Compare cost per month
LocationIQ
Mapbox
Price Comparision
Monthly
API requests
Up to 40,000
100,000
250,000
500,000
1,000,000
5,000,000
MapBox
$300
per month
$0
$0
$112.5
$300
$600
$2,400
LocationIQ
$99
per month
Save
up to
68%
up to
68%
$0
$0
$49
$99
$99
$500
Feature Comparison
Feature
MapBox
LocationIQ
Flexibility
Custom Plans
Dedicated Instance (on-demand)
Higher RPS (on-demand)
Caching Policy
Friendly-ish
Friendly
Usage Policy
(API use in combination with competitor’s products)
Friendly
Friendly
Maintenance & Support
Uptime Status
Uptime Guarantees
Support
Email
Email & Phone
Geocoding APIs
Reverse
Forward / Search
Autocomplete
Nearby
Timezone
Routing APIs
Directions
Distance matrix
Matching
Nearest
Route Optimization
Maps
Streets
Static
Custom themes
Map Editor
Coming Soon
Use cases
Fleet
Fleetsmart uses Maps API to give Fleet Managers’ a bird’s eye overview of active or available assets, pick-up or drop-off points, and delivery paths.
Social
Life360 gives your family members a view of each others whereabouts by reporting real-time location on map tiles.
Travel
PolarSteps uses map tiles to create beautiful travel journals for its users, and Geocoding APIs to show places visited by region.