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Pin Drop vs Lead Plotter
LeadPlotter helps a single rep work a personal patch, surfacing nearby leads and turning a shortlist into an optimised route. Pin Drop treats every location as a lasting shared record, with visit history on the pin, hand-drawn territories and a pipeline the whole team can see.
Every place holds its own history.
Each pin keeps its visit history, notes, photos and pipeline stage in one place, so anyone on the team can see what happened last time.
Territories drawn by hand.
Mark out coverage on the map with named owners and overlap, not just a lasso around today's leads.
Check-in and check-out, automatically.
Arriving at and leaving a site captures notes and media against the pin without a rep having to log it manually.
Routes that hand off where you already navigate.
Traffic-aware multi-stop routes pass straight to Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze, on iOS and Android, offline capture included.
How the two tools compare on the ground.
LeadPlotter is a straightforward, affordable way for an individual rep to work a map. It finds and plots leads and customers, lets you draw a lasso round a cluster of accounts, and turns that selection into an optimised, traffic-aware route with turn-by-turn hand-off to Apple or Google Maps.
Check-ins and notes let a rep log a visit and keep track of when an account was last worked, and routes export straight into iCal or Google Calendar so a day's schedule sits alongside everything else. For someone who just needs their patch on a map and a sensible route through it, that is a genuinely useful, uncomplicated tool.
Pricing runs three paid tiers billed annually: Slim at around $299 a year for up to 50 accounts, Medium at around $499 a year for up to 250 accounts and Large at around $999 a year for up to 1,000 accounts with manager oversight of up to ten reps, plus a custom Enterprise tier. There is a 14 day free trial with no card required, though published prices can change, so check leadplotter.com directly.
The account caps are the tell. LeadPlotter is priced and built around a single rep's book of business, and the jump between tiers is really a jump in how many accounts you are allowed to hold rather than a change in what the tool does for you.
Territory in LeadPlotter means a lasso drawn around whichever accounts are on screen right now, useful for a quick batch update or route, but it does not persist as a named, owned patch of ground that a manager can hand between reps or check for overlap.
Visit history lives in check-in logs and notes attached to a lead record, which works for one rep's memory of an account but was not built to hold years of photos, stage changes and handovers as people move roles.
Pin Drop is built the other way round: the place is the record, not the rep's account list, so territories, visit history and pipeline stage stay attached to the pin however your team changes shape, and the map works whether it is one person's route or a whole operation's coverage.
Side by side
How Pin Drop compares with LeadPlotter
The capabilities that matter when you move your map across.
Capability
Pin Drop
Lead Plotter
How it works
From account list to a live territory map.
01
Import what you already have
Bring accounts and leads across from a spreadsheet, CSV or your CRM export. Every pin maps instantly.
02
Shape it around your patch
Tag, group and set territories by rep, region or stage, and add the fields your sales team actually uses.
03
Put it in the reps' hands
Everyone works from the same live map on their phone. A visit logged in the field updates the whole team without a call.
Why sales teams switch
Less chasing, less overlap, less admin.
One shared truth
Every account and visit on one map, so managers and reps never work off an old list.
Clear ownership
Know who covers which territory and account, without a spreadsheet to reconcile.
No duplicated calls
See what has already been covered, so two reps don't call the same account.
Less admin
No double entry and no manual export to see where the week landed.
Move from LeadPlotter to Pin Drop.
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Sectors represented
Amazon
Nike
Adobe
Oracle
Pfizer
Nestlé
PepsiCo
Mars
Walmart
Whole Foods
M&S
Mastercard
Capital One
Barclays
AT&T
Toyota
Volvo
Bosch
Bayer
BASF
Philips
UPS
Kuehne+Nagel
BT Group
NHS
Abbott
ADP
Cargill
Veolia
Paramount
Made to fit
Built around your territories.
Shaped to your team
Route a rep through a full day of accounts, record what happened at each, or see the whole territory at a glance. How you assemble it is yours.
No big bang
Import your accounts, invite the reps and work from the phone in their pocket. No rollout project, no training week.
FAQS
Questions you might have
How is Pin Drop different from LeadPlotter?
LeadPlotter is a sales route and territory mapping tool for reps. Pin Drop does the same core job, mapping your accounts and prospects as shared pins, planning the visit and keeping notes and photos against each location, on mobile and desktop.
Can Pin Drop replace LeadPlotter?
For most reps, yes. Pin Drop maps your customers, plans visits and records what happened at each stop, then shares it with the team by role. Move your places over and pick up where you left off.
Can I import my accounts into Pin Drop?
Yes. Bring your accounts and prospects in, organise them into shared maps and add notes, photos and visits against each pin.
Is Pin Drop a good LeadPlotter alternative?
Yes. If you want a shared, place-first map of your patch that works on mobile and desktop, Pin Drop is a strong LeadPlotter alternative.
How much does Pin Drop cost?
Pin Drop has a free plan and paid plans billed per seat. See the pricing page for current plans. LeadPlotter pricing is separate and changes over time, so check their site.
