Basemaps
CARTO is basemap-agnostic and is compatible with MapLibre, Google Maps, Amazon Location and Mapbox GL.
deck.gl allows you to visualize the data in your warehouse, but it doesn't provide a map with contextual information (like streets, roads, restaurants, cities, rivers, etc.) — This is usually called a basemap.
As you can imagine, most of the use cases require to have a base map to give more context to your visualizations.
CARTO layer with a basemap:
CARTO layer without a basemap:
CARTO is basemap-agnostic and lets you decide which client technology they want to use. The following options are available: