[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":114},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fplan-updates-2023\u002F":3,"related-blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fplan-updates-2023\u002F":85},{"id":4,"title":5,"abstract":6,"author":6,"body":7,"description":70,"excerpt":6,"extension":71,"head":6,"image":6,"keywords":72,"meta":77,"modified":6,"navigation":78,"path":79,"proficiencyLevel":6,"published":80,"rawbody":81,"schemaOrg":6,"schemaType":6,"seo":82,"stem":83,"__hash__":84},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fplan-updates-2023.md","New Plans & Pricing in 2023",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":60},"minimark",[10,14,19,23,28,31,34,42,46,49,52],[11,12,5],"h1",{"id":13},"new-plans-pricing-in-2023",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"whats-changing","What’s Changing",[20,21,22],"p",{},"Effective today, we are updating our pricing policies and plans. We have identified some ways our current\npricing causes confusion, and we are updating how accounts are granted access to features.",[24,25,27],"h3",{"id":26},"change-1-account-usage","Change #1: Account Usage",[20,29,30],{},"The biggest change is how account usage is calculated. First, plans will now have a monthly usage limit instead\nof a daily usage limit. Second, we are replacing \"map views\" and \"API requests\" with a single, simplified credit\nsystem.",[20,32,33],{},"Each plan will come with an included amount of credits for each month, and each request you make to our APIs\nwill use a set number of credits (e.g., a raster map tile will count as 1 credit, a static map as 10 credits,\nand a route request as 10 credits).",[20,35,36,37,41],{},"For ",[38,39,40],"em",{},"new"," paid plans, we will allow users to choose between the option to be hard limited (i.e.,\nadditional requests will be blocked) when the included credits are consumed or accruing additional usage fees.\nFree plans will continue being hard limited when the usage limit is reached.",[24,43,45],{"id":44},"change-2-available-features","Change #2: Available Features",[20,47,48],{},"Going forward, each plan will be granted access to a set of APIs. More advanced plans will have access to more\nfeatures; less advanced plans will have access to fewer features. For example, you will now need the Starter\nplan to gain access to our Static Maps API or the Standard plan for the new Satellite Basemap.",[20,50,51],{},"Legacy plans will retain their existing feature set as of January 11th, but will need to upgrade to access new\nfeatures (ex: satellite basemaps). If you were a subscriber as of January 11th, we have emailed you with a\nlimited time upgrade offer to get a substantial discount on any of the new plans.",[20,53,54,55],{},"You can see all the details about our new pricing on our updated ",[56,57,59],"a",{"href":58},"\u002Fpricing\u002F","pricing page",{"title":61,"searchDepth":62,"depth":62,"links":63},"",4,[64],{"id":17,"depth":65,"text":18,"children":66},2,[67,69],{"id":26,"depth":68,"text":27},3,{"id":44,"depth":68,"text":45},"Announcement: We've released new plans and pricing.","md",[73,74,75,76],"Pricing","Plans","Credits","Billing",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fplan-updates-2023","2023-01-12","---\ndescription: \"Announcement: We've released new plans and pricing.\"\npublished: 2023-01-12\nkeywords:\n  - Pricing\n  - Plans\n  - Credits\n  - Billing\n---\n\n# New Plans & Pricing in 2023\n\n## What’s Changing\n\nEffective today, we are updating our pricing policies and plans. We have identified some ways our current\npricing causes confusion, and we are updating how accounts are granted access to features.\n\n### Change #1: Account Usage\n\nThe biggest change is how account usage is calculated. First, plans will now have a monthly usage limit instead\nof a daily usage limit. Second, we are replacing \"map views\" and \"API requests\" with a single, simplified credit\nsystem.\n\nEach plan will come with an included amount of credits for each month, and each request you make to our APIs\nwill use a set number of credits (e.g., a raster map tile will count as 1 credit, a static map as 10 credits,\nand a route request as 10 credits).\n\nFor *new* paid plans, we will allow users to choose between the option to be hard limited (i.e.,\nadditional requests will be blocked) when the included credits are consumed or accruing additional usage fees.\nFree plans will continue being hard limited when the usage limit is reached.\n\n### Change #2: Available Features\n\nGoing forward, each plan will be granted access to a set of APIs. More advanced plans will have access to more\nfeatures; less advanced plans will have access to fewer features. For example, you will now need the Starter\nplan to gain access to our Static Maps API or the Standard plan for the new Satellite Basemap.\n\nLegacy plans will retain their existing feature set as of January 11th, but will need to upgrade to access new\nfeatures (ex: satellite basemaps). If you were a subscriber as of January 11th, we have emailed you with a\nlimited time upgrade offer to get a substantial discount on any of the new plans.