Places Insights API Usage and Billing

How the Places Insights API is billed

Places Insights API is billed using the Pro pricing category. Pricing is determined on a cost per billable event, where each request to the Places Insights API corresponds to a billable event. Usage is then calculated on a monthly basis.

SKU: Places Insights API

Costs listed below are per 1000 events. All prices in USD. Ranges are for number of monthly events.

Free usage cap

5,001 - 100,000 events

100,001 - 500,000 events

500,001 - 1,000,000 events

1,000,001 - 5,000,000 events

5,000,001 - 10,000,000 events

10,000,001+ events

5,000 billable events recurring monthly

$10.00

$8.00

$6.00

$3.00

$0.75

Contact sales for volume pricing discounts.

SKU: Places Insights API (India)

Costs listed below are per 1000 events. All prices in USD. Ranges are for number of monthly events.

Free usage cap

35,001 - 5,000,000 events

5,000,001 - 10,000,000 events

10,000,001+ events

35,000 billable events recurring monthly

$3.00

$0.75

Contact sales for volume pricing discounts.

Other usage limits

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

  • Maximum Queries per Minute (QPM): 1,200

Terms of Use restrictions

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