Pricing for the Maps Embed API
All Maps Embed API requests are available at no charge with unlimited usage.
Other usage limits
There are no short-term (queries per second) or long-term (queries per day) limits on the Maps Embed API.
Some sites we added it as an image to avoid this. Some sites got flagged as weren't allowed to do this and others have been ignored.
It’s an open-source system that is used worldwide, by a few thousand loosely-organized nonprofits.
When Google Maps suddenly required associated credit cards, it caused a great deal of trouble. It still causes problems.
That’s because most of these entities are not 501(c)(3) orgs, with bank accounts and debit/credit cards. In fact, the organization enforces deliberate poverty, amongst its chapters.
Someone needs to add their personal card to the Google Maps API. Since the maintenance people are constantly rotating, this is an issue.
Also, the API has a dashboard like a Space Shuttle cockpit. Most regular schlubs have a difficult time with it.
Google’s UI is a complete mystery to anyone outside google that doesn’t know the lingo. It seems to keep changing too.
I’d be terrified of a situation like AWS, where suddenly my card is charged thousands of dollars for some unexpected situation.
And, unlike AWS, I wouldn’t expect to be able to reach someone at Google to cancel the charge.
You mean a cult. This isn't a real issue for properly run 501c3, it's a tax registration for a reason.
Well, isn't that special?
Have a great day!
Make one of those pins move because it's actually a car, and suddenly your cheeks are getting clapped with 6+-figure bills.