Mapbox vs HERE pricing
Both are in maps & geocoding apis. Mapbox is billed per 1k req / mau-based; HERE is billed per 1k req / transactions. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
MapboxFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 50k web map loads/mo + free geocoding tier
- Billed
- Per 1k req / MAU-based
- Best for
- Customizable maps & nav SDKs
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
HEREFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 30k req/mo (Base Plan, card required)
- Billed
- Per 1k req / transactions
- Best for
- Automotive & enterprise location data
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
Mapbox plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Map Loads (GL JS web) | Free up to 50,000/mo, then $5.00 per 1,000 | Pay-as-you-go web map loads with automatic volume discounts at higher tiers. |
| Temporary Geocoding | Free up to 100,000/mo, then $0.75 per 1,000 | Forward/reverse geocoding results that may not be stored permanently. |
| Permanent Geocoding | $5.00 per 1,000 (no free tier) | Geocoding results licensed for permanent storage. |
| Directions API | Free up to 100,000/mo, then $2.00 per 1,000 | Routing requests; drops to $1.60/1K above 500K within the billing period. |
| Static Images | Free up to 50,000/mo, then $1.00 per 1,000 | Server-rendered static map images. |
| Mobile Maps SDK (MAU) | Free up to 25,000 MAU/mo, then $4.00 per 1,000 | Mobile maps billed per monthly active user rather than per request. |
- No hard spending caps - each API bills independently with unlimited financial exposure, producing documented bill-shock cases
- Cost modeling at scale is complex because web map loads, mobile MAU, geocoding, directions, and search all meter and bill separately
- High-compute products like Matrix routing and Optimization can get expensive quickly
Source: https://www.mapbox.com/pricing
HERE plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium / Base | $0/mo | Includes 250,000 platform transactions per month; ~5 requests/second rate limit. Replaced the discontinued Limited Plan (after Aug 31, 2025). |
| Pay-as-you-grow | $1 per 1,000 transactions | Overage pricing applied beyond the 250,000 free monthly transactions; no hard daily caps, monthly quota model. |
| Pro | $449/mo | Includes up to 1 million platform transactions per month plus support and service guarantees. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing with auto-scaling for peak loads; caching/permanent-storage licenses reported to start around $10,000/year for data storage rights. |
- Pricing model is complex and hard to forecast at scale, usage is product- and tier-specific
- Standard plans prohibit permanent storage/caching of geocoding results without a costly enterprise license
- Data freshness/coverage weaker in rapidly changing or emerging-market urban areas than in Western Europe/North America