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deck.gl pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for deck.gl. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the maps tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, deck.gl pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The deck.gl catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the deck.gl review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full deck.gl feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Core Functionality
- User Interface
People bring deck.gl in for gpu-accelerated visualisation of large geospatial datasets in the browser, composing map overlays from reusable layers, adding data layers on top of google maps or mapbox basemaps, high-precision plotting using 64-bit gpu computation, use from react or plain javascript. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to deck.gl are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Maps
Too few maps tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deck.gl (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs deck.gl |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs deck.gl |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | quote | - | vs deck.gl |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs deck.gl |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs deck.gl |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs deck.gl |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the deck.gl badges page.
Before you pay for deck.gl
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
deck.gl runs on web. The full record is on the deck.gl review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
deck.gl pricing questions
- How much does deck.gl cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for deck.gl, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does deck.gl have a free plan?
- Yes, deck.gl is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside deck.gl have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with deck.gl?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for gpu-accelerated visualisation of large geospatial datasets in the browser, composing map overlays from reusable layers, adding data layers on top of google maps or mapbox basemaps.
- Does deck.gl charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these deck.gl prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare deck.gl against before paying?
- The closest maps tools in this directory are Leica Infinity, ArcGIS Survey123, Foursquare Spatial Studio, Potree. Each has a side-by-side comparison with deck.gl covering price, platforms and features.