Roads API Usage and Billing

The Roads API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Roads API requests generate different SKUs depending on the type of request: route traveled with snap to roads, nearest roads, or speed limits. Along with the overall Google Terms of Use, there are usage limits specific to the Roads API. Manage your costs and usage with tools available in the Google Cloud Console.

How the Roads API is billed

The Roads API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. The Google Maps Platform APIs and SDKs are billed by SKU. Usage is tracked for each SKU, and any API or SDK may have more than one product SKU. Cost is calculated by

SKU usage × Price per each use

Use our Pricing and Usage calculator to estimate your usage cost per API or SDK. For qualifying Google Maps Platform SKUs, a $200 USD Google Maps Platform credit is available each month for each billing account. This credit is automatically applied1 to the qualifying SKUs.

Pricing for the Roads API

SKU: Roads – Route Traveled

A request to the Roads API’s Snap to Roads service.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE
(Price per QUERY)
0–100,000 100,001–500,000 500,000+
0.01 USD per each
(10.00 USD per 1000)		 0.008 USD per each
(8.00 USD per 1000)		 Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Roads – Nearest Road

A request to the Roads API’s Nearest Roads service.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE
(Price per QUERY)
0–100,000 100,001–500,000 500,000+
0.01 USD per each
(10.00 USD per 1000)		 0.008 USD per each
(8.00 USD per 1000)		 Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Roads – Speed Limits

A request to the Roads API’s Speed Limits service.
MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE
(Price per ELEMENT)
0–100,000 100,001–500,000 500,000+
0.02 USD per each
(20.00 USD per 1000)		 0.016 USD per each
(16.00 USD per 1000)		 Contact Sales for volume pricing

Speed Limit requests are billed per speed limit element returned in the API response. This amount will always be equal to or less than the number of points passed in the original request.

Other usage limits

While there is no maximum number of requests per day, the following usage limits are in place for the Roads API:

  • 30,000 QPM (requests per minute).
  • Up to 100 points per request.
  • Speed limit data not included.

Terms of Use restrictions

For information on terms of use, see policies for the Roads API, and the License Restrictions section of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

Manage your cost of use

To manage your cost of use of the Roads API or to meet the demands of your production traffic, set daily quota limits on all requests to any API. Daily quotas are reset at midnight Pacific time.

To view or change quota limits for the Roads API:

  1. In the Cloud Console, open the Google Maps Platform Quotas page.
  2. Click the APIs drop-down and select the Roads API.
  3. To view the quota limits, scroll down to the Requests card.
    A table lists the quota names and limits.
  4. To change a quota limit, click the Edit icon for that limit.
    In the dialog that appears, in the Quota Limit field, enter the preferred billable daily quota limit (up to the quota limit, if any, specified by Google) and select Save.

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

  1. Users in India must create a Google Cloud Platform billing account before creating a Google Maps Platform billing account to receive the Maps Platform credit. ↩