Pay-As-You-Go pricing
The Maps JavaScript API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model.
How usage and billing work under the pay-as-you-go model
- The Google Maps Platform APIs are billed by SKU.
- Usage is tracked for each Product SKU, and an API may have more than one Product SKU.
- Cost is calculated by: SKU Usage x Price per each use.
- For each billing account, for qualifying Google Maps Platform SKUs, a $200 USD Google Maps Platform credit is available each month, and automatically applied to the qualifying SKUs.
For more information, see Google Maps Platform Billing and Google Maps Platform Reporting.
Pricing for the Maps JavaScript API
Under the pay-as-you-go pricing model, JavaScript map loads and panoramas are charged separately. (See Pricing for Maps, Routes, and Places: Dynamic Maps and Dynamic Street View.)
SKU: Dynamic Maps
An application that displays a map loaded with or without a Map ID using Maps JavaScript API.
| MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per MAP LOAD) |
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|---|---|---|
| 0.007 USD per each (7.00 USD per 1000) |
0.0056 USD per each (5.60 USD per 1000) |
Contact Sales for volume pricing |
User interactions with the map, such as panning, zooming, or switching map layers, do not generate additional map loads.
SKU: Dynamic Street View
A dynamic Street View panorama is charged for each instantiation of a panorama object in a Maps JavaScript API, Maps SDK for Android, or Maps SDK for iOS application.
| MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per PANORAMA) |
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|---|---|---|
| 0.014 USD per each (14.00 USD per 1000) |
0.0112 USD per each (11.20 USD per 1000) |
Contact Sales for volume pricing |
An instantiation of a panorama object occurs as follows:
- In JavaScript, with the
google.maps.StreetViewPanorama()class orMap.getStreetView()method (prior to the new pricing,Map.getStreetView()was not charged). Usage of theStreetViewService()class is not charged. - On Android, with one of
StreetViewPanoramaFragment,SupportStreetViewPanoramaFragment, orStreetViewPanoramaViewclasses. A panorama is counted each time the relatedonCreate()method is called. - On iOS, with the
GMSPanoramaViewobject.
Pricing for JavaScript services
JavaScript services are priced separately. See the service's usage and billing page for more information:
- Directions Service -- Directions API usage and billing
- Distance Matrix Service -- Distance Matrix API usage and billing
- Elevation Service -- Elevation API usage and billing
- Geocoding Service -- Geocoding API usage and billing
- Street View Service -- Street View API usage and billing
- Places Library -- Places API usage and billing
Other usage limits
While you are no longer limited to a maximum number of requests per day (QPD), the following usage limits are still in place for the Maps JavaScript API:
- 30,000 requests per minute (QPM).
- 300 requests per minute (QPM) per IP address. In the Google Cloud Console, this quota is referred to as Map loads per minute per user.
Terms of Use restrictions
For complete details on allowed usage, consult the License Restrictions section in the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.
Manage your cost of use
To manage your cost of use of the Google Maps Platform APIs, you can set daily quota limits on all requests to any billable API.
To view or change quota limits for the Maps JavaScript API:
- In the Cloud Console, open the Google Maps Platform Quotas page.
- Click the APIs drop-down and select the Maps JavaScript API.
- To view the quota limits, scroll down to the Requests
card.
A table lists the quota names and limits. - To change a quota limit, click the Edit icon for that limit.
In the dialog that appears, in the Quota Limit field, enter the preferred billable daily quota limit (up to the quota limit, if any, specified by Google) and click Save.
If your API usage reaches your billable quota limit on any given day, your application will not be able to access the API for the remainder of that day.