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Google Maps pricing
Google Maps publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the maps tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Google Maps 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
- Free consumer app, funded by Google's advertising business
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Google Maps plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Google Maps stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited navigation and local search
- Offline maps included
- No subscription tier for the consumer app
No paid tier on record
Google Maps lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Google Maps 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.
Other
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Local search
- Offline maps
- Street View
- Timeline location history
- Live transit and incident reporting
People bring Google Maps in for getting turn-by-turn driving or transit directions to a destination, searching for and comparing nearby restaurants, shops or services with reviews, downloading an offline map before travelling somewhere with unreliable data coverage, checking real time traffic conditions before or during a drive. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Google Maps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps (this page) | Free | Free consumer app, funded by Google's advertising business | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs Google Maps |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs Google Maps |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | quote | - | vs Google Maps |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Google Maps |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs Google Maps |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs Google Maps |
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 Google Maps badges page.
Before you pay for Google Maps
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Google Maps runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Google LLC of Mountain View, California, United States. The full record is on the Google Maps review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
Google Maps pricing questions
- How much does Google Maps cost?
- Google Maps publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Google Maps have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited navigation and local search, offline maps included, no subscription tier for the consumer app.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside Google Maps have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with Google Maps?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for getting turn-by-turn driving or transit directions to a destination, searching for and comparing nearby restaurants, shops or services with reviews, downloading an offline map before travelling somewhere with unreliable data coverage.
- Does Google Maps charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, 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 Google Maps 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 Google Maps 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 Google Maps covering price, platforms and features.