Mapbox Reduces Free Tier for Search Box API by 50% and Simplifies Pricing Structure to Enhance Volume Discounts
What happened
Between the Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024 captures of Mapbox's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Search Box API - Requests free tier reduced from 100,000 to 50,000 monthly requests (50% reduction); Search Box API - Requests pricing tiers simplified: 100k-200k and 200k-500k tiers consolidated into single 50k-500k tier at $1.00/1k, extending volume pricing up to 5M requests. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change, package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 28, 2026) lists Tileset Processing at $0.01 Monthly Active User, Tileset Hosting at $0.01 Monthly Active User, Japan Weather Layers at $0.25 Monthly Active User, Vector Tiles API at $0.25 Monthly Active User and Raster Tiles API at $0.25 Monthly Active User.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Mapbox. Mapbox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Google also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Free tier−50%100,00050,000
- Requests · PackagingPackage change
Search Box API - Requests pricing tiers simplified: 100k-200k and 200k-500k tiers consolidated into single 50k-500k tier at $1.00/1k, extending volume pricing up to 5M requests
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Free tier | 100,000 | 50,000 | −50% |
| Requests | Packaging | — | $1.00 | Package change |
Values as written on Mapbox's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Mapbox's pricing page (mapbox.com) from Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where free tier reads 100,000 and then 50,000.
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Mapbox, pricing history
Full history- Q4 2024packagingMapbox Restructures Pricing Model for Commercial Application License with New Annual Fee and Monthly Seat Costs
- Q3 2024packagingMapbox Extends Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to December 1, 2024, Offering 7 More Months of Lower Rates
- Q1 2024packagingMapbox Extends Introductory Preview Pricing for Search Box API Requests and Sessions Until May 1st, 2024
- Dec 2023packagingMapbox Reduces Free Tier for Search Box API by 50% and Simplifies Pricing Structure to Enhance Volume Discounts · this change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- GoogleJul 3Google Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped
- GoogleJul 3Google Cloud: AI Commerce Search pricing revealed ($2.50-$6.00/1000 queries)
Questions about this change
Did Mapbox raise prices in January 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change, package change.
What changed on Mapbox's pricing page between Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024?
Free tier: 100,000 → 50,000 (−50%); Search Box API - Requests pricing tiers simplified: 100k-200k and 200k-500k tiers consolidated into single 50k-500k tier at $1.00/1k, extending volume pricing up to 5M requests. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Mapbox change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Mapbox in the 90 days before this one; Mapbox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.