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Bing Maps
Web mapping services with street maps, aerial imagery, and APIs for developers
As of 29 August 2026, Bing Maps is free to use. Bing Maps provides web mapping services with street maps, aerial imagery, and APIs for developers to integrate maps into applications. Softwr lists it under Maps. Bing Maps is available on Web.
Overview
What Bing Maps does
Bing Maps provides web mapping services with street maps, aerial imagery, and APIs for developers to integrate maps into applications.
What people use it for
- Driving directions and turn-by-turn navigation guidance
- Real-time traffic monitoring and road condition updates
- Commuter route planning with live traffic intelligence
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Bing Maps.
- Bing Maps for Enterprise is deprecated and will be retired by 6/30/2025 for free accounts and 6/30/2028 for enterprise accounts
- All implementations must migrate to Azure Maps to avoid service disruption
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Features
Core Functionality
Essential features for everyday use
User Interface
Intuitive and user-friendly interface
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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What happened to Bing Maps for Enterprise?
Bing Maps for Enterprise is deprecated and will be retired. Free account customers can continue using the service until 6/30/2025, while enterprise account customers can continue until 6/30/2028. Microsoft recommends migrating implementations to Azure Maps to avoid service disruptions.
SourceWhen will Bing Maps for Enterprise be discontinued?
Bing Maps for Enterprise retires 6/30/2025 for free accounts and 6/30/2028 for enterprise accounts. All implementations using Bing Maps for Enterprise REST APIs and SDKs must be updated to use Azure Maps before the retirement dates.
SourceWhat should I use instead of Bing Maps?
Microsoft is transitioning customers to Azure Maps, which provides consumption-based pricing with volume-based discounts and pay-only-for-what-you-use cost structure. Azure Maps offers all mapping features without throttling.
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- HERE Technologies
- Apple Maps
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- Esri ArcGIS
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- OpenLayers
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- OsmAnd
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Free plan9 researched notes
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