Routes API Usage and Billing

The Routes API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Requests for the Routes API are billed under the SKU for the features used by the request. Along with the overall Google Terms of Use, there are usage limits specific to the Routes API. Manage your costs and usage with tools available in the Google Cloud console.

How the Routes API is billed

The Routes API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model. The Google Maps Platform APIs and SDKs are billed by SKU. Usage is tracked for each SKU, and any API or SDK may have more than one product SKU. Cost is calculated by

SKU usage × Price per each use

Use our Pricing and Usage calculator to estimate your usage cost per API or SDK. For qualifying Google Maps Platform SKUs, a $200 USD Google Maps Platform credit is available each month for each billing account. This credit is automatically applied to the qualifying SKUs.

Pricing for the Routes API

Compute Routes and Compute Route Matrix each have three SKUs that determine the cost of a request. The SKU used to determine the cost is based on the service you request, Compute Routes or Compute Route Matrix, and the features that you use in the request. For example:

A request to Compute Routes is billed as a single QUERY.
A request to Compute Route Matrix is billed per ELEMENT of the request, where the number of elements is equal to: the number of origins multiplied by the number of destinations. If a request contain two origins and three destinations, then the single request is billed for six elements.
A request that uses only basic features and fewer than 11 intermediate waypoints is charged based on the Basic SKU.
A request that uses an advanced feature, such as the TRAFFIC_AWARE or TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL route modifiers, is charged based on the Advanced SKU.
A request that uses a preferred feature, such as two-wheel routing, is charged based on the Preferred SKU.

SKU: Routes: Compute Routes - Basic

A request to Compute Routes.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per QUERY
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.005 USD per each (5.00 USD per 1000)	0.004 USD per each (4.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Routes: Compute Routes - Advanced

A request to Compute Routes that uses advanced features.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per QUERY
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.01 USD per each (10.00 USD per 1000)	0.008 USD per each (8.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

The Advanced SKU is charged for a Compute Routes request that uses one or more of the following features:

Between 11 and 25 intermediate waypoints
Traffic aware or traffic aware optimal routing. These routing options correspond to setting the routingPreference property in the request to TRAFFIC_AWARE or TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL.
Location modifiers. When you use the following options to indicate how drivers should approach a particular location:

SKU: Routes: Compute Routes - Preferred

A request to Compute Routes that uses preferred features.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per QUERY
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.015 USD per each (15.00 USD per 1000)	0.012 USD per each (12.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

The Preferred SKU is charged for a Compute Routes request that uses one or more of the following features:

SKU: Routes: Compute Route Matrix - Basic

A request to Compute Route Matrix.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per ELEMENT
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.005 USD per each (5.00 USD per 1000)	0.004 USD per each (4.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

SKU: Routes: Compute Route Matrix - Advanced

A request to Compute Route Matrix that uses advanced features.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per ELEMENT
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.01 USD per each (10.00 USD per 1000)	0.008 USD per each (8.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

The Advanced SKU is charged for a Compute Route Matrix request that uses one or more of the following features:

Traffic aware or traffic aware optimal routing. These routing options correspond to setting the routingPreference property in the request to TRAFFIC_AWARE or TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL.
Location modifiers. When you use the following options to indicate how drivers should approach a particular location:

SKU: Routes: Compute Route Matrix - Preferred

A request to Compute Route Matrix that uses preferred features.

MONTHLY VOLUME RANGE Price per ELEMENT
0–100,000	100,001–500,000	500,000+
0.015 USD per each (15.00 USD per 1000)	0.012 USD per each (12.00 USD per 1000)	Contact Sales for volume pricing

The Preferred SKU is charged for a Compute Route Matrix request that uses one or more of the following features:

Other usage limits

While there are no maximum number of requests per day, the following usage limits are in place for the Routes API.

The number of elements is calculated by taking the number of origins times the number of destinations.

Compute Routes

Rate limit of 3,000 QPM queries per minute.
Maximum allowed number of intermediate waypoints per ComputeRoutes request request is 25.

Compute Route Matrix

The rate limit is 3,000 EPM elements per minute, calculated by number of origins times the number of destinations.
Maximum allowed number of origins and destinations that you can specify by using a place ID or address is 50.
Maximum allowed total number of elements per ComputeRouteMatrix request with routingPreference set to TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL is 100.
Maximum allowed total number of elements per ComputeRouteMatrix request with travelMode set to TRANSIT is 100.
Maximum allowed total number of elements per ComputeRouteMatrix request otherwise is 625.

Terms of Use restrictions

For complete details on allowed usage, consult the License Restrictions section in the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

Manage your cost of use

To manage your cost of use of the Routes API or to meet the demands of your production traffic, set daily quota limits on all requests to any API. Daily quotas are reset at midnight Pacific time.

To view or change quota limits for the Routes API:

In the Cloud console, open the Google Maps Platform Quotas page.
Click the APIs drop-down and select the Routes API.
To view the quota limits, scroll down to the Requests card.
A table lists the quota names and limits.
To change a quota limit, click the Edit icon for that limit.
In the dialog that appears, in the Quota Limit field, enter the preferred billable daily quota limit (up to the quota limit, if any, specified by Google) and select Save.

If your API usage reaches your billable quota limit on any given day, your application will not be able to access the API for the remainder of that day.