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What3words pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for What3words. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the maps tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, What3words 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
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The What3words catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the What3words review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full What3words 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 What3words in for referring to a 3 metre square location with three words, adding location entry to a delivery or dispatch app, converting between coordinates and what3words addresses via api. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to What3words 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What3words (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs What3words |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs What3words |
| Foursquare Spatial Studio | On request | quote | - | vs What3words |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs What3words |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs What3words |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs What3words |
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 What3words badges page.
Before you pay for What3words
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.
What3words runs on web. The full record is on the What3words review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
What3words pricing questions
- How much does What3words cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for What3words, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does What3words have a free plan?
- Yes, What3words is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside What3words have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with What3words?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for referring to a 3 metre square location with three words, adding location entry to a delivery or dispatch app, converting between coordinates and what3words addresses via api.
- Does What3words 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 What3words 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 What3words 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 What3words covering price, platforms and features.