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Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by wccrawford on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:46AM (#17021804)
It depends on your hobby project. Google's free tier gives unlimited map views, commercial or not. (Edit: On native apps.)

Mapbox's free tier only gives 50k map views, and only for non-commercial apps. If you're a paid app, you also have to pay $499 per month on top of your usage.

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Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by dabernathy89 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:40PM (#17022304)
Mapbox also gives unlimited map views for native mobile apps. Pricing is instead based on monthly active users (50k free).
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Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by wastedhours on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @01:10PM (#17022585)
Not if your app is paid though, and then the $499 only covers you to 250 seats (!).

I like what they're doing, and wanted to use them for a web app with restricted access, but certainly not going to pay $499pcm for a side project.

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Re:How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google... by EQmapbox on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @06:09PM (#17025711)
Happy to chat custom pricing, I work at Mapbox with many of the solo / independent developers. I'm @EqMapbox on twitter.
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