Compare your Google Map API options
The Google Maps APIs let you embed Google Maps in your web pages or mobile apps.
Your service must be freely and publicly accessible to end users.
Learn more about the licensing terms for each API in the documentation, or by following the links below.
Google Maps API for Work provides enhanced features and added support to organizations who are adding maps to their fee-based websites or mobile apps, or to their internal websites.
| Features | Maps API | Google Maps API for Work |
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| Street View |
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| Geocoding Web Service | 2500 requests per 24 hour period | 100 000 requests per 24 hour period |
| Directions Web Service | 2500 requests per 24 hour period with 10 waypoints per request |
100 000 requests per 24 hour period with 23 waypoints per request |
| Distance Matrix Web Service | 100 elements per query 100 elements per 10 seconds 2500 elements per 24 hour period |
625 elements per query 1000 elements per 10 seconds 100 000 elements per 24 hour period |
| Elevation Web Service | 2500 requests per 24 hour period with 25 000 samples per 24 hour period |
100 000 requests per 24 hour period with 1 000 000 samples per 24 hour period |
| Roads Web Service | 2500 requests per 24-hour period with 10 requests per second. Up to 100 points per request. Speed limit data not included. |
100 000 requests per 24-hour period with 10 requests per second. Up to 100 points per request. Speed limit data optionally available. |
| Static Maps API maximum resolution | 640 x 640 | 2048 x 2048 |
| Static Maps API maximum scale | 2X | 4X |
| Street View Image API maximum resolution | 640 x 640 | 2048 x 2048 |
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| Support | Maps API | Google Maps API for Work |
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| Google Maps API Developer resources |
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| Service Level Agreement |
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| Technical Support |
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| Support portal & usage reporting |
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| Use cases | Maps API | Google Maps API for Work |
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| Free & publicly available |
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| Internal deployments |
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| Embedding in software and applications for fee |
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| Reselling services with Google Maps |
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| Control of advertising |
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| Private asset tracking |
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OEM Licensing
You can license Google Maps as an embedded feature of your stand-alone software or device, such as the iFit line of Google Maps-enabled treadmills. For more information about OEM licensing, contact a Google Maps API for Work Sales Manager.