\n\nYou can see all the details about our new pricing on our updated [pricing page](\u002Fpricing\u002F)",{"title":5,"description":70},"blog\u002Fplan-updates-2023","SfdfTTa-BJYkr1XEJvD8yiLO1des7SdNdTEsI_5BRYQ",[86,96,105],{"title":87,"description":88,"path":89,"published":90,"keywords":91,"rawbody":95},"Fall 2024 Credit Schedule Updates","Increased matrix element limits, navigation aids with OSRM support for routing, and adjustments to the credit schedule.","\u002Fblog\u002F2024-matrix-navigation-credit-updates","2024-09-12",[92,93,94,75,73],"Matrix Routing","Navigation","OSRM","---\ndescription: \"Increased matrix element limits, navigation aids with OSRM support for routing, and adjustments to the credit schedule.\"\npublished: 2024-09-12\nkeywords:\n  - Matrix Routing\n  - Navigation\n  - OSRM\n  - Credits\n  - Pricing\n---\n\n# Fall 2024 Credit Schedule Updates\n\nFor nearly a decade, we’ve helped companies build successful products using location APIs by delivering private,\nfinancially scalable services backed by exceptional human support. In the last two years, we’ve launched two major\nproduct lines: Geocoding and Satellite Imagery, and, in the background, we’ve significantly expanded our Routing API\ncapabilities. With all of these improvements and new functionality, we’re updating our API credit schedule. Current \npricing plans, including base price and additional credit rates, will remain unchanged.\n\nStarting October 1st, we're reducing credits used by all Geocoding, Autocomplete Search, and Isochrone APIs.\nFor some Routing and Matrix APIs, we're increasing credits used. \nWe’re also opening the Optimized Routing and Matrix APIs to the Standard Plan, \nallowing more customers take advantage of our most advanced APIs.\n\n## Even More Affordable Geocoding\n\nOur Geocoding product graduated out of beta just over a year ago, and since then, we’ve reached new levels of scale.\nThis allows us to reduce credit used from 30 to 20 credits per API request—a 30% reduction. The update\napplies to all geocoding and autocomplete search endpoints.\n\n## Improved Routing & Time\u002FDistance Matrix\n\nRouting is one of our oldest services, and over the years, we’ve built it into a world-class product, \nwith customizability few providers can match. \nToday it gets a little bit better.\n\n### Voice & Banner Navigation Aids for Routing & Map Matching\n\nAvailable immediately, \nour [Routing](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news){ target=\"_blank\" }\nand [Map Matching](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Fmap-matching\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news){ target=\"_blank\" }\nAPIs will support navigation aids, \nincluding detailed maneuver information optimized for display, \nand voice prompts in over 25 languages. \nThe new navigation aids are available in OSRM format,\nwhich is used by many mobile SDKs, \nincluding our own [Ferrostar](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fsdks\u002Fferrostar\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news){ target=\"_blank\" }. Where available, these responses also include detailed\nintersection information and speed limits in a single API request.\n\nEach request including these aids will use 30 credits and are available to all Stadia Maps accounts.\n\n### Bigger, Better Matrices\n\nOur [Time\u002FDistance Matrix API](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Ftime-distance-matrix\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news){target=_blank} \nis a critical component for many logistics applications, \nincluding solving the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem. \nUntil now, we’ve had to severely limit our matrix offering. \nThanks to recent infrastructure enhancements, we’re excited to introduce the following major improvements:\n\n1. We're opening the Matrix API to Standard Plan users. Previously, this was limited to our Professional and Enterprise\n   Plans.\n2. We’re increasing the maximum matrix element count by a factor of 10: from 1,000 to 10,000 (for the Professional\n   Plan).\n3. We're offering matrices larger than 10,000 elements by custom agreement. [Contact us to learn more.](mailto:entsales@stadiamaps.com?subject=Time%2FDistance%20Matrix%20Limits)\n\n### Matrix Billing Updates\n\nMatrix API requests will now calculate used credits differently. \nInstead of a flat number credits per request, the Matrix API will use credits per matrix element. \nEach matrix element will consume 10 credits, with no additional charge per request. \nThis adjustment reflects the varying sizes of matrix requests and aligns with industry standard practice. \nIt also enables us to support larger matrices more effectively going forward.\n\n### Other Routing Credit Changes\n\nIsochrone (reachable range) requests will use fewer credits, at 20 credits per request. \nOptimized and Standard routing requests will use more credits, at 40 and 20 credits per request, respectively.