Pricing trends for Maps/Geolocation: 7 tracked pricing changes across 20 vendors. Direction: prices rising.

Maps/Geolocation Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↑ Prices rising

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restructured 4 reduced 1 increased 1 rebranded 1

Pricing Change Timeline

restructured Foursquare discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown medium
The Spatial Desktop Basic plan is $0/month through 2026, includes $1 of agent tokens, 3 GB of cloud storage, and 5 shared projects. The Places API free tier is now 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints. The pricing for Pro and Premium endpoints has been updated with specific CPMs based on call volume. Source ↗
restructured geocodify.com discovered 2026-09-01 · effective date unknown low
The free tier now has 30,000 calls/month. Source ↗
reduced positionstack discovered 2026-09-01 · effective date unknown high
The free tier now offers 100 requests per month, down from 25,000. Source ↗
restructured Mapbox discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The free tier for Navigation SDK now has limits on monthly active users and trips. There are two options: one with metered trips and one with unlimited trips, both with associated costs beyond the free tier. Source ↗
restructured Google Maps Platform effective 2026-04-13 low
Free tier restructured: Essentials 10K/month, Pro 5K/month, Enterprise 1K/month per SKU We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Google Maps Platform's rating.
increased Stadia Maps effective 2026-04-13 low
Free tier increased to 200K credits/month (was 2,500 views/month) We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Stadia Maps's rating.
rebranded Stamen Maps effective 2026-04-13 low
Tile hosting transferred to Stadia Maps in 2023 We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Stamen Maps's rating.

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