What is the best Google Maps API alternative?
Radar is the best alternative to the Google Maps API. Radar supports geocoding, search, and distance APIs with high-quality address and place data. Radar is more affordable than the Google Maps API, free up to 100,000 API requests per month and $0.50 per 1,000 requests thereafter. Radar is also more flexible than the Google Maps API, allowing you to display results on any map with no attribution requirements.
Unlike Google Maps, Radar is also a full-stack platform for location tracking and geofencing, with support for unlimited geofences, polygon geofences, isochrone geofences, and out-of-the-box geofences for places and regions. Finally, Radar supports integrations including mParticle, Segment, Braze, Airship, Amplitude, and Yext.
See a detailed feature-by-feature comparison below. Still have questions? Contact us!
Feature | Radar | Google Maps API |
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Free geocoding requests per month | 100,000 | 40,000 (based on $200 credit) |
Geocoding price | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | $5.00 per 1,000 requests |
Free place search requests per month | 100,000 | 11,764 (based on $200 credit) |
Place search price | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | $17.00 per 1,000 requests |
Autocomplete API | Yes | Yes |
Place search API | Yes | Yes |
Geofence search API | Yes | No |
Forward geocoding API | Yes | Yes |
Reverse geocoding API | Yes | Yes |
IP geocoding API | Yes | No |
Distance API with multiple travel modes | Yes | No |
Matrix API | Yes | Yes |
Base maps | No | Yes |
Display on any map | Yes | No |
Attribution requirements | No | Yes |
iOS SDK | Yes | Yes |
Android SDK | Yes | Yes |
Official React Native SDK | Yes | No |
Official Cordova SDK | Yes | No |
Full-stack geofencing and location tracking | Yes | No |
Polygon geofences | Yes | No |
Isochrone geofences | Yes | No |
Nightly geofence sync | Yes | No |
Expiring geofences | Yes | Yes |
Place, category, and chain detection | Yes | Yes |
Region detection | Yes | No |
mParticle integration | Yes | No |
Segment integration | Yes | No |
Yext integration | Yes | No |
Braze integration | Yes | No |
Airship integration | Yes | No |
Amplitude integration | Yes | No |
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