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Bee Maps (Hivemapper)

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#7 overall across 7 scored depin networks. 39 points behind #1 GEODNET. Scored 41 on the published 41–99 scale under methodology 2026.09.15, from the evidence read in August 2026.

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Why this rank

Why Bee Maps (Hivemapper) ranks #7

Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (8.5 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.

4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
354+4.482.08#2/7Third party
251+0.801.05#4/7Primary
203+1.923.07#4/7Primary
202+1.283.07#5/7Primary
Hairline = pool best · tick = pool median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−2behind XNET Mobile, #6
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 41 and stays #7
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank

Each line is the ranking run again with one of Bee Maps (Hivemapper)’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.

Verified dollar demand 4 → 9 on its ladder · passes XNET Mobile+544#7 → #6
Payback at today's token price 1 → 8 on its ladder · passes XNET Mobile+744#7 → #6
Operator disclosure quality 2 → 10 on its ladder · passes XNET Mobile+843#7 → #6

Smallest climb: verified dollar demand 4 → 9 passes XNET Mobile, #6.

Strengths

Where it leads

1 from the score data
Record says best for
  • Verified dollar demand — 4/10
  • Reward integrity and liquidity — 3/10
Tradeoffs

Where it trails

4 from the score data
Record watch-outs
  • The $19/month membership ($19.99 in the FAQ on the same page) is a 24-month contract that cannot be cancelled early and auto-renews for another 24 months unless cancelled, sold only in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and Bee Maps makes no earnings claim against it — so you are committing $456 or more to a device whose operator declines to say what it pays. Any HONEY-based return figure you find elsewhere is obsolete given the July 2026 move to USDC, which Bee Maps calls discretionary and has not yet extended to Beekeeper fleets; get the current USDC rate per kilometre in writing before signing, because no page read on 15 September 2026 publishes one.
  • Corrected during verification: WRONG SOURCE URL — every one of those figures is correct but they live at https://beemaps.com/pricing, not /bee. The /bee page carries only the $19/mo 24-month membership terms. The pricing page additionally discloses overages the research omits ('$3 / GB' on Own Devices) and a second tier ('Network Devices $0.02 / km includes 5MB/km', '$0.05 / 10MB' overage). Read again 15 September 2026: the pricing note now carries both overages and the Network Devices tier, attributed to beemaps.com/pricing.
  • Corrected during verification: OVERSTATED — beemaps.com displays these as PARTNERS on a logo wall, alongside a dozen more (Fortex Design, Graylark, 4M, MGS, LGD, Lyrent, Shaggy Chic, Simbra, Argus, Foxtran, Geolava, Empower). No contract, revenue figure or commercial relationship is attached to any logo. Under this category's own demand criterion ('revenue actually paid by third-party customers, measurable by someone other than the operator'), an unattributed logo wall is an operator claim and should not be cited as customer evidence.
Competitive position

Where Bee Maps (Hivemapper) leads and where it trails

Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.

Availability#7 / 76.0 of 20 · best 14.0
Published criteria#3 / 76.4 of 30 · best 16.4
Friction#1 / 72.7 of 10 · pool best
Trust record#1 / 73.2 of 8 · pool best
Measured data#1 / 78.3 of 18 · pool best
Where Bee Maps (Hivemapper) leads
  • Verified dollar demand#2 / 7
Where it trails
  • Operator disclosure quality#5 / 7
Closest alternatives

The 3 nearest rows by score

Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.

XNET Mobile#6 of 7 · score 43 · 2.0 points ahead
Bee Maps (Hivemapper) leads on
  • Verified dollar demand4 vs 2
  • Reward integrity and liquidity3 vs 2
XNET Mobile leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason XNET Mobile is ahead: availability (+15.6 display points).Scenario cost: XNET Mobile has no verified pricing for this scenario.
DIMO#5 of 7 · score 48 · 7.0 points ahead
Bee Maps (Hivemapper) leads on
  • Verified dollar demand4 vs 2
  • Reward integrity and liquidity3 vs 2
DIMO leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason DIMO is ahead: availability (+20.8 display points).Scenario cost: DIMO has no verified pricing for this scenario.
WeatherXM#4 of 7 · score 51 · 10.0 points ahead
Bee Maps (Hivemapper) leads on
  • Verified dollar demand4 vs 2
  • Reward integrity and liquidity3 vs 2
WeatherXM leads on
  • Operator disclosure quality4 vs 2
Largest single reason WeatherXM is ahead: availability (+20.8 display points).Scenario cost: WeatherXM has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader

Why GEODNET ranks above Bee Maps (Hivemapper)

80 vs 41 · gap 39.0

The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale; a floor bound on one of the rows keeps the reproduced gap (46.8) from matching the displayed one exactly, which is stated rather than hidden.

