Maps & Navigation · pricing
Google Maps Platform pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Google Maps Platform. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the maps & navigation tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Google Maps Platform catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Google Maps Platform review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Google Maps Platform 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 Google Maps Platform in for embedding dynamic maps, street view and photorealistic 3d tiles in an application, route computation, navigation and fleet route optimisation, geocoding, place autocomplete and address validation, environmental data including weather, solar, air quality and pollen, geospatial analytics through earth engine. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Google Maps Platform are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Maps & Navigation
Too few maps & navigation 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 Platform (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Esri ArcGIS | On request | quote | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
| CesiumJS | Free | open-source | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
| Apple Maps | Free | freemium | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
| CARTO | Free, then $199/month | subscription | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
| Citymapper | Free, then $4.99/month | freemium | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
| AllTrails | Free, then $35.99/year | freemium | - | vs Google Maps Platform |
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 Platform badges page.
Before you pay for Google Maps Platform
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.
Google Maps Platform runs on web of Mountain View, California, USA. The full record is on the Google Maps Platform review, and the rest of the category is under best maps & navigation tools.
Google Maps Platform pricing questions
- How much does Google Maps Platform cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Google Maps Platform, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Google Maps Platform have a free plan?
- Yes, Google Maps Platform is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which maps & navigation tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 maps & navigation tools listed alongside Google Maps Platform have a free tier: CesiumJS, Apple Maps, CARTO, Citymapper, AllTrails.
- What am I actually paying for with Google Maps Platform?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for embedding dynamic maps, street view and photorealistic 3d tiles in an application, route computation, navigation and fleet route optimisation, geocoding, place autocomplete and address validation.
- Does Google Maps Platform 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 Google Maps Platform 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 Platform against before paying?
- The closest maps & navigation tools in this directory are Esri ArcGIS, CesiumJS, Apple Maps, CARTO. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Google Maps Platform covering price, platforms and features.