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Thinking seriously about switching to MapBox. Google's pricing is insane after this change -- $7 per 1000 map views!?!?! Did they add an extra zero accidentall

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• dabernathy89 8y ago
  For reference - If i'm reading this right, it was 50 cents per 1000 map views before (up to 100k per day). https://web.archive.org/web/20180307020901/https://developers.google.com/maps/pricing-and-plans/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180307020901/https://developer...
  • SiVal 8y ago
    I'm working on the design of a system right now that is intended to be commercial if we can bootstrap it with profits. I had already decided to find an alternative to Google Maps because of the risk of getting technologically locked into a completely custom API/service. What, for example, would happen to our profits and bootstrapping plans if Google decided to, say, double or triple its pricing overnight? Big trouble right? So, here we have people who built around Google Maps wishing the prices were only tripled. I'm not yet sure what we will do, but we'll try to improvise something from less-featureful maps before we'll build a nest out on a Google branch and dare them to cut it off. I'm glad I learned my lesson from the experiences of others before this even happened. This is a great reminder about the hazards of designing around single-source, critical inputs.
• brittany_mapfit 8y ago
  Inquire with Mapfit as well to learn about your use case. Contact me directly with website information, your current usage, and use case. brittany@mapfit.com