DimensionThisGEODNETGap share
Availability · 23% weight6.014.0−20.8
Published criteria · 35% weight6.416.4−26.0
Friction · 12% weight2.72.70
Trust record · 9% weight3.23.20
Measured data · 21% weight8.38.30
Published criterionThisGEODNETPoints
Verified dollar demand · w3548−4.48
Payback at today's token price · w2515−3.20
Reward integrity and liquidity · w2037−2.56
Operator disclosure quality · w2027−3.20
Net4180−39.0≈
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Find out if Bee Maps (Hivemapper) fits you

The rank above is the published one — the same for every visitor. Answer the category's questions and this section shows where Bee Maps (Hivemapper) lands for you, which criteria your answers weight up, and which stated needs the record does or does not meet. The published rank stays beside it.

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Your scenario

Bee Maps (Hivemapper) is not priced for this scenario

Metered usage beyond whatever the plan includes, for a year. Excludes egress, support tiers and enterprise minimums. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.

your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Usage per month · your input10

Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 15 Sept 2026.

your cost/yr
Pricing not verified
Under the default inputs · USD
Category medianNot priced0 of 7 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
Cost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.

7 of 7 rows in the pool have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.

Evidence

Evidence read 5 Aug 2026

One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.

4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
Public receiptsAvailable4 quoted with a source URL
Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
Rank stabilityCould climbone point moves 2.2 display points
Coverage100%4 of 4 criteria scored
Freshness13 days agonewest read 15 Sept 2026 · current
Primary-source share75%3 of 4 sourced cells
Conflicts0file and table agree
The newest evidence read on the platform is 5 Sept 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 5 Aug 2026.
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Verified dollar demandstrength 4 · weight 35Report an errorapi.llama.fiThird-party page15 Sept 2026CurrentVerifiedOpen the receipt
Payback at today's token pricestrength 1 · weight 25Report an errorbeemaps.comProvider's own page15 Sept 2026CurrentVerifiedOpen the receipt
Reward integrity and liquiditystrength 3 · weight 20Report an errorbeemaps.comProvider's own page15 Sept 2026CurrentVerifiedOpen the receipt
Operator disclosure qualitystrength 2 · weight 20Report an errorshop.beemaps.comProvider's own page15 Sept 2026CurrentVerifiedOpen the receipt
* category-wide reading date; the cell carries none of its own.
Facts

What the record publishes

facts, not scores
Pricing
Bee Membership (U.S. and Puerto Rico only): "$19 per membership per month"; "Bee Membership requires a 24-month contract, billed monthly. Available only in the U.S. and Puerto Rico." Includes "AI camera, LTE data plan, and Beekeeper software". The same page's FAQ gives "$19.99 per device per month." and "Requires a 24-month minimum commitment.", and says "No. Early cancellation is not allowed. The subscription runs for the full 24-month term." and "Your subscription auto-renews for another 24-month term unless canceled before the renewal date." Outside the U.S. the site (beemaps.com/bee?country=GLOBAL) shows "Bee LTE" at "$589" ("Bee LTE ships without a data plan. Insert a SIM from your carrier of choice to activate LTE and unlock Beekeeper."), but its Order Now leads to shop.beemaps.com, which redirects to a password page ("Opening soon") as of 2026-09-15. Buyer-side price card (beemaps.com/pricing): "Street Level Imagery $0.005 / image", "AI Event Videos $6 / video", "Road Detections $3 / 1K detections", "Burst (on-demand mapping) $1 / location"; Bee Edge AI "Own Devices $15 / device / mo includes 1GB" with "$3 / GB" overage and "Network Devices $0.02 / km includes 5MB/km" with "$0.05 / 10MB" overage. Contributor rewards: the 2026-07-16 post says the Bee App will "no longer support HONEY token rewards", "USDC rewards are funded directly by Bee Maps and offered at our sole discretion", and "We will add support for Beekeeper fleets to receive USDC for their fleet."; the Global FAQ says only "Rewards vary by region and types of roads you are driving and mapping." No USDC rate per kilometre is published.Bee Maps (Hivemapper) — official pricing page ↗ · 15 Sept 2026
Prices published in
USDBee Maps (Hivemapper) — official pricing page ↗ · 15 Sept 2026
Licences held
Not published
Compliance level
partial
Regulatory note
Not published
Supported chains
Multi-chain
Markets served
us
Primary markets
Not published
Restricted markets
Not published
Operating limits
Not published
Availability note
Bee Membership ($19/month on a non-cancellable 24-month contract) is sold only in the United States and Puerto Rico ("Available only in the U.S. and Puerto Rico."). For other countries the site shows 'Bee LTE' at $589 without a data plan, described as working "anywhere in the world that Bee Maps is legally able to ship products", but its Order Now leads to the operator's shop (shop.beemaps.com), which is password-locked ('Opening soon') as of 2026-09-15.

