Mapbox Restructures Pricing Model for Commercial Application License with New Annual Fee and Monthly Seat Costs
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Mapbox's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Commercial Application License description restructured from 'B2B Use Cases' to 'B2B companies' with explicit annual fee plus monthly seat cost structure; Navigation SDK version 3.x added with new pricing model (appears three times in navigation section with metered and unlimited trip options); Search Box API preview pricing deadline extended from December 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025 (2-month extension). Pulse files it as a pricing change (package change, new plan, discount change) with an upward 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 Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to December 1, 2024, Offering 7 More Months of Lower Rates" (Q3 2024). 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.
- Commercial Application License · PackagingRewordedB2B Use CasesB2B companies
- — · PlanNew plan
Navigation SDK version 3.x added with new pricing model (appears three times in navigation section with metered and unlimited trip options)
- — · DiscountDiscount change
Search Box API preview pricing deadline extended from December 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025 (2-month extension)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Application License | Packaging | B2B Use Cases | B2B companies | Reworded |
| — | Plan | Navigation SDK version 3.x added with new pricing model (appears three times in navigation section with metered and unlimited trip options) | New plan | |
| — | Discount | Search Box API preview pricing deadline extended from December 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025 (2-month extension) | Discount 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 Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "B2B Use Cases" becomes "B2B companies".
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Mapbox, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 27, 2026improvedMapbox Launches Indoor Map Tiles API With Free Airport Floor Plans
- 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 · this change
- Q3 2024packagingMapbox Extends Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to December 1, 2024, Offering 7 More Months of Lower Rates
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
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- 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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: package change, new plan, discount change.
What changed on Mapbox's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Commercial Application License packaging: B2B Use Cases → B2B companies, reworded; Navigation SDK version 3.x added with new pricing model (appears three times in navigation section with metered and unlimited trip options); Search Box API preview pricing deadline extended from December 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025 (2-month extension). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Mapbox change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Mapbox in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Mapbox Extends Search Box API Introductory Pricing Deadline to December 1, 2024, Offering 7 More Months of Lower Rates" in Q3 2024; Mapbox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.