Google Maps Platform

Google's maps, geocoding, places and routes APIs, billed per call per SKU with volume tiers, plus optional monthly subscription bundles.

Headquarters: 🇺🇸 United States
Parent jurisdiction: 🇺🇸 United States (parent: Alphabet)
EU self-serve plan: No / not documented
GDPR DPA: Yes
Billing: payg
Free tier: 10,000 free calls per month per Essentials SKU (Dynamic Maps, Geocoding); $300 trial credit for new customers.
Open source: No
Website: mapsplatform.google.com
Source last checked: 2026-10-06
Pricing evidence: Published rates

Pricing

Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.

Plan	Base fee / month	1k additional map loads	1k additional geocodes
Pay-as-you-go	$0	$7	$5
Pay-as-you-go	$450	$7	$4
Pay-as-you-go	$2,050	$7	$3
Pay-as-you-go	$3,550	$7	$1.5
Pay-as-you-go	$9,550	$7	$0.38
Pay-as-you-go	$630	$5.6	$5
Pay-as-you-go	$1,080	$5.6	$4
Pay-as-you-go	$2,680	$5.6	$3
Pay-as-you-go	$4,180	$5.6	$1.5
Pay-as-you-go	$10,180	$5.6	$0.38
Pay-as-you-go	$2,870	$4.2	$5
Pay-as-you-go	$3,320	$4.2	$4
Pay-as-you-go	$4,920	$4.2	$3
Pay-as-you-go	$6,420	$4.2	$1.5
Pay-as-you-go	$12,420	$4.2	$0.38
Pay-as-you-go	$4,970	$2.1	$5
Pay-as-you-go	$5,420	$2.1	$4
Pay-as-you-go	$7,020	$2.1	$3
Pay-as-you-go	$8,520	$2.1	$1.5
Pay-as-you-go	$14,520	$2.1	$0.38
Pay-as-you-go	$13,370	$0.53	$5
Pay-as-you-go	$13,820	$0.53	$4
Pay-as-you-go	$15,420	$0.53	$3
Pay-as-you-go	$16,920	$0.53	$1.5
Pay-as-you-go	$22,920	$0.53	$0.38
Starter subscription	$100	$7	$5
Essentials subscription	$275	$5.6	$5

Allowances, plan limits & calculation details

Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $0
Included map loads / month (thousands): 10
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 10
1k additional geocodes: $5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $450
Included map loads / month (thousands): 10
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 100
1k additional geocodes: $4

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $2,050
Included map loads / month (thousands): 10
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 500
1k additional geocodes: $3

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $3,550
Included map loads / month (thousands): 10
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional geocodes: $1.5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $9,550
Included map loads / month (thousands): 10
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional geocodes: $0.38

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $630
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 10
1k additional geocodes: $5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $1,080
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 100
1k additional geocodes: $4

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $2,680
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 500
1k additional geocodes: $3

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $4,180
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional geocodes: $1.5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $10,180
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional geocodes: $0.38

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $2,870
Included map loads / month (thousands): 500
1k additional map loads: $4.2
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 10
1k additional geocodes: $5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $3,320
Included map loads / month (thousands): 500
1k additional map loads: $4.2
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 100
1k additional geocodes: $4

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $4,920
Included map loads / month (thousands): 500
1k additional map loads: $4.2
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 500
1k additional geocodes: $3

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $6,420
Included map loads / month (thousands): 500
1k additional map loads: $4.2
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional geocodes: $1.5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $12,420
Included map loads / month (thousands): 500
1k additional map loads: $4.2
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional geocodes: $0.38

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $4,970
Included map loads / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional map loads: $2.1
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 10
1k additional geocodes: $5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $5,420
Included map loads / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional map loads: $2.1
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 100
1k additional geocodes: $4

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $7,020
Included map loads / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional map loads: $2.1
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 500
1k additional geocodes: $3

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $8,520
Included map loads / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional map loads: $2.1
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional geocodes: $1.5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $14,520
Included map loads / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional map loads: $2.1
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional geocodes: $0.38

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $13,370
Included map loads / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional map loads: $0.53
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 10
1k additional geocodes: $5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $13,820
Included map loads / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional map loads: $0.53
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 100
1k additional geocodes: $4

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $15,420
Included map loads / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional map loads: $0.53
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 500
1k additional geocodes: $3

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $16,920
Included map loads / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional map loads: $0.53
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 1,000
1k additional geocodes: $1.5

