Maps & Navigation · pricing
Mapbox pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Mapbox. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the maps & navigation tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Mapbox catalogue entry carries a starting price of Free, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Mapbox review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Mapbox 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 Mapbox in for in-vehicle navigation and automotive infotainment, delivery and on-demand logistics routing, custom map design and hosting through studio and the tiling service, geocoding, address validation and autofill in an application, telecom coverage and business intelligence visualisation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Mapbox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapbox (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Esri ArcGIS | On request | quote | - | vs Mapbox |
| CesiumJS | Free | open-source | - | vs Mapbox |
| Apple Maps | Free | freemium | - | vs Mapbox |
| CARTO | Free, then $199/month | subscription | - | vs Mapbox |
| Citymapper | Free, then $4.99/month | freemium | - | vs Mapbox |
| AllTrails | Free, then $35.99/year | freemium | - | vs Mapbox |
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 Mapbox badges page.
Before you pay for Mapbox
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.
Mapbox runs on web, ios, android. The full record is on the Mapbox review, and the rest of the category is under best maps & navigation tools.
Mapbox pricing questions
- How much does Mapbox cost?
- Mapbox starts at Free. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Mapbox have a free plan?
- Yes, Mapbox is recorded as free, 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 Mapbox have a free tier: CesiumJS, Apple Maps, CARTO, Citymapper, AllTrails.
- What am I actually paying for with Mapbox?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for in-vehicle navigation and automotive infotainment, delivery and on-demand logistics routing, custom map design and hosting through studio and the tiling service.
- Does Mapbox 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 Mapbox 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 Mapbox 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 Mapbox covering price, platforms and features.