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LocationIQ pricing
LocationIQ publishes 6 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, LocationIQ pricing is free, then $45/month across 6 published tiers. 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, then $45/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 6
- Free tier
- Yes
LocationIQ 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 | 2 | Entry tier |
| Maps Lite | $45/month | 4 | +$45/month, 4 more features |
| Developer | $100/month | 2 | +$55/month, 2 more features |
| Startup | $200/month | 2 | +$100/month, 2 more features |
| Growth Plus | $500/month | 3 | +$300/month, 3 more features |
| Business Plus | $950/month | 3 | +$450/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 5,000 requests/day, limited commercial use with attribution.
Maps Lite
$45/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 10,000 map views/day
- Geocoding APIs
- No routing
- Commercial use
Developer
$100/monthOver Maps Lite, this tier adds:
- 25,000 requests/day
- All APIs (geocoding, routing, maps)
Startup
$200/monthOver Developer, this tier adds:
- 60,000 requests/day
- Priority email support
Growth Plus
$500/monthOver Startup, this tier adds:
- 7.5M requests/month
- No daily limits
- Soft monthly limits
Business Plus
$950/monthOver Growth Plus, this tier adds:
- 30M requests/month
- Priority live support
- Dedicated AWS endpoints
Where LocationIQ stops being free
Free, Free
- 5,000 requests/day
- Limited commercial use with attribution
Maps Lite, $45/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 10,000 map views/day
- Geocoding APIs
- No routing
- Commercial use
What the product covers
The full LocationIQ 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 LocationIQ in for geocoding and reverse geocoding addresses at scale, store locators and address autofill in web and mobile apps, asset and vehicle tracking with route optimisation, serving static and dynamic map tiles, distance matrix and route planning. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to LocationIQ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LocationIQ (this page) | Free, then $45/month | subscription | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs LocationIQ |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs LocationIQ |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | quote | - | vs LocationIQ |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs LocationIQ |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs LocationIQ |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs LocationIQ |
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 LocationIQ badges page.
Before you pay for LocationIQ
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: 6 tiers between Free and $950/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
LocationIQ runs on api. The full record is on the LocationIQ review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
LocationIQ pricing questions
- How much does LocationIQ cost?
- LocationIQ publishes 6 tiers, from Free for Free up to $950/month for Business Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does LocationIQ have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 5,000 requests/day, limited commercial use with attribution. Paying starts at $45/month for Maps Lite.
- What is the difference between Free and Maps Lite on LocationIQ?
- Maps Lite costs $45/month against Free, and adds 10,000 map views/day, geocoding apis, no routing, commercial use.
- Is the Business Plus plan on LocationIQ worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 30m requests/month, priority live support, dedicated aws endpoints. It costs $950/month against $45/month for Maps Lite. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside LocationIQ have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with LocationIQ?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for geocoding and reverse geocoding addresses at scale, store locators and address autofill in web and mobile apps, asset and vehicle tracking with route optimisation.
- Does LocationIQ charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 6 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 LocationIQ 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 LocationIQ 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 LocationIQ covering price, platforms and features.