Map Tiles API Usage and Billing

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

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Billing and pricing for the Map Tiles API

For information about how Google calculates your billing and pricing, see Google Maps Platform pricing list or Google Maps Platform pricing list - India.

SKU: Map Tiles API: 2D Map Tiles

This SKU bills for requests to the Map Tiles API for 2D map tiles.

	Category	Essentials
	Billable event	Request
	Triggers	This SKU is triggered when you make a request to the Map Tiles API that retrieves one of the following 2D map tiles: Roadmap Satellite Terrain Session Token and Viewport information requests aren't billed.
	Pricing	Main pricing table India pricing table

SKU: Map Tiles API: Street View Tiles

This SKU bills for requests to Map Tiles API retrieving Street View tiles.

	Category	Essentials
	Billable event	Request
	Triggers	This SKU is triggered when you make a request to that retrieves one or more of the following Street View tiles: Street View Tiles Street View Thumbnails Street View PanoIDs Session Token and Street View Metadata requests aren't billed.
	Pricing	Main pricing table India pricing table

SKU: Map Tiles API: Photorealistic 3D Tiles

This SKU bills for requests to Map Tiles API that retrieve 3D Root Tiles.

	Category	Enterprise
	Billable event	Request
	Triggers	This SKU is triggered when you make a request to Map Tiles API that retrieves 3D Root Tiles.
	Pricing	Main pricing table India pricing table

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.

Note: Map Tiles API default quotas are subject to change. Quotas for your projects may differ from the defaults noted on this page if you've been granted a quota uplift. If you need your quota increased, contact the support team.

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 10000 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.

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