Forest Metrix - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Forest Metrix is primarily a smartphone and tablet based forest data collection software that enables users to keep a track of forest, tree, or ecological inventories. The software caters to the needs of individual professionals such as foresters and wildlife biologists, as well as for organizations including educational institutions, REITs, timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), paper companies, and state agencies.

The product is based on a modular architecture and is composed of two main modules serving different customer segments. The forestry systems module is primarily a forest inventory management software offering features such as dynamic interfaces that change as per the user’s cruise methods, viewing of results and the contribution of parameters such as sampling error or species contribution right at the project site, and creation of customizable interfaces with user deciding on the parameters that should be included. The arboriculture systems module caters to the needs of tree cultivation professionals and offers functionalities such as providing a multi-visit record system that can be used to diagnose and prescribe treatment or automate scheduling, making risk assessment easier with form copying, cost accounting and automated data look-ups, and GIS based mapping. The software also offers excel based reports that allows users to analyze data by using pivots and excel based charts.

Forest Metrix can also be accessed on Windows based desktops and iOS based smartphone and tablets. The product does not yet offer an Android version. Some key customers of Forest Metrix include the state administrations of Massachusetts and Kentucky, Universities such as UMass Amherst, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Penn Tech, and enterprises including Rawlings Consulting Forestry, Glatfelter and Plum Creek.