Trimble TerraSync 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Trimble TerraSync

4.3

(12)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Trimble TerraSync

TerraSync is an industry-leading mobile unit that can display and collect high-accuracy GNSS observations. Built on the Trimble Connect cloud and web platform, TerraSync is connected to every device in your fleet, enabling personnel to view and share geodetic quality data instantly. Using Trimble's latest technology, TerraSync collects precise positions in challenging environments and reduces time-consuming GPS data collection at project sites, construction yards, survey projects and more.

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Trimble TerraSync Pricing and Plans

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Trimble TerraSync Features

Popular features found in GIS
3D Imaging
Color Codes/Icons
Data Import/Export
Data Mapping
Geocoding
Image Management
Labeling
Map Sharing
Reporting/Analytics
Route Optimization
More features of Trimble TerraSync
Data Collection
Internet Mapping
Map Creation
Spatial Analysis

Trimble TerraSync User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

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Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.3

Value for money

3.4

Customer support

3.9

Functionality

4.1

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Hilary W.

Verified reviewer

Environmental Services

201-500 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2018

For environmental professionals, TerraSync is a great thing!

Overall, I have been pleased with TerraSync and the services it provides. Anything that streamlines field work is greatly appreciated, and this software does just that.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

TerraSync is great for the transfer of data between the GPS unit and your computer. The software makes going into the field easy - from quick upload of pre-selected sample locations to fast download of collected data points post-effort.

Cons:

The software does seem to have a few quirks - I've had coordinate system units change from feet to meters on me a few times between upload and transfer to the GPS unit, which can be tricky when trying to fix real-time in the field.

Verified

Reviewer

Environmental Services

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Standard, but showing its age

It's worked for me for the past 11 years since I started out in the field, and continues to work. Having worked with other software, particularly more GIS-based applications for mobile devices, it just seems clunky and like it's not advancing at the same rate.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

This is the tried and true software for Trimble GPS units. It's easy enough to use, and lets me collect my data.

Cons:

I really find the lack of interaction with background files annoying. If you want a background layer (roads, for example), but you want to be able to see any associated information, you have to put that background layer into a data file, match it with your data dictionary, etc..., then upload. If you're standing at your tailgate with a laptop and somebody has just emailed you a shape, you don't want to mess with that. You just want to load it and go.

Nathan B.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

It feels like it's software that is stuck in the 90s - but it does everything it needs to.

It's literally the only software/hardware combo that can do what we need to do in a way that doesn't require backpack units and huge capital investments. It's amazingly powerful but implemented in a really dumb way.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The functionality is pretty amazing - the ability to geolocate with that level of precision, to do these corrections that rapidly, to do it in the field with a laptop is insane. That being said, the actual handheld user experience on a GEOXT or whatever is mediocre at best. I mean, we use it every day for projects that we couldn't otherwise do - but only because it's the only option, not the best.

Cons:

The user interface makes no sense, the terminology of 'background' vs 'data' files is silly and non-intuitive, using it to navigate in the field is hit-and-miss (I'd rather have a topo and a compass), and editing features is almost impossible.

Alaila L.

Verified reviewer

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

Trimble equipment is very useful for gravimetric surveys, seismic and topographic studies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software that terraSync are essential tools for a field geolocation work, allowing the field operator to store all the data collected in a single computer that can later be downloaded to a computer in the easiest and most efficient way. They are high precision equipment for seismic surveys, georadar, topographic surveys, etc.

Cons:

Trimble functional equipment perfectly in open areas free of vegetation which is a limitation for spaces with high density of vegetation, losing signal capture data.

Verified

Reviewer

Oil & Energy

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Trimble Terasync

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Trimble is a leading GPS product. The onboard interface used on their systems is easy to navigate.

Cons:

May take some time to get used to all the buttons and features, but overall great experince.

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Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Trimble TerraSync is great

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Amazing functionality and it is very easy to use.

Cons:

The user interface is old fashioned and the software appears to have a few quirks.

Yemsi P.

Verified reviewer

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Capture GPS data in a simple and basic way

The benefits are being able to capture data gps quickly in a fieldwork. In addition to its compatibility with GIS software, which allows to facilitate certain work processes

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The program allows basic GPS data capture functions in any place, with good satellite coverage. Another aspect that I like is that it allows transferring the captured data to other formats such as dxf, shp among others, to process that data in other programs.

Cons:

I do not like that it has a old fashioned user interface, and it is limiting in some options to do. I want to have more facilities to collect the data and make the necessary modifications, in the short time that I have in fieldwork

Zach K.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

2-10 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Trimble terrasync

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Mapping data points in real time is fluid and functional. Data transfers once back at the office are easy. Wifi ready but I've never used in the field.

Cons:

The handheld device is clunky and moving software between machines is messy with licenses needing to be removed by the vendor before reactivating.

ronald s.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

It is a software in which data of geographic information can be collected in the field in a fast way

Quality of the information collected in the field.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is a software with many advantages since it has a good interface, in addition to the high precision of the data.

Cons:

It is a software with a high cost, but it is worth investing since it gives excellent results in terms of accuracy and data quality.

Garrett K.

Verified reviewer

Environmental Services

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

I use TerraSync on a Trimble 6000 Series for wetland delineations. Very accurate equipment.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the abundance of features. Although I only use some of them, the ones I do use are very efficient.

Cons:

Although I like the abundance of features, sometimes having too much can be confusing. I with there was one specifically designed around me field needs.

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