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Re:Google Maps Platform by zenovision on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:17AM (#16985253)
I just compared pricing for different providers and here are my results:

Usage: 10000 requests / day

Google Maps: (3600000 - (28000free * 12)) / 1000 * 7 = 22848 $ per year

Yandex Maps: 360000 rubles or 5600$ per year, but much cheaper for higher volumes than 10000/day

Mapbox: (3600000 - (50000free * 12)) / 1000 * 0.5 + (fix 500 * 12) = 7500 $ per year

Bing Maps: No pricing on website, need to contact support

Re:Google Maps Platform by nomad543 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @03:58PM (#16989350)
I've been researching alternatives and Mapfit offers 100,000 API requests a day for free. I haven't read the documentation but looks very promising.
Re:Google Maps Platform by nomad543 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:20PM (#16991478)
Well a truly bizarre thing happened, the Mapfit staff just altered the text on their pricing box from 100,000/day to 2,500/day (Google cache confirms). Doesn't look very professional.
Re:Google Maps Platform by yurishimo on Friday May 04, 2018 @01:13AM (#16992330)
They’ve probably been getting hammered with signups. It sucks they pulled such an underhand move but it’s obvious why they did it.
Re:Google Maps Platform by Foremost on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:16PM (#16995737)
Have you checked out TomTom and Here too?