1
Create your account
Go to app.ploti.ai and sign up with Google or email.
Email sign-in uses a one-time link instead of a password.
2
Pick your coverage areas
Your coverage areas are the counties you work in. Your first county is free
and needs no card. Each county after it starts at $50 a month, billed from
the day you add it. For each county, Ploti shows the kinds of records it
already holds, such as parcels or permits, and what it will collect next.
3
File a research request
A research request is a question Ploti answers from start to finish. On
Home, the first page you see, choose Research request. Describe in
plain words what you want to find out, then select Check data & start.
You can also attach files, such as a site plan or a spreadsheet, and links
to other sources. See Create a research
request.
4
Read the data readiness report
Within minutes, the request’s page shows a report: the datasets Ploti
already has for the question, and the data it still needs. A dataset is one
table of records, such as a county’s parcels. If your question is too vague
to check, Ploti first asks you up to three short questions.For each missing dataset, Ploti starts a data request, a job to collect it
from the official source. Each one costs 3 credits, Ploti’s unit for paid
work. Your first research request is free, so its data requests use no
credits. See Credits.
5
Wait for the email
You can close the page. When the data is in, Ploti runs the research and
emails you Your research is ready, with a summary of what it found.
6
Keep going on the map
Select View your research in the email. The request’s page shows the
written answer and any tables and files. Results that are places, such as a
shortlist of parcels, also open on an interactive map with a chat panel
beside it. That chat is the map agent, the AI assistant built into Ploti.
Ask it follow-up questions there. See The map
agent.