\n\n## Credit Change Overview\n\nSince we’ve made quite a few adjustments to the credit schedule, here’s an overview of the changes:\n\n| API                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Previous                 | Updated                                                        |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [Optimized routing](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Foptimized-routing\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)                          | 30 credits per request   | 40 credits per request & \u003Cbr> available on the Standard Plan   |\n| [Standard routing](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Fstandard-routing\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)                            | 10 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Standard routing (OSRM Format)](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Fstandard-routing\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)              | -                        | 30 credits per request                                         |\n| [Map matching (OSRM Format)](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Fmap-matching\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)                      | -                        | 30 credits per request                                         |\n| [Matrix](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Ftime-distance-matrix\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)                                  | 30 credits *per request* | 10 credits *per element* & \u003Cbr> available on the Standard Plan |\n| [Isochrones](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Frouting\u002Fisochrones\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)                                        | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Forward Geocoding](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fgeocoding-search-autocomplete\u002Fsearch\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)               | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Reverse Geocoding](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fgeocoding-search-autocomplete\u002Freverse-search\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)       | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Structured Geocoding](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fgeocoding-search-autocomplete\u002Fstructured-search\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news) | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Autocomplete Search](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fgeocoding-search-autocomplete\u002Fautocomplete\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)       | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n| [Place Lookup](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.stadiamaps.com\u002Fgeocoding-search-autocomplete\u002Fplace-lookup\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)              | 30 credits per request   | 20 credits per request                                         |\n\n## Learn More & Next Steps\n\n- [Create an account](https:\u002F\u002Fclient.stadiamaps.com\u002Fsignup\u002F?utm_source=marketing_site&utm_campaign=matrix_navigation_credit_updates&utm_content=matrix_navigation_credit_update_news)\n  to get your API key. You can start building today without a credit card!\n- Join our community on [Discord](https:\u002F\u002Fdiscord.gg\u002FqRBy6qqtdT) or [Slack](https:\u002F\u002Fslack.openstreetmap.us\u002F) to share what you're working on or get help.\n- Follow us on [Mastodon](https:\u002F\u002Fen.osm.town\u002F@stadiamaps), [Twitter](https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002F@stadiamaps),\n  or [LinkedIn](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fcompany\u002Fstadia-maps\u002F), or sign-up for\n  our [mailing list](https:\u002F\u002Feepurl.com\u002Fgs51fD) to stay up to date.",{"title":97,"description":98,"path":99,"published":100,"keywords":101,"rawbody":104},"Announcing Simplified Account-Based Billing","We've simplified billing by moving to a single subscription per account.","\u002Fblog\u002Fannouncing-simplified-account-level-billing","2022-12-05",[76,102,103],"Account Management","Subscription","---\ndescription: \"We've simplified billing by moving to a single subscription per account.\"\npublished: 2022-12-05\nkeywords:\n  - Billing\n  - Account Management\n  - Subscription\n---\n\n# Announcing Simplified Account-Based Billing\n\nAt Stadia Maps, we're always trying to make maps more accessible. Since launching, we have required a subscription for\neach property in your Stadia Maps account. However, over time, we recognized this approach added unnecessary complexity\nand confusion (it is the top support question we receive). So starting today, we’re making your life easier by\nbilling per account rather than per property.\n\nProperties are still a useful way that many of our customers track usage of individual applications, so they are not\ngoing away. In fact, you can still create as many of them as you like! The difference is that your account only needs a\nsingle subscription that covers the _combined_ usage of all your properties. We’ve added an account-level\noverview to the client dashboard so that you can see the aggregate usage against your plan limit.\nIf you previously had multiple subscriptions, we’ve got you\ncovered! We have already canceled any extra subscriptions and\nemailed you with the good news.\n\nOf course, our [terms of service](\u002Fterms-of-service\u002F) still apply, and you will need multiple accounts to use maps\nacross multiple entities. See our [FAQ](\u002Ffaqs\u002F) to learn more about shared billing, and when you need multiple accounts.