Mapbox Extends Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to December 1, 2024, Offering 7 More Months of Lower Rates
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Mapbox's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Search Box API introductory preview pricing deadline extended from May 1st, 2024 to December 1st, 2024, giving customers an additional 7 months of lower pricing before standard rates take effect. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium 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.
Mapbox's previous recorded change was "Mapbox Extends Introductory Preview Pricing for Search Box API Requests and Sessions Until May 1st, 2024" (Q1 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Mapbox Reduces Free Tier for Search Box API by 50% and Simplifies Pricing Structure to Enhance Volume Discounts" (Dec 2023). 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 tierFreemium change
Search Box API introductory preview pricing deadline extended from May 1st, 2024 to December 1st, 2024, giving customers an additional 7 months of lower pricing before standard rates take effect
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Free tier | Search Box API introductory preview pricing deadline extended from May 1st, 2024 to December 1st, 2024, giving customers an additional 7 months of lower pricing before standard rates take effect | Freemium 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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page.
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Mapbox, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2025improvedMapbox Introduces Japan Weather Layers with 99,000 Free Monthly Tile Requests
- Q1 2025packagingMapbox Extends Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to August 1, 2025
- 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 · this change
- 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
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 October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change.
What changed on Mapbox's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Search Box API introductory preview pricing deadline extended from May 1st, 2024 to December 1st, 2024, giving customers an additional 7 months of lower pricing before standard rates take effect. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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; the previous change was "Mapbox Extends Introductory Preview Pricing for Search Box API Requests and Sessions Until May 1st, 2024" in Q1 2024; Mapbox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.