Why Choose Stadia Maps Over Geoapify?
Stadia Maps is built for teams that need maps, geocoding, and routing with minimal data retention and open-source SDKs. If those requirements matter to you, here's how Stadia Maps and Geoapify compare."Stadia Maps has been a game changer for us. The APIs are fast, the documentation is thorough, and the pricing is transparent. We finally have a mapping partner we can trust."
Stadia Maps and Geoapify Side by Side
Free plans. Geoapify's free plan allows commercial use, with attribution, and 3,000 credits per day. Stadia Maps' free plan is for non-commercial use and includes 200,000 credits per month. A commercial project starts on the Starter plan at $20/month, which includes 1,000,000 monthly credits.
Privacy. Stadia Maps uses no cookies in its APIs or on its website, collects no telemetry, and doesn't sell or share your users' data with third parties. Geoapify retains API request data, including IP addresses, and generally holds data for successful requests no longer than 24 hours. It also uses Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity on its website and shares data with service providers including Cloudflare, Hetzner, and Brevo.
Support. Human email support is included on every Stadia Maps plan. Geoapify support levels are "best effort" on the free plan, Email on the API 10 and API 25 plans, and Priority on API 50 and above. Geoapify doesn't state support response times. With Stadia Maps, you can expect a response within 48 hours, often much sooner.
Product suite. Stadia Maps offers vector and raster basemaps, satellite imagery, static maps, and forward, reverse, structured, bulk, and autocomplete geocoding. Routing includes standard routing, map matching, isochrones, route optimization, time and distance matrices, and traffic-influenced profiles, plus elevation and time zones. Geoapify offers map tiles, static maps, geocoding, autocomplete, batch geocoding, IP geolocation, routing, route matrix, map matching, route planner, places, postcodes, isolines, elevation, and boundaries. No satellite imagery. Geoapify also lists a Mapifator map builder and OpenAPI and MCP tooling. Stadia Maps offers the Ferrostar navigation SDK.
Open-source SDKs. Stadia Maps API clients, maplibre-search-box, and Ferrostar are released under the BSD-3-Clause license and are available on GitHub for you to audit.
Stadia Maps and Geoapify at a Glance
| Topic | Stadia Maps | Geoapify |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 200,000 credits per month; non-commercial use | 3,000 credits per day; commercial use allowed with attribution |
| Entry paid plan | Starter, $20/month, 1,000,000 credits per month | API 10, $59/month, 10,000 credits per day |
| Over the limit | HTTP 429 until next billing cycle; paid usage requires opt-in | Soft limits: Geoapify contacts users who regularly exceed free quota |
| Request logs | 30 days (no PII retained past 7 days) | API request data retained, including IP addresses; successful-request data generally held up to 24 hours |
| Website analytics | No cookies, no telemetry | Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity |
| Routing | Valhalla, with Ferrostar navigation SDK | Routing API, drawn from the same credits as geocoding |
| Support | Human email support on every plan | Best effort (Free), Email (API 10 and 25), Priority (API 50 and above); response times not stated |
| Product suite | Basemaps, satellite imagery, static maps, geocoding and autocomplete, routing and matching, isochrones, elevation, time zones, Ferrostar navigation SDK | Map tiles, static maps, geocoding and autocomplete, IP geolocation, routing and matching, places, postcodes, isolines, elevation, boundaries, Mapifator map builder |
Details reflect publicly published information as of October 2026 and can change. Always confirm current information directly with each vendor.
Why Teams Choose Stadia Maps
Start Free, No Credit Card
Stadia Maps' free plan requires no credit card and includes 200,000 credits per month across maps, geocoding, and routing. Commercial projects start on the Starter plan at $20/month.
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.
Real Human Support
Routing and Navigation
Bulk and Permanent Geocoding
Commitment to Privacy
Location APIs often involve sensitive information. At Stadia Maps, we put privacy first by retaining as little data as possible.
- We don't use cookies in our APIs (or even on this marketing website).
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose Stadia Maps over Geoapify?
Stadia Maps is built for teams that need maps, geocoding, and routing with minimal data retention and open-source SDKs. It uses no cookies or telemetry, and its SDKs are BSD-3-Clause.
Can I use Stadia Maps commercially for free?
No. The Stadia Maps free plan is for non-commercial use. Commercial projects start on the Starter plan at $20/month, which includes a generous 1,000,000 credit pool per month.
Can I use Geoapify's free plan commercially?
Yes. Geoapify's free plan allows commercial use with attribution, within its 3,000 credits per day.
Does Geoapify use analytics on its website?
Yes. Geoapify's privacy policy says it uses Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to collect anonymized website usage data. Stadia Maps' APIs and marketing website use no cookies.
Can I store geocoding results with Stadia Maps?
Yes, on Standard, Professional, and Enterprise plans. Permanent storage is included on those plans, without a per-request surcharge.
Can I bulk geocode addresses with Stadia Maps?
Yes. Our Bulk Geocoding API handles up to 5,000 geocoding queries in a single request, supporting forward, reverse, and structured geocoding.