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Head-to-head · Minecraft Seed Map Tools

SeedLander vs Amidst

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score SeedLander #6 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools 7.7/10 Free plan · paid from £1.99/mo · 14-day trial Free plan✓ 3 of 5 features Open SeedLander
Amidst #8 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools 6.2/10 Free · open source (GPLv3) Free plan✓ 2 of 5 features Get Amidst

SeedLander leads on 1 check, Amidst on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreSeedLander · 7.7/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresSeedLander · 3 of 5

SeedLander scores higher on our rubric for minecraft seed map tools: 7.7 against 6.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #8.

SeedLander offers bedrock edition; Amidst doesn't.

SeedLander is the better fit for SMP groups planning one shared world. Amidst is the better fit for mapping old Java worlds from 1.17 or earlier.

  • SeedLander fits best

    SMP groups planning one shared world

  • Amidst fits best

    Mapping old Java worlds from 1.17 or earlier

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Side by side

Feature SeedLander 7.7/10 Visit ↗ Amidst 6.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 7.7 6.2
Ranking #6 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools #8 in Minecraft Seed Map Tools
Best for SMP groups planning one shared world Mapping old Java worlds from 1.17 or earlier
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free
Starting price Free plan · paid from £1.99/mo · 14-day trial Free · open source (GPLv3)
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Features SeedLander 3/5 · Amidst 2/5
Java Edition ✓ ✓
Bedrock Edition ✓ (best) —
Seed finder Not checked yet Not checked yet
Nether & End maps ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Open source Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Runs on Browser Windows, Any OS with Java
Newest Java version 26.3 1.17
Our review
Pros
  • Premium adds unlimited markers, ore tracking and a full activity log
  • Team add-on shares pins, portals and notes with five permission levels
  • Ore, diamond, ancient debris and portal tools sit beside the free map
  • Reads seeds from save games and exports the map as an image
  • Shows slime chunks, End islands and more than a dozen structure types
  • Maps very old beta-era worlds that most tools skip
Cons
  • Paid plans are billed per saved world and priced only in pounds sterling
  • Versions start at 1.18, so older worlds are out of reach
  • Saving markers and tracking progress needs an account
  • Support stops at Minecraft 1.17, before the 1.18 terrain overhaul
  • The last release, 4.7, dates from June 2021
  • The project is looking for a new maintainer
Our verdict

SeedLander is run by a small team of developers and marketers in the United Kingdom, and it grew out of a need to catalogue and share seed information with friends on the same server. The free map takes a Java, Java Large Biomes or Bedrock…

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Amidst, short for Advanced Minecraft Interface and Data/Structure Tracking, is one of the oldest seed viewers still available, and its biome colours live on in several newer tools that credit it. It renders an overview of a Java Edition…

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  1. SeedLanderMinecraft Seed Map Tools 7.7Free plan · paid from £1.99/mo · 14-day trial
  2. AmidstMinecraft Seed Map Tools 6.2Free · open source (GPLv3)

Strengths and trade-offs

  • SeedLander — where it wins

    • Premium adds unlimited markers, ore tracking and a full activity log
    • Team add-on shares pins, portals and notes with five permission levels
    • Ore, diamond, ancient debris and portal tools sit beside the free map

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid plans are billed per saved world and priced only in pounds sterling
    • Versions start at 1.18, so older worlds are out of reach
    • Saving markers and tracking progress needs an account

  • Amidst — where it wins

    • Reads seeds from save games and exports the map as an image
    • Shows slime chunks, End islands and more than a dozen structure types
    • Maps very old beta-era worlds that most tools skip

    Where it doesn't

    • Support stops at Minecraft 1.17, before the 1.18 terrain overhaul
    • The last release, 4.7, dates from June 2021
    • The project is looking for a new maintainer
  • SeedLander7.7/10 · Free plan · paid from £1.99/mo · 14-day trial

    Free seed map plus ore and portal tools, with a paid tier that turns one world into a shared SMP planner.

    Open SeedLanderFull verdict →
  • Amidst6.2/10 · Free · open source (GPLv3)

    The classic desktop seed viewer, still useful for pre-1.18 Java worlds but frozen at Minecraft 1.17.

    Get AmidstFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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