Mapbox vs QGIS

Features

Maps SDKs for Mobile: A user of Mapbox services within your mobile app during your month-long billing period. Each user may make unlimited Vector Tiles API and Raster Tiles API requests.

• Up to 25,000 (users) - Free
• 25,001 to 125,000 (users) - $4.00 (per 1,000)
• 125,001 to 250,000 (users) - $3.20 (per 1,000)
• 250,001 to 1,250,000 (users) - $2.40 (per 1,000)
• 1,250,000+ (users) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Map Loads for Web: A map load is counted every time Mapbox GL JS initializes on a webpage or in a web app. A map load includes unlimited Vector Tiles API and Raster Tiles API requests.

• Up to 50,000 (users) - Free
• 50,001 to 100,000 (users) - $5.00 (per 1,000)
• 100,001 to 200,000 (users) - $4.20 (per 1,000)
• 200,001 to 1,000,000 (users) - $3.40 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,000+ (users) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Map Loads for Web: A user who uses Mapbox services within your web application during your month-long billing period. Each user may make unlimited Vector Tiles API and Raster Tiles API requests.

• Up to 3 (Monthly seats) - Free
• 4 to 125 (Monthly seats) - $5.00 (per seat)
• 126 to 250 (Monthly seats) - $4.20 (per seat)
• 251 to 1,250 (Monthly seats) - $3.40 (per seat)
• 1,250+ (Monthly seats) - Contact sales (per seat)

Search sessions: A series of Geocoding API requests made by a single user to find a search result using autocomplete.

Navigation trips: A series of Directions API requests made by a single user to navigate from an origin to a destination including reroutes and traffic refreshes.

Vision SDKs for Mobile (Beta): A user of Mapbox vision services within your mobile app during your month-long billing period. Each user may make unlimited vision-related requests.

• Up to 50 (users) - Free
• 51 to 100 (users) - $1.00 (per user)
• 101 to 1,000 (users) - $0.80 (per user)
• 1,001 to 5,000 (users) - $0.60 (per user)
• 5,000+ (users) - Contact sales (per user)

Maps SDK for Unity: A user of Mapbox services within your Unity app during your month-long billing period. Each user may make an unlimited number of Vector Tiles API, Raster Tiles API, and Static Tiles API requests per month.

• Up to 25,000 (users) - Free
• 25,001 to 125,000 (users) - $4.00 (per 1,000)
• 125,001 to 250,000 (users) - $3.20 (per 1,000)
• 250,001 to 1,250,000 (users) - $2.40 (per 1,000)
• 1,250,000+ (users) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Features

1) Maps

Static Images API: A single request for a PNG image with customizable height and width generated from a GL style.

• Up to 50,000 (requests) - Free
• 50,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $1.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $0.80 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $0.60 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Tilequery API: A single query for geographic features in one or more Mapbox-hosted vector tilesets at a given latitude and longitude.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $1.50 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $0.90 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Vector Tiles API: A single tile request from a vector tileset. This is typically one of a series of requests used to render vector-based slippy maps.

• Up to 200,000 (requests) - Free
• 200,001 to 2,000,000 (requests) - $0.25 (per 1,000)
• 2,000,001 to 4,000,000 (requests) - $0.20 (per 1,000)
• 4,000,001 to 20,000,000 (requests) - $0.15 (per 1,000)
• 20,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Static Tiles API: A request for a single raster tile generated from a GL style. This is typically one of a series of requests to make Mapbox.js, Leaflet, or other raster-based slippy maps.

• Up to 200,000 (requests) - Free
• 200,001 to 2,000,000 (requests) - $0.50 (per 1,000)
• 2,000,001 to 4,000,000 (requests) - $0.40 (per 1,000)
• 4,000,001 to 20,000,000 (requests) - $0.30 (per 1,000)
• 20,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Raster Tiles API: A single tile request from a raster tileset like Mapbox Satellite or another Mapbox-hosted raster tileset. This is typically one of a series of requests used to make slippy maps.

• Up to 750,000 (requests) - Free
• 750,001 to 2,000,000 (requests) - $0.25 (per 1,000)
• 2,000,001 to 4,000,000 (requests) - $0.20 (per 1,000)
• 4,000,001 to 20,000,000 (requests) - $0.15 (per 1,000)
• 20,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Legacy Static Images API: A single request for a standalone, static PNG generated from a legacy Mapbox Studio Classic style.

• Up to 50,000 (requests) - Free
• 50,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $1.50 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $1.90 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

2) Navigation

Directions API: A single request for traffic- and incident-aware route for driving, walking, or cycling.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $2.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Map Matching API: A single request that takes recorded traces and snaps them to the Mapbox Streets road network.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $2.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Optimization API: A single request for a duration-optimized route between multiple input coordinates.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $2.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Matrix API: A single element in a matrix or timetable that calculates travel times between many points.

• Up to 100,000 (matrix elements) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (matrix elements) - $2.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (matrix elements) - $1.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (matrix elements) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (matrix elements) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Isochrone API: A single request for polygon or line features that show areas that are reachable within a specified amount of time from a location.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $2.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $1.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $1.20 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

3) Search

Temporary Geocoding API: A single search query for places, addresses, or points of interest by name or geographic coordinate.

• Up to 100,000 (requests) - Free
• 100,001 to 500,000 (requests) - $0.70 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,000 (requests) - $0.60 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 (requests) - $0.45 (per 1,000)
• 5,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Permanent Geocoding API: Permanently store forward and reverse search results, make batch geocoding requests, or both. Results from the Permanent Geocoding API are only available for your own personal or business use, and cannot be used for distribution or sublicense. If you're interested in using this API, please contact Mapbox sales.

• 1 to 500,000 (requests) - $5.00 (per 1,000)
• 500,001 to 1,000,0000 (requests) - $4.00 (per 1,000)
• 1,000,000+ (requests) - Contact sales (per 1,000)

Features

• Community resources
• API status reporting
• Email response times: No guaranteed timeframe

Features

• Includes Developer plan features, plus
• Email response times: P3 — 3 business days

10% of monthly spend

$500 monthly minimum

Features

• Includes Essential plan features, plus
• Email response times: P3 — 3 business days, P2 — 1 business day
• Emergency escalation: P1 — 4 hours

15% of monthly spend

$6,000 monthly minimum

Features

• Includes Business plan features, plus
• Emergency escalation: P1 — 4 hours, P0 — ½ hour
• Private GitHub repository
• Dedicated support engineer
• Solutions guidance
• Proactive programs