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ESRI Migration

Migrate from ArcPy to open-source Python

Axis Agents automatically translates your ArcPy scripts to GeoPandas, Rasterio, and cloud-native formats. AI does the heavy lifting - fully automated. Save $10K+ per seat in license costs.

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Current ESRI Costs (example)

License fees (5 seats)$60,000/yr
Manual workflow time$31,200/yr
Total annual cost$91,200
Potential savings$77,520/yr

Why organisations migrate from ESRI

$10,000+ per seat per year

Enterprise ArcGIS licenses cost $10K-15K annually. For a team of 10, that's $100K+ before you process a single file.

Desktop-bound workflows

ArcPy scripts run on your machine. You can't scale to cloud, can't parallelise, can't automate overnight batch jobs.

Vendor lock-in

Proprietary formats (GDB, MXD) mean your data and workflows are trapped. Migration gets harder every year.

Translation Examples

ArcPy → Python mappings

Axis Agents understands the semantic meaning of your ArcPy code and translates it to equivalent open-source functions.

ArcPy Function
Python Equivalent
Library
arcpy.Clip_analysis
gpd.clip()
GeoPandas
arcpy.Buffer_analysis
gdf.buffer()
GeoPandas
arcpy.Mosaic_management
merge_arrays()
Rasterio
arcpy.ProjectRaster_management
reproject()
Rasterio
arcpy.RasterToPolygon
shapes()
Rasterio
arcpy.Intersect_analysis
gpd.overlay()
GeoPandas

Axis Agents handles 187+ ArcPy function mappings and growing

After Migration

What you gain

Open-source Python stack

GeoPandas, Rasterio, GDAL, Shapely. No license fees, ever.

Cloud-native deployment

Run on Databricks, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions. Scale infinitely.

10-100x faster processing

Parallelise across cloud clusters. What took days now takes minutes.

No specialist skills required

Generated code is clean, documented, and maintainable by any Python developer.

The Process

How we migrate your workflows

1

Share your scripts

Point Axis Agents at your ArcPy workflow folder

2

AI analysis

AI agents understand structure and translate logic

3

Review output

Get clean Python code with tests and docs

4

Deploy anywhere

Run on Databricks, AWS, or your platform

5

Auto-correct

AI diagnoses and fixes deployment errors automatically

6

Verify output

Cloud results compared against legacy for accuracy

Learn more about how it works

Your data never leaves your machine

Our agents run locally in a sandboxed environment. Only metadata (file names, structure patterns) is analysed. Your actual data, coordinates, and business logic stay on your infrastructure.

  • Local-only processing
  • SOC 2 compliance in progress
  • GDPR compliant

Ready to migrate from ESRI?

See how Axis Agents automates your ESRI migration.

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Average savings: $10K+ per seat per year in license costs alone