Maps JavaScript API Usage and Billing

Reminder: To use the Maps JavaScript API, you must enable billing on each of your projects and include an API key with all API or SDK requests.

The Maps JavaScript API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Maps JavaScript API requests generate calls to two different SKUs depending on the type of request: map loads or panoramas. JavaScript services are priced separately from JavaScript native SKUs. Along with the overall Google Terms of Use, there are usage limits specific to the Maps JavaScript API. Manage your costs and usage with tools available in the Google Cloud Console.

How the Maps JavaScript API is billed

The Maps JavaScript 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 Maps JavaScript API

SKU: Dynamic Maps

An application that displays either a map loaded with or without a map ID using Maps JavaScript API, or a map loaded with a map ID and using either the Maps SDK for Android or Maps SDK for iOS.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per MAP LOAD)
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
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.

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SKU: Dynamic Street View

Street View panoramas and map loads are now charged separately. A dynamic Street View panorama is charged for each instantiation of a panorama object in a Maps JavaScript API, Maps SDK for Android, Maps SDK for iOS application.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE (Price per PANORAMA)
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
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:

• In JavaScript, with the google.maps.StreetViewPanorama() class or Map.getStreetView() method. Neither the built-in Street View experience based on the Street View Pegman control nor usage of the StreetViewService() class is charged.
• On Android, with one of StreetViewPanoramaFragment, SupportStreetViewPanoramaFragment, or StreetViewPanoramaView classes. A panorama is counted each time the related onCreate() method is called.
• On iOS, with the GMSPanoramaView object.

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 there is no maximum number of requests per day, the following usage limits are in place for the Maps JavaScript API:

• 30,000 requests per minute.
• 300 requests per minute per IP address. In the Google Cloud Console, this quota is referred to as Map loads per minute per user.

Key point: Older projects may have a legacy quota of 60 QPM per IP address. If you would like to increase this to 300 QPM, please contact our support team and request a quota increase.

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, set daily quota limits on all requests to any billable API. Daily quotas are reset at midnight Pacific time.

Note: You can set daily billable quota limits on billable APIs only. If your project doesn't use any billable APIs, then you can't set daily limits.

To view or change quota limits for the Maps JavaScript API:

1. In the Cloud Console, open the Google Maps Platform Quotas page.
2. Click the APIs drop-down and select the Maps JavaScript API.
3. To view the quota limits, scroll down to the Requests card.
   A table lists the quota names and limits.
4. 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.

Related cost management resources

• Google Maps Platform Billing & Pricing
• Google Maps Platform Reporting & Monitoring

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1. 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. ↩