name: Protomaps Plans and Pricing
description: Pricing and sponsorship tiers for Protomaps hosted tile API and support services.
url: https://protomaps.com/api
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13

plans:

  - name: Free (Non-Commercial)
    description: Free access to the Protomaps hosted basemap tile API for non-commercial use only, powered by Cloudflare CDN.
    url: https://protomaps.com/api
    price: 0
    unit: month
    currency: USD
    features:
      - API key required for all requests
      - Up to 1,000,000 tile requests per month (soft cap)
      - CDN-cached vector tiles via Cloudflare
      - Access to Style JSON, TileJSON, and ZXY tile endpoints
      - CORS restrictions configurable per API key
      - Localhost development exempt from CORS
      - Non-commercial use only

  - name: Commercial SaaS (GitHub Sponsor)
    description: Commercial use of api.protomaps.com for SaaS products, funded through GitHub Sponsorship. Includes project roadmap access via Insiders repository.
    url: https://github.com/sponsors/protomaps
    price: 14
    unit: month
    currency: USD
    features:
      - Commercial use of api.protomaps.com
      - Up to 1,000,000 tile requests per month
      - Access to Insiders repository with project roadmap
      - Sponsor badge on GitHub profile

  - name: Protomaps Access (Enterprise Support)
    description: Enterprise tier with direct consulting and architecture support from the project author.
    url: https://github.com/sponsors/protomaps
    price: 2000
    unit: month
    currency: USD
    features:
      - Project author joins your Slack or Teams workspace
      - Geospatial architecture consulting
      - 24-hour response time for support requests
      - All Commercial SaaS tier benefits

  - name: Protomaps Access+ (Priority Development)
    description: Highest enterprise tier with prioritized open source roadmap development, custom builds, and regular standups.
    url: https://github.com/sponsors/protomaps
    price: 4000
    unit: month
    currency: USD
    features:
      - Prioritized development of open source roadmap features
      - Custom branches and build automation for tilesets
      - Regular check-ins and standups
      - All Protomaps Access tier benefits

notes:
  - Protomaps is explicitly not a SaaS product; the hosted API is maintained to fund open source development.
  - Heavy users are encouraged to self-host via PMTiles on cloud storage (S3, Cloudflare R2, Azure, GCS).
  - Self-hosting can reduce costs by 30-300x compared to commercial map tile APIs.
  - Cost calculator available at https://docs.protomaps.com/deploy/cost