No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.

History

What the record carries

Changes to published ranks and scores are recorded in a ledger, but this page does not chart that record yet, so no score line is drawn: history begins with the current verified snapshot. Below it, the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.

7 methodology entries
  1. 5 Aug 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.09.15Score 41, #7 of 7. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
  2. 16 Sept 2026
    2026.09.15
    Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide
    • changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
    • fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
    • changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
    • added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
  3. 10 Sept 2026
    2026.09.5
    The published review cadence is now one the work actually keeps · platform-wide
    • changed reviewCadenceDays 30 → 45 across all 119 category specs, and the two prose sites that quoted "the 30-day review cadence" in tokenised_bonds.
    • changed check-review-cadence-is-kept ceiling 7 → 3, negative-tested: restoring a single 30-day promise over 49-day evidence takes it to 4 and fails the build.
    • fixed Measured by regenerating rankings.json: no category changed order and no score moved, and the golden suite confirms it independently — across all 119 fixtures and 2,217 cases the only fields that differ are methodologyVersion and contentHash. A cadence is a claim about freshness, not an input to any ranking.
  4. 6 Sept 2026
    2026.09.3
    The country gate reaches every country the questionnaire offers
    • changed The gate moved from scoreAvailability to collectProducts and reads assessCountry from the decision layer. It runs for all 60 questionnaire countries: the 27 mapped ones at country resolution, the other 33 at the wizard's region resolution (an EU member the table does not map is credited with an "eu" tag; Ukraine is not).
    • changed Measured effect over every category by every questionnaire country (6,959 runs): 807 runs change, in 29 categories and 48 countries; 2,182 rows leave ranked lists and 73 runs change leader — none of them a published, no-answer ranking, which are untouched by construction. Survivors keep their relative order in every run.
    • changed 19 further runs — bill_pay in 18 countries, crypto_card in New Zealand — now leave nothing eligible and show the pool for reference. Those rows had been ranked as recommendations with a "not confirmed" label; each is now labelled with its own verdict ("names Hungary as a restricted market", "lists its markets and your region is not among them") and the result says nothing is available rather than "limited availability".
    • fixed A restriction sentence is now matched word-bounded ("Niger" no longer matches "Nigeria"; "US" matches "US persons", not "industrial"). Previously a substring test.
Full methodology changelog
Methodology

How this verdict was produced

Methodology version
2026.09.15 · last platform-wide change 16 Sept 2026
Data snapshot
Evidence read 5 Aug 2026
Last recalculated
At page build from the published inputs — the same run every visitor sees.
Published run
runWizardEngine(depin_networks, defaults) · no visitor answers
Receipt id
depin_networks:beemaps_depin:2026.09.15:1a6bcd11d7a4
What changed in this methodology version?
2026.09.15 · Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources
  • Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
  • 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
  • Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.

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Your decision summary

Bee Maps (Hivemapper): #7 of 7 overall

Leads on verified dollar demand; trails on verified dollar demand. Set your country for an availability verdict. Review the evidence before deciding.

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