\n",{"title":106,"description":107,"path":108,"published":109,"keywords":110,"rawbody":113},"Product Update: Improved Tiles, a New Tier, and Stadia Maps News","Product Update: improved map tiles, a new pricing tier, and more news from about the web.","\u002Fblog\u002Fproduct-updates-improved-tiles-new-tier","2020-07-02",[111,73,112],"Map Tiles","Product Update","---\npublished: 2020-07-02\ndescription: \"Product Update: improved map tiles, a new pricing tier, and more news from about the web.\"\nkeywords:\n  - Map Tiles\n  - Pricing\n  - Product Update\n---\n\n# Product Update: Improved Tiles, a New Tier, and Stadia Maps News\n\nIt’s been a few months since we last updated you on what\nwe’ve been doing around Stadia Maps, and we’ve been able to\naccomplish quite a lot.\n\n## New Tier: Stadia Growth\n\nAfter talking with customers and looking at our pricing, we realized there was a hole between our Starter and Standard\ntiers.\n\nEnter: *Stadia Growth*.\n\nA tier to help you grow, without growing your bills too much. Your $50 \u002F month goes a long way: 75k map views and API\nrequests \u002F day, with all the same great service you’ve learned to count on. Take a look at\nour [pricing page](\u002Fpricing\u002F) to see how it fits in.\n\n## Better Raster Tiles & Static Maps\n\nAt the beginning of this year, we knew our raster tiles had occasional\nedge-case performance issues, some cropped labels, and other minor\nquality concerns. So, starting in January, we began working towards\nfixing these issues.\n\nWe started by directly integrating our raster rendering library into our\ncustom-built tile server (it was previously a separate service). By doing\nthis, we’ve been able to almost completely eliminate our\nworst-case tail performance for raster tiles and static maps. After\nseeing promising results during the initial integration, we began tuning\nthe tile server against production loads, and have been able to eliminate\nmore performance bottlenecks. In terms of numbers, our worst-case raster\ntile rendering performance (the worst 0.1% of tile renders) dropped from\n8s to 2s—or 4x faster. At the same time, the 5% worst-case\nperforming requests improved from 512ms to 256ms—or 2x faster. We\nbelieve we have more progress to make, but this represents a significant\nstep towards eliminating too-slow tile renders.\n\nAs a very nice by-product, we’ve been able to drastically improve\nthe quality of our raster tiles (significantly fewer “cut\nlabels” and much better text layout). We are continuing to focus\non speed and reliability to ensure the best possible raster map\nexperience possible. Stay tuned for more updates regarding quality and\nperformance in the next few months.\n\n## Improved Outdoors Theme\n\nSince our last update, we’ve added the ability to display parks\nand nature reserves over water, sand and rock land cover types to give\nbeaches and mountain ranges more texture, and—a much requested\nfeature—trails and footpaths at lower zoom levels, all so that you can\nenjoy the great outdoors just a little bit more.\n\n## Newer Data, Better Depth\n\nAnother focus this year is to improve our processes for working with OSM\ndata. As a result, we’re on track to release new data each month this\nyear, with an improved schema each time. We’ve also increased the speed\nof our routing data updates, with new data being added every week.\n\nSince January, we’ve added a lot of updates to details of the\ntransportation layer (including the trails and footpaths at higher\nzoom), improved small details to the water and park layers, and improved\nvector tile performance for higher zoom levels (especially in complex\ncityscapes, such as Milan or Tokyo).\n\n## News from Around the Web\n\nOver the last few months, we’ve had the chance to read about how\nsome of our customers are\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002F@onthegomap\u002Fon-the-go-map-style-improvements-d24bfb5836e1\">\n  using Stadia Maps to improve their customers’ experiences\n\u003C\u002Fa>,\nthe opportunity to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tfir.io\u002Fstadia-maps\u002F\">\n  chat with TFIR about how to build better open-source mapping services\n\u003C\u002Fa>, and\nexplore \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linode.com\u002Fspotlight\u002Fstadia-maps\u002F\">\n  how we deliver a quality experience for an affordable price\n\u003C\u002Fa> with our infrastructure provider, Linode.\n\n## What's Next?\n\nIn the next couple of months, we will continue to squash remaining\nperformance and quality issues with raster tiles. We are working to hone\nour data schema to allow for better display of data (specifically more\nupgrades to the road network to eliminate some holes in our data). We\nare also close to deploying a new set of geospatial APIs (a time zone API\nwith historical data), after a few setbacks delivering it to production.\n\n## Missing something? Have comments or concerns?\n\nWe’re always here to help. If you have any questions or concerns about\nour current services or our future roadmap, don’t hesitate to reach out\nto us with any of the channels listed in the footer. Of course, you can\nalways email us, we’ll get back to you lickety-split!\n\nThat’s all for now.\n\nStay well and be kind.\n\n:v:",1778676027349]