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Waze pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Waze. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the maps tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Waze 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
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Waze catalogue entry carries no price and a free pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Waze review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Waze 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 Waze in for real-time navigation and route planning with live traffic updates, reporting hazards and roadway conditions to community drivers, finding alternative routes to avoid congestion and accidents, connecting with first responders and emergency services, community-driven mapping and road condition improvements. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Waze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waze (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs Waze |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs Waze |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | quote | - | vs Waze |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Waze |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs Waze |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs Waze |
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 Waze badges page.
Before you pay for Waze
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.
Waze runs on ios, android, web. The full record is on the Waze review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
Waze pricing questions
- How much does Waze cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Waze, which is listed as free. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Waze have a free plan?
- Yes, Waze is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside Waze have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with Waze?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for real-time navigation and route planning with live traffic updates, reporting hazards and roadway conditions to community drivers, finding alternative routes to avoid congestion and accidents.
- Does Waze 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 Waze 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 Waze 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 Waze covering price, platforms and features.