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
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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