Maps & Navigation · pricing
Nominatim pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Nominatim. 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 Nominatim catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Nominatim review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Nominatim 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 Nominatim in for geocoding addresses to coordinates from openstreetmap data, reverse geocoding coordinates to a place name, self hosting a geocoder over an osm extract. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Nominatim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominatim (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Esri ArcGIS | On request | quote | - | vs Nominatim |
| CesiumJS | Free | open-source | - | vs Nominatim |
| Apple Maps | Free | freemium | - | vs Nominatim |
| CARTO | Free, then $199/month | subscription | - | vs Nominatim |
| Citymapper | Free, then $4.99/month | freemium | - | vs Nominatim |
| AllTrails | Free, then $35.99/year | freemium | - | vs Nominatim |
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 Nominatim badges page.
Before you pay for Nominatim
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.
Nominatim runs on web. The full record is on the Nominatim review, and the rest of the category is under best maps & navigation tools.
Nominatim pricing questions
- How much does Nominatim cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Nominatim, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Nominatim have a free plan?
- Yes, Nominatim 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 Nominatim have a free tier: CesiumJS, Apple Maps, CARTO, Citymapper, AllTrails.
- What am I actually paying for with Nominatim?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for geocoding addresses to coordinates from openstreetmap data, reverse geocoding coordinates to a place name, self hosting a geocoder over an osm extract.
- Does Nominatim 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 Nominatim 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 Nominatim 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 Nominatim covering price, platforms and features.