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I'm sorry this happened to you. Many people were shocked at their map api bill following google making it a paid service. We certainly did and now we don't use

I'm sorry this happened to you. Many people were shocked at their map api bill following google making it a paid service. We certainly did and now we don't use them any more.

andrefuchs 6y ago
Can you please recommend a good alternative?
- lights0123 6y ago
  Mapbox is far cheaper, has a good free tier, and has the highest-res satellite imagery I could find.
  - plumeria 6y ago
    Would it be interesting to explore using all services in a round-robin fashion and fully take advantage of all free tiers? Not sure if it's too much trouble for the possible benefits.
    - tcbasche 6y ago
      It could lead to an ... interesting user experience if different services had slightly different data
      - plumeria 6y ago
        That's a good point.
        tcbasche 6y ago
        But it’s certainly a concept worth exploring, if not for the sake of exploiting free tiers but maybe for maximum availability.
- nojito 6y ago
  Mapkit is pretty good. https://developer.apple.com/maps/web/ https://developer.apple.com/maps/web/
- schwartzworld 6y ago
  Leaflet + OpenStreetMaps
  - uberman 6y ago
    This is what we use now as well.
- NetToolKit 6y ago
  Self-plug: NetToolKit Geo (https://www.nettoolkit.com/geo/about https://www.nettoolkit.com/geo/about) offers very affordable map tiles (both raster and vector) and geocoding (plus a simple autocomplete feature for within the US). You can also configure whether your account automatically replenishes credits if they fall below a certain threshold, so you can have better control of spend.