Our project is not big enough to justify tools like ArcGIS. Previously I'd used Global Mapper, which is also commercial but is somewhat more reasonably priced.

Our project is not big enough to justify tools like ArcGIS. Previously I'd used Global Mapper, which is also commercial but is somewhat more reasonably priced. But I recently gave QGIS a shot and am very happy with what it can do. And the price is right!