PAM vs MappedIn
Both help people find their way indoors. But a live venue on game day needs more than a map — it needs the whole stack, owned and run as one. Here's how to compare.
PAM is the operating system for the live venue: SmartMaps, native kiosks, SmartSigns, live operations, PAMalytics and a built-in sponsorship layer, all built and run (by you or PAM) on one cloud platform, PAMOS. MappedIn, by contrast, is an indoor mapping platform, SDKs, a Blue Dot positioning library and a map CMS that you (or a partner) integrate into your own apps and hardware.
MappedIn positioning summarised from their public product materials. Comparisons reflect PAM's owned, operated platform.
Common questions
PAM gives you the whole live-venue stack; maps, kiosks, signage, live operations, analytics and sponsorship, built by PAM and run by you in one platform. MappedIn gives you indoor maps and SDKs to build into your own product. One runs the venue; the other is a mapping toolkit.
No. PAM is an owned, operated stack, including native ADA-adjustable kiosks and live signage, not a software library bolted onto someone else's hardware. You can still integrate via PAM's open APIs (ticketing, POS, CRM).
Yes — that's a built-in product. Every screen, kiosk and mobile map is sellable, measurable media inventory. At the Truist Championship, sponsor click-through ran at 32% against the 0.5% digital-ad benchmark, about 60×.
If a map is all you need, a mapping SDK may be enough. If game day needs live rerouting, native kiosks, signage, sponsorship and analytics working as one system, that's what PAM is built for. Talk to us and we'll show you the difference live.
