Switch to Stadia Maps

Why Switch to Stadia Maps?

Stadia Maps offers maps, geocoding, and routing in one platform, with open-source SDKs and a credit-based price that doesn't depend on how many separate usage meters you track. If your team is weighing a switch from Google Maps, Mapbox, or MapTiler, these are the reasons most often raised: privacy commitments, routing and navigation in production, and support you can reach by email.

Switching from a Specific Platform?

We've put together detailed comparisons for the platforms developers most often switch from:

• Google Maps Alternatives: Pricing, vendor lock-in, and what Google's subscription tiers (introduced November 2025) mean for your bill.
• Mapbox Alternatives: How Mapbox GL JS, Navigation SDK pricing, and usage-based billing compare to Stadia Maps and MapLibre.
• MapTiler Alternatives: What MapTiler's routing beta means for teams that need production routing, and what Stadia Maps includes.

Privacy Commitments

Our privacy page covers the details. In short:

• We don't use cookies in our APIs.
• We don't collect telemetry data from your users.
• We don't store your users' request logs longer than 30 days.
• We don't sell or share your users' data with third parties.

Our client SDKs are open source under the BSD-3-Clause license, so you can audit the code yourself.

Predictable Pricing

Our pricing uses one credit pool across maps, geocoding, and routing, so you don't track several meters separately. Stadia Maps won't auto-bill you on overage. Requests return HTTP 429 until the next billing cycle, and paid usage requires you to opt in.

Maps, Geocoding, and Routing in One Platform

Stadia Maps covers interactive and static maps, autocomplete, geocoding, routing, and turn-by-turn navigation. Our routing runs on Valhalla, the open-source routing engine, and our navigation SDK is Ferrostar, also open source. Bulk geocoding handles up to 5,000 queries per request, and you can permanently cache geocoding results on Standard, Professional, and Enterprise plans.

Real Human Support

At Stadia Maps, the ability to email a human isn't a paid add-on. Human email support is included on every plan. Standard plans don't include a published uptime SLA, and Enterprise plans include negotiated SLAs. For complex migrations, ask us about migration support.

How Do I Switch to Stadia Maps?

Maps

If you're switching from a Leaflet-based setup, the change is typically a tile URL. Our Leaflet tutorial walks through it.

If you're using Mapbox GL JS or Mapbox GL Native, switch to the MapLibre equivalents for web or mobile. Moving a basemap is typically a style URL and API key change, plus a few lines of code. Our style URLs are listed in the docs.

Geospatial APIs

Our routing and elevation APIs are documented with code samples, and our OpenAPI specification covers the full API reference. Geocoding and routing requests use different formats from other providers, so those integrations need planning.