Isochrones API Usage and Billing

How the Isochrones API is billed

The Isochrones API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Each request to the GenerateIsochrone method of the API generates a billable event.

SKU details and pricing for the Isochrones API

How SKUs are triggered

You are billed for requests to the GenerateIsochrone method.

Service usage is calculated on a monthly basis. The following tables show the expected price per 1,000 billing events after the product reaches GA.

Global pricing (excluding India)

SKU Name

Free Usage Cap

Cap - 100,000

100,001 - 500,000

500,001 - 1,000,000

1,000,001 - 5,000,000

5,000,001+

Essentials
Isochrones API 10,000 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $1.50 $0.40

India pricing

SKU Name

Free Usage Cap

Cap - 5,000,000

5,000,000+

Essentials
Isochrones API (India) 70,000 $0.90 $0.78

Quota limits

The Isochrones API enforces the following usage limits:

  • Requests per minute (QPM): 600 requests per minute per project.

To review and manage your quotas and usage limits for the Isochrones API, see Quotas and quota alerts.

Adjust quota

Quota limits define the maximum number of requests allowed for a specific API or service within a given timeframe. When the number of requests in your project reaches the quota limit, your service stops responding to requests.

To modify a quota value for your API, follow these steps:

  1. In the Cloud console, navigate to Google Maps Platform > Quotas.
  2. Select the API for which you want to modify the quota.
  3. Identify the quota value that you want to change, and select it using the checkbox.
  4. Click Edit, enter a new quota value, and click Submit request.

View quota increase requests

To view all quota increase requests, including past and pending requests:

  1. In the Cloud console, navigate to Google Maps Platform > Quotas.
  2. Select the API for which you want to view the quota increase request.
  3. Click Increase Requests.

Terms of Use restrictions

For complete details on allowed usage, see the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service License Restrictions.