Platform Pricing & API Costs - Google Maps Platform (original) (raw)

Pricing that scales to fit your needs

With Google Maps Platform pay-as-you-go pricing and daily quotas, it’s easy to stay on budget.

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usage every month for no charge

Pay only for what you use

Our pricing scales to fit your needs with no commitments, termination fees, or usage limits — and you can use mobile Maps at no charge.

Starting March 1, 2025

Build more for free,* easily find the products you need and get more automatic volume discounts online. To learn more, read the blog or check out the pricing calculator.

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Pricing for Enterprise customers

For large-scale enterprises or startups looking for volume pricing or industry-specific solutions, we offer access to:

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I try before buying? What is the Google Maps Platform

monthly credit?

Google Maps Platform offers amonthly credit for Maps, Routes, and Places (see Billing Account Credits). With themonthly credit, some customers find their use cases are at no charge. You won't be charged until your usage exceedsin a month.

Note that the Maps Embed API, Maps SDK for Android, and Maps SDK for iOS currently have no usage limits and are at no charge (usage of the API or SDKs is not applied against yourmonthly credit).

Themonthly credit offer is good until Feb 28, 11:59pm (local time).

Are there any products excluded from the Google Maps Platform

monthly credit?

The monthly Google Maps Platform credit does not apply to Mobility services, Asset Tracking, or Navigation SDK.

Can I use the Google Cloud Platform $300 no charge trial with Google Maps Platform?

Why is a credit card or billing account required for Google Maps Platform? How do I know I won't get charged?

We ask for your credit card or billing account to cover any amount you spend over the $200 monthly credit. You can set quotas or limits on your daily requests to ensure sudden increased usage doesn't exceed your budget or cause an unexpected bill. To learn how to set daily limits, see Google Maps Platform Billing.

Themonthly credit offer is good until Feb 28, 11:59pm (local time).

What is a request within Google Maps Platform billing?

Requests can either be calls to the API, or load events of maps or panoramas. User interactions like zooming or panning are not charged. See Google Maps Platform Billing

What is the Google Maps Platform pricing after the monthly credit?

Am I eligible for Google Maps Platform volume pricing discounts?

Usage above 100K requests per API per month is automatically discounted by 20%. Businesses with high-volume usage over 500K requests per API per month should contact us for volume pricing discounts, enterprise-grade customer support, and/or offline contracts.

Does Google Maps Platform offer special pricing for non-profits?

Google Maps Platform credits are available for eligible nonprofit, startup, crisis response, and news media organizations. Learn how to apply.

How can existing Google Maps Platform customers understand their bill and usage?

Which currencies are available for Google Maps Platform?

How do I get a Google Maps Platform API key?

Click the Get started button and complete the flow to get your API key. Your API key will work for any of the APIs in any of the products (Maps, Routes or Places) you've enabled. You can also get an API key using the Google Cloud Platform console.

What other use cases does Google Maps Platform support?

Please visit our API Picker for a list of the most common use cases, and to determine the best API for your use case.

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