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Map Tiles API Usage and Billing

The Map Tiles API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Map Tiles API requests generate calls to one SKU for all but mobile-native apps. Along with the overall Google Terms of Use, there are usage limits specific to the Map Tiles API. Manage your costs and usage with tools available in the Google Cloud Console.

How the Map Tiles API is billed

The Map Tiles API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. The Google Maps Platform APIs and SDKs are billed by SKU. Usage is tracked for each SKU, and any API or SDK may have more than one product SKU. Cost is calculated by

SKU usage × Price per each use

Use our Pricing and Usage calculator to estimate your usage cost per API or SDK. For qualifying Google Maps Platform SKUs, a $200 USD Google Maps Platform credit is available each month for each billing account. This credit is automatically applied¹ to the qualifying SKUs.

Pricing for the Map Tiles API

SKU: Map Tiles API: 2D Map Tiles

A request to Map Tiles API retrieving Roadmap, Satellite, or Terrain Tiles. Note that Session Token and Viewport information requests aren't billed.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per REQUEST)
0 - 1,000,000	1,000,001 - 5,000,000	5,000,001+
0.0006 USD per each (0.60 USD per 1000)	0.00048 USD per each (0.48 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Map Tiles API: Street View Tiles

A request to Map Tiles API retrieving Street View Tiles, Street View Thumbnails, or Street View PanoIDs. Note that Session Token and Street View Metadata requests aren't billed.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per REQUEST)
0 - 1,000,000	1,000,001 - 5,000,000	5,000,001+
0.002 USD per each (2.00 USD per 1000)	0.0016 USD per each (1.60 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Map Tiles API: Photorealistic 3D Tiles

A request to Map Tiles API retrieving 3D Root Tiles.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per REQUEST)
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.006 USD per each (6.00 USD per 1000)	0.0051 USD per each (5.10 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

Other usage limits

Every tile request (2D Tiles, Street View Tiles, and root tile requests for Photorealistic 3D Tiles) counts against your project's daily quota ("Fee Threshold") for the Map Tiles API. Session token requests, viewport information requests, Street View Metadata requests, and Tile requests for Photorealistic 3D Tiles don't impact your daily quota.

2D Tiles and Street View Tiles

Maximum 6,000 2D Tile, Street View Tile, Thumbnail, or Street View PanoID queries per project per minute, calculated as the sum of all requests for all applications using the credentials of the same project.
Maximum 6,000 session token requests, viewport information requests, or Street View Metadata requests per project per minute, calculated as the sum of all requests for all applications using the credentials of the same project.
Maximum 15,000 2D Tile, Street View Tile, Thumbnail, or Street View PanoID queries per project per day.

Photorealistic 3D Tiles

Maximum 300 root tileset queries per day. This is calculated as the sum of all requests for all applications using the credentials of the same project.
Timed session tokens allow for up to three hours of renderer tile requests from a single root tileset request.
Unlimited renderer-originating tile requests per day. This is calculated as the sum of all requests for all applications using the credentials of the same project.
Rate limit is 12,000 queries per minute for the tile renderer.

Terms of Use restrictions

For information on terms of use, see policies for the Map Tiles API, and the License Restrictions section of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

Manage your cost of use

To manage your cost of use of the Map Tiles API or to meet the demands of your production traffic, set daily quota limits on all requests to any API. Daily quotas are reset at midnight Pacific time.

To view or change quota limits for the Map Tiles API:

In the Cloud Console, open the Google Maps Platform Quotas page.
Click the APIs drop-down and select the Map Tiles 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 select 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.

Users in India must create a Google Cloud Platform billing account before creating a Google Maps Platform billing account to receive the Maps Platform credit. ↩