricing, take reservations and online booth purchases directly from the map, publish exhibitor profiles and a searchable directory, embed everything on the event website, and give attendees browser-based wayfinding with no app download. Reporting on booth status, exhibitor engagement, and floor plan traffic is built in.
This page is for teams comparing ExpoFP vs MapsPeople, looking for a MapsIndoors alternative for trade shows, expos, and conferences — or simply trying to understand the difference between indoor mapping infrastructure and a trade show floor plan platform with booth sales, an exhibitor directory, and attendee wayfinding included out of the box.
One is an event product; the other is mapping infrastructure.
You run trade shows, expos, or conferences and want an interactive floor plan that also sells booths, lists exhibitors, and guides attendees — live in days, without developers. ExpoFP is self-service, has a free plan and a 7-day full-featured trial, and publishes DIY pricing from $149/mo, so you can start today and know your costs up front.
You are mapping a permanent venue — an office campus, airport, stadium, or hospital — or you are building a custom app and need robust indoor mapping SDKs, a mapping CMS, and enterprise-grade routing as infrastructure. If you have a development team and a long-term, multi-building mapping program, MapsIndoors is built for exactly that.
Comparison based on publicly available materials as of July 2026. MapsIndoors capabilities may vary by package and implementation.
| Feature | ExpoFP | MapsPeople |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive event floor plans | Core productBuilt for expo halls and booth layouts | YesInteractive 2D/3D indoor maps, with an events use case |
| Floor plan editing | Built-in visual editor; organizers edit booths themselves | Map data managed via MapsIndoors CMS and APIs |
| Booth management | Booth inventory with numbers, sizes, pricing, and statuses | Not a documented focus; maps show locations and POIs |
| Booth reservations | Built inExhibitors reserve booths from the live map | Not a documented feature |
| Booth purchases online | Yes, on paid plansSubscription + Payments from $269/mo for up to 100 booths | Not a documented feature |
| Real-time booth availability | YesAvailability updates on the public map | Not a documented feature |
| Exhibitor profiles / listings | Full profiles with logos, descriptions, and a searchable directory | Clickable POIs can include exhibitor intros and images |
| Search by booth, company, or category | YesBuilt for expo-style discovery | YesLocation and category search with filters |
| Attendee wayfinding | Browser-based directions to any boothNo app required | StrongTurn-by-turn directions, multi-stop and accessible routes |
| Mobile / browser experience | Web-firstWorks in any mobile browser instantly | Web, mobile, and kiosk supportSDKs target custom native apps |
| Multi-floor / multi-building support | YesMultiple halls, levels, and buildings | YesMulti-floor, multi-building, indoor-to-outdoor |
| Website embedding | One-line embed of floor plan and exhibitor list on your site | Maps can be embedded in your app or used stand-alone |
| Self-service setup | YesSign up and build without a sales call | Typically demo- and sales-led; SDK work generally needs developers |
| Lead retrieval / capture | Built-in lead capture tools for exhibitors | Not a documented focus |
| Public pricing | PublishedFree plan, trial, DIY from $149/mo | Not published; custom quotes (reportedly based on venue area) |
| Product scope | End-to-end event floor plan, booth sales, and exhibitor tools | Indoor mapping platform, SDKs, and CMS for many venue types |
| Best fit | Trade shows, expos, conferences, consumer shows | Permanent venues and custom apps needing mapping infrastructure |
| Ideal buyer | Event organizers and expo teams | Developers, IT teams, and venue operators |
MapsIndoors is mapping infrastructure; ExpoFP is a finished event product. For teams whose actual job is running a trade show, that difference shows up everywhere:
MapsPeople is a strong choice when the mapping need outlives any single event. If you operate a permanent venue — a stadium, airport, corporate campus, or convention center — and want indoor navigation deeply integrated into your own native app, MapsIndoors' SDKs, CMS, routing engine, and enterprise reliability claims (including very high map-load capacity and uptime commitments) are built for that job. Teams with in-house developers who want full control over the map experience, custom data integrations, and multi-venue programs will find MapsIndoors a more natural fit than an event-specific tool.
The honest way to frame this comparison: ExpoFP is an event product, and MapsIndoors is mapping infrastructure. ExpoFP makes opinionated choices about what a trade show needs — booth inventory, reservations, payments, exhibitor profiles, embeddable directories, browser wayfinding — and delivers them ready to use. You trade some low-level flexibility for speed: an organizer can go from blank canvas to a live, sellable floor plan in days without writing code.
MapsIndoors makes the opposite trade. It gives developers powerful building blocks — SDKs, APIs, a CMS, routing — and lets you construct almost any indoor map experience, for almost any venue type. But the event-commerce layer (selling booths, managing exhibitor listings, capturing leads) is yours to build or integrate, and the platform is typically bought through a sales process with custom pricing. Neither approach is wrong; they solve different problems. The question is whether you want to buy an event floor plan solution or build one on top of a mapping platform.
Start from who will do the work and when the event happens. If your team is event organizers and marketers working toward a show date, a self-service product that handles booth sales and exhibitor content without engineering support will get you live faster and cheaper. If your team includes developers building a long-lived app for a permanent venue, an SDK-based platform gives you the control that a turnkey product cannot.
Then look at what the map has to do. A map that only shows locations is a different product from a map that sells them.
No code, no SDK, no implementation phase — and you can test it free first.
Common questions for teams comparing ExpoFP and MapsPeople.
For events, yes. ExpoFP covers the interactive-map and wayfinding needs that would draw an event team to MapsIndoors, and adds booth sales, exhibitor directories, and event reporting that MapsIndoors does not document as core features. For permanent-venue navigation inside a custom native app, the products are less interchangeable — that is MapsPeople's home turf.
Booth inventory, reservations, payments, exhibitor profiles, and browser wayfinding — ready to use.
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.