Pay-as-you-go

Base fee / month: $22,920
Included map loads / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional map loads: $0.53
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 5,000
1k additional geocodes: $0.38

Starter subscription

Base fee / month: $100
Included map loads / month (thousands): 50
1k additional map loads: $7
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 0
1k additional geocodes: $5
Modeled plan limits: ≤ 100 map loads / month (thousands); ≤ 100 geocoding requests / month (thousands)

Essentials subscription

Base fee / month: $275
Included map loads / month (thousands): 100
1k additional map loads: $5.6
Included geocodes / month (thousands): 0
1k additional geocodes: $5
Modeled plan limits: ≤ 500 map loads / month (thousands); ≤ 100 geocoding requests / month (thousands)

Pay-as-you-go, per 1,000 calls after 10,000 free per SKU per month. Dynamic Maps (JS map load): $7.00 (10K-100K), $5.60 (100K-500K), $4.20 (500K-1M), $2.10 (1M-5M), $0.53 (5M+). Geocoding: $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, $1.50, $0.38 in the same bands. The volume tiers are graduated, so the plans above are the affine pieces of that tiered curve (the calculator's cheapest-fitting pick reproduces the graduated total exactly). Subscriptions (monthly, cancel anytime, bought in Cloud Console): Starter $100/month for 50,000 calls and Essentials $275/month for 100,000 calls, pooled across included SKUs (Dynamic Maps and Geocoding are both included); usage above the cap is not blocked and is billed at pay-as-you-go rates. Pooling can't be modelled exactly, so the subscription rows apply the included calls to map loads and charge geocodes at list rates (conservative). Pro is $1,200/month for 250,000 calls. Terms: Geocoding results may not be stored or cached except latitude/longitude for up to 30 consecutive days (place IDs may be kept indefinitely), and Google content must be shown on a Google map. Billing accounts with an EEA address have used separate terms without the Google-map-only rule since 8 July 2025. Google Maps Platform data protection terms are controller-to-controller; no EU-only processing option. History: until 2018 web maps were free up to 25,000 loads per day; from July 2018 they cost $7 per 1,000 after a $200 monthly credit, and in March 2025 the credit was replaced by 10,000 free calls per SKU per month (see the migration guide).

What companies report paying

What other customers have paid for Google Maps Platform, with sources. Their usage, features and discounts may differ from yours; these are not quotes.

$12,000/yr · High-traffic website using dynamic maps, distance matrix, geolocation, autocomplete; cost after the 2018 pricing change, annualized from ">$1000/month" (lower bound); switched to a ~$100/month alternative
“Five years ago Google started to charge an outrageous amount > $1000/month and we could not continue”
Hacker News, Feb 2023
$380,000/yr · Annual bill after Google's 2018 pricing change, up from ~$100k/year before it; no usage stated; company moving to Mapbox
“Our Google Maps bill went from ~$100k per year to $380k per year as a result of these changes.”
Hacker News, Apr 2019
$19,333,333/yr · Uber, from its 2019 IPO filing: ~$58M aggregate over Jan 2016-Dec 2018, averaged to ~$19.3M/year; global ride-hailing platform
“"From January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018, we have paid Google an aggregate of approximately $58 million pursuant to this agreement," Uber said.”
News report, Apr 2019

Managed alternatives

At 500K map loads / month, 100K geocoding requests / month. Adjust usage and requirements.

Google Maps Platform: $36,180/yr estimated.

Stadia Maps: $1,440/yr estimated · $34,740/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes 15 vector tiles per map load. Panning and zooming increase the credit count.
Geoapify: $3,588/yr estimated · $32,592/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes 15 vector tiles per map load. Longer sessions and panning consume more credits.
Amazon Location Service: $4,200/yr estimated · $31,980/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes 15 tiles per map load. Panning, zooming and actual tile sizes can change cost.
LocationIQ: $6,000/yr estimated · $30,180/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes 15 vector tiles per map load. Daily caps and actual session activity also matter.
HERE Location Services: $8,088/yr estimated · $28,092/yr bill differenceModeled ratesAssumes 15 tiles per map load. Tile activity and feature-specific transaction rules change cost.

The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you’d need to replace.

Self-hosted options

Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.

Protomaps (self-hosted)

Want a European-owned provider? See European alternatives to Google Maps Platform among european maps & geocoding providers.

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Migration guides

Migrate web maps from Google Maps to MapLibre + Protomaps

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