Google Earth offers a selection of flexible options to meet your needs, including specialized data layers and tools to support your work. Features available in different plans are marked with a "Professional" or "Professional Advanced" tag. In some cases, features may require you to [upgrade your Google Earth plan](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/earth-plans#start-free-trial). ## Compare plans The table below describes available Google Earth plans, key features, and monthly pricing per user. | Plan name | Description | Key features | Price (per user per month) \* | |---|---|---|---| | **Standard** | The Google Earth you love, now enhanced for your workflow. Build compelling map projects, share, and collaborate with your teams. | - A real-world canvas to explore, build, and share - Historical satellite imagery and Street View - Broadly applicable public data layers - Administrative areas, elevation contours (40m), household income, localities, populations, and more - 100 building and solar designs per month, up to 5 acres per site - Limited access to Ask Google Earth - 1 GB of data import | $0 | | **Professional** | Go beyond the basics by integrating essential data directly into your workflow and create larger projects. | Everything in **Standard**, plus: - Specialized, domain-specific data layers - Elevation contours (20m), slope and aspect (10m), inundation (flooding) history, and more - 500 building and solar designs per month, up to 25 acres per site + tax lot selection - Higher access to Ask Google Earth - 10 GB of data import - 24/5 customer support | $75 [Upgrade now](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth?ref=https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/) | | **Professional Advanced** | Expand your geospatial evaluation and decision making with specialized data and tools, including more designs and data layers. | Everything in **Professional**, plus: - Unique, advanced modeling data layers - Cycling trips, driveway counts, EV charging, land parcel zoning, traffic signal scores, and more - 1000 building and solar designs per month, up to 100 acres per site + tax lot selection - Highest access to Ask Google Earth - 20 GB of data import - 24/5 customer support | $150 [Upgrade now](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth?ref=https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/) | \* Denominated in USD and converted to the local currency at the prevailing market foreign exchange rate. ### Public sector customers If you identify as a public sector entity and need help purchasing a Google Earth plan, you can reach out to your Google Cloud provider to get further information, or you can [find Google Maps resellers](https://cloud.google.com/find-a-partner/?products=Google+Maps+Platform) that serve your region. ## Check the status of your Google Earth plan > [!NOTE] > **Note:** If you are not a [Google Cloud billing account > administrator](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/grant-access-to-billing), additional access may be required to manage your Google Earth plan. To check the status of your Google Earth plan, go to **Settings Billing**. From this dialog, you can: - See your active plan. - Select your Google Cloud project to access premium features. - For Professional and Professional Advanced, view links to manage or downgrade your plan. > [!NOTE] > **Note:** Changes to your Google Earth plan will affect data layers and designs in your project. For more information, see [Plan changes and feature > access](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/earth-plans#plan-changes-access). [Check Google Earth plan status](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth/billing?ref=https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/) ## Start a free trial to use Professional or Professional Advanced In Google Earth, features requiring an upgrade to Professional or Professional Advanced are indicated by a lock icon. Upgrading your Earth plan requires a [Google Cloud project and billing account](https://developers.google.com/maps/get-started#quickstart). To complete your Free Trial signup, you must provide a [credit card or other payment method](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods#available_payment_methods), which is used to set up a Free Trial Cloud Billing account and verify your identity. After you initiate the Free Trial, Google uses the information you provided at signup to create a limited Google Cloud account called a *Free trial account* . **Google won't charge you while your Cloud Billing account has [Free trial account](https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features#confirm-status-of-account) status.** > [!CAUTION] > **Caution:** **The free trial depends on the status of your Cloud Billing account, > not on your Google Earth plan.** If your Cloud Billing account doesn't have Free trial account status (for example, because you activated a full account or your trial ended), charges for Professional or Professional Advanced start as soon as you upgrade, and you're charged for the full month. To stop charges, [downgrade > to the Standard > plan](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/earth/manage-earth-plan#change-or-cancel-your-plan). For more information about the free trial, see [Free Google Cloud features and trial offer](https://docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features). > [!NOTE] > **Note:** For some Google Cloud billing accounts, a one-time prepayment is required to activate the free trial account. [Learn more about prepayment > requirements](https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods#prepayment_requirements). ## Plan changes and feature access Changes to your Google Earth plan will affect data layers and designs in your project. > [!NOTE] > **Note:** On October 1, 2025, billing for Professional or Professional Advanced will follow Cloud Billing charging cycles, including threshold billing. For more information, see [About threshold > billing](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/billing-cycle#threshold-billing). ### Cancel or downgrade a plan If your upgraded plan is canceled or you downgrade to a different plan: - You will no longer be able to add data layers from your previous plan to a Google Earth project. - Any projects containing data layers from your previous plan will no longer visualize the data on the map within the project. This also includes projects that may have been shared with others. A message will indicate they are unavailable, with prompts to upgrade your plan to regain access. - You will still be able to view and share building or solar designs created in projects from your previous plan. - As long as you have an active [Google Cloud project and billing account](https://developers.google.com/maps/get-started#quickstart), you are subject to the [Google Maps Platform Terms of Service](https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms). > [!CAUTION] > **Important:** Any cancellations, downgrades, or removal of users you make to Professional and Professional Advanced won't impact the amount of fees due in the month you make the change. **Fees are not prorated** and you will be charged for the entire month, even if you cancel or downgrade your plan during the month. Sign-ups, upgrades, and addition of users are effective immediately. ### Renew a canceled plan If you renew a canceled plan: - Data layers from the previous paid plan will become usable again and you will be able to generate more building and solar designs. - Links to data layers from the previous paid plan in your projects will be re-established automatically and the layers will visualize on the map again. > [!TIP] > **Tip:** You may need to refresh your page or reload the **Map contents** panel to see features from a renewed plan. ### Add and remove users You can add or remove users to your Google Earth plan at any point during the month. - When you add a user during the month, you will be charged for that user for the entire month, regardless of when they were added to your plan. - When you remove a user, they will remain active until the end of the month. Associated costs are **not** prorated.