Transparent, published pricing
Free, $49/month Standard, and $99/month Pro are listed on the pricing page. A department can bring a real number to a budget request without waiting on a vendor quote.
Municipal Cemetery Software
Cemetery records software built for how a government office actually buys software
CEMETERRA replaces the spreadsheet that gets passed between clerks with a self-serve system: plot records, interactive mapping, public burial search, and a GeoJSON export for the GIS system your department already runs — without a quote-only sales process or a multi-month implementation project.
Why municipal and county cemetery departments choose CEMETERRA
Government cemetery offices have different constraints than a private operator: procurement rules, public-records obligations, and staff turnover that a spreadsheet does not survive.
No procurement-length onboarding
Setup is self-serve: create an account, upload a map, start adding plot records the same day. There is no professional services engagement gating the start date.
Public records, answered once
Public grave and genealogy search gives residents a standing way to look up burial information, reducing one-off records requests to the office.
Fits alongside existing GIS
A GeoJSON export hands plot boundaries to a GIS system the department already runs, instead of asking the department to adopt a new mapping platform.
Survives staff turnover
Records, maps, and history live in one system with role-based accounts, not in a spreadsheet that only the previous clerk understood.
Free tier to pilot first
Up to 500 plot records at no cost, so a department can evaluate the system before committing budget to it.
Where GIS fits
Being honest about the shape of this: CEMETERRA is not an ArcGIS application, and it does not replace a GIS department's tools. It is a records and mapping system that hands your GIS environment a standard file.
Plot boundaries are drawn on an uploaded map image or PDF and calibrated to real-world GPS coordinates with a small set of control points — a one-time step that does not require survey equipment or a GIS background. From there, cemeteries on the Standard plan or higher can export plot geometry as GeoJSON, a format QGIS and ArcGIS Online both read directly as a layer. That means a department without dedicated GIS staff can still run the whole system day to day, and a department that does have a GIS team can pull the cemetery into the same map as parcels, zoning, and other city or county layers.
No GIS project required to start
Draw boundaries on the map you already have. A survey improves absolute accuracy, but is not a prerequisite.
Standard export format
GeoJSON output follows RFC 7946, the same open format QGIS and ArcGIS Online both import as a layer.
Self-serve, no per-project fee
Exporting is a button in the dashboard, included at the Standard plan — not a paid digitization or GIS consulting engagement.
Bring a real number to your budget request
Free · Standard $49/month · Pro $99/month, published at cemeterra.com/pricing. No setup fee, no per-acre mapping charge, and no card required to start on the free plan.
Questions from municipal and county cemetery departments
Does CEMETERRA integrate with our municipality's GIS system?
Plot boundaries are calibrated to real GPS coordinates as part of normal mapping setup, and a GeoJSON export (Standard plan and up) turns that into a standard file your GIS team can add as a layer in QGIS or ArcGIS Online. CEMETERRA is not built on top of ArcGIS itself — it is a standalone system that exports to the GIS environment you already run, so there is no separate GIS platform to license or maintain.
Do we need a dedicated GIS or IT staff member to use CEMETERRA?
No. Plot mapping is done by drawing boundaries on an uploaded map image or PDF in the browser, and calibrating a handful of GPS control points is a one-time, self-serve step. Departments without in-house GIS staff can run the full system day to day; the GeoJSON export exists for the times a GIS system is involved without requiring one to operate the software.
Can residents search burial records online?
Yes. Public grave and genealogy search is included, and cemeteries control exactly which plots and record fields are publicly visible. This gives a department a standing answer to public records requests for burial information without a manual lookup each time.
How does purchasing work — do you require an RFP or a sales call?
No sales call is required to start or to see pricing. Plans and prices are published at cemeterra.com/pricing: Free, Standard at $49/month, and Pro at $99/month, billed monthly with no long-term contract. A department can pilot on the free plan before requesting budget approval, which avoids the vendor-quote step that a formal RFP process often requires just to get a comparable number.
Is our data portable if the department switches systems later?
Plot and interment records export to CSV at any time, and plot geometry exports to GeoJSON. Nothing about the record format is proprietary to CEMETERRA, so a future migration does not start from a blank spreadsheet.
Does CEMETERRA support multiple staff members with different access levels?
Yes. Roles range from owner and admin down to staff and crew, each with different access, and every security-sensitive action is written to an audit log — useful when more than one clerk or department touches the same records over time.
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Pricing
Free, Standard, and Pro plans, published in full.