CARTO brings a modern web aesthetic to all of my maps right out of the box

Carto is the most powerful GIS tool I’ve ever tried! It helps you to understand why things happen everywhere, anytime.

I love carto. It has made learning how to apply spatial analysis very easy. This is coming from someone who has no experience with data / spatial analysis. I come from a purely architectural background and learned how to use SQL from carto. I also took on a bit of CSS / HTML from using the carto builder interface. It definitely does not replace an actual background in data analysis / gis / computer science, but I don't think I would've learned it as quickly without carto. It is also very aesthetic and easy to use compared to qgis or arcgic