Billing overview

If you are a first-time Google Maps Platform user and you have not yet set up a billing account, you can take advantage of these incentives:

Google Cloud first billing account Google Maps Platform first billing account
What is it Google Cloud offers a trial where you can use up to $300 at no-charge. The trial applies toward the first billing account you create. For more information, see Google Cloud Trial Program. If the first Cloud Billing account you create is used for a project with Google Maps Platform APIs or SDKs enabled, both the Google Cloud $300 trial and the Google Maps Platform free usage cap apply.
How it works During the trial, your first Cloud Billing account has no charges against your payment method. The trial ends after the trial period elapses, or when the $300 is spent, whichever happens first. During the trial, charges are first applied against the Google Maps Platform free usage cap for each SKU used. If usage exceeds the spending cap in a given month, charges against the exceeded usage are applied to the Google Cloud $300 trial, until all $300 is exhausted.
What's next? On or before the trial ends, you must upgrade your first Cloud Billing account to a paid account to avoid any disruptions to your Google Maps Platform usage. See Upgrading to a paid account. Again, on or before the trial ends, you must upgrade your first Cloud Billing account to a paid account. Once you have upgraded, the free usage caps continue to apply to your Cloud Billing account, even after the trial ends.
Multiple billing accounts Creating multiple Google Maps-related Cloud Billing accounts is a violation of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.