Google Static Maps API Usage Limits

The Google Static Maps API has the following limits in place:

Increase your Quota by Enabling Pay-as-you-go Billing

Most websites and applications may use the standard Google Static Maps API free of charge. However, if you consistently generate a high amount of traffic, usage limits apply and you will need to pay for extra usage. If your site or application generates 25,000 Static Maps image requests or more per 24 hours, for more than 90 consecutive days, we'll attempt to get in touch with you to talk about payment. Don't worry, if you go over the limits, we won't immediately shut off your API access or display error messages on your site.

If your use of the standard Google Static Maps API exceeds the free usage limits, you can purchase excess map loads online by enabling billing on the project. Once billing has been enabled, if you exceed the free usage limits, you will be billed at $0.50 USD / 1000 additional requests, up to 1,000,000 daily.

Note: If you enable billing and exceed the free limits, all billable requests must use a digital signature (in addition to an API key) for authentication.

The maximum billable limit defaults to 1,000,000 requests per day. You can change this limit by clicking the edit icon next to the Total quota on the Quotas page of the API in the Google Developers Console.

If your API usage reaches your billable limit on any given day, your application will not be able to access the API for the remainder of that day.

Google charges you at the beginning of each month for the previous month's activity, using your specified payment method.

Learn how to:

• Monitor, filter, and cap API usage
• Set and manage billing alerts
• View your cost and payment history
• Get an invoice or payment receipt

Consider a Premium Plan

If you think your website or application will generate high Static Maps image requests consistently in the long term, you should consider purchasing a Google Maps APIs Premium Plan license. Google Maps APIs Premium Plan customers have different quotas than those for the standard API. A Static Maps request is applied against the total number of Maps APIs Credits purchased with the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan license. See Premium Plan Usage Rates and Limits for more information.

Terms of Use Restrictions

For complete details on allowed usage, consult the Maps API Terms of Service License Restrictions.