JavaScript API Usage Limits

The JavaScript API has the following limits in place:

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

Limited Complimentary Quota

Most websites and applications may use the standard JavaScript API free of charge. However, if you generate a high amount of traffic, usage limits apply and you will need to pay for extra usage. The per-day limit of free quota is 25,000 map loads.

For customers with active implementations of the JavaScript API prior to June 22, 2016, quota exceptions may apply. In certain instances, map loads in excess of 25,000 per day may be allowed free of charge until October 12, 2016. Learn more here.

If your website qualifies for the quota exception, until October 12, 2016, if your site or application generates in excess of 25,000 map loads per 24 hours, we won't immediately shut off your API access or display error messages on your site. After October 12, 2016, if your site or application exceeds the daily limit, your application will not be able to access the API for the remainder of that day, unless you enable billing to pay for the excess usage.

New implementations of the JavaScript API are subject to the usage limits immediately. If your website exceeds 25,000 map loads in a day, the API will cease to function for the rest of the day, unless you enable billing to access higher daily quota.

Enable Billing

If your use of the standard JavaScript 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 100,000 daily.

The maximum billable limit defaults to 100,000 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 API 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

Note: Applications deemed in the public interest (as determined by Google at its discretion) are not subject to these usage limits. For example, a disaster relief map is not subject to the usage limits even if it has been developed and/or is hosted by a commercial entity. In addition, qualifying nonprofit organizations who demonstrate a need for increased geocoding limits or internal usage of the Google Maps API may apply for a Google Maps API for Work license through the Google Earth Outreach grants program.

Consider a Premium Plan

The purchase of a Google Maps API for Work license may be more cost effective for sites generating very large volumes of map loads per day compared to purchasing additional quota through the Google API Console. Google Maps API for Work customers have different quotas than those for the standard API. A single load of the JavaScript API into a page is applied against the total number of Maps APIs Credits purchased with the Google Maps API for Work license. See Maps API for Work 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.