MapScale vs other providers
MapScale vs HERE & TomTom
HERE and TomTom are credible, established alternatives to Mapbox and Google — but neither publishes a self-serve per-request rate the way Mapbox and Google do. Both cap a free monthly tier and then route anyone who needs more to a sales conversation, which makes their actual cost at scale unknowable from the outside.
| Endpoint | MapScale | HERE & TomTom list price | free / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maps (tiles) per month, free tier | $0.05 | list price does not publish a self-serve per-request rate for this endpoint — volume pricing requires contacting sales. | 50,000 / 200,000 |
| Routing per month, free tier | $0.75 | list price does not publish a self-serve per-request rate for this endpoint — volume pricing requires contacting sales. | 50,000 / 20,000 |
| Geocoding per month, free tier | $0.75 | list price does not publish a self-serve per-request rate for this endpoint — volume pricing requires contacting sales. | 50,000 / 20,000 |
Source: https://docs.tomtom.com/pricing · Checked: 2026-08-07
HERE & TomTomEstimate your bill at this volume
Maps (tiles)$22.50 / $0.00
Routing$337.50 / $0.00
Geocoding$337.50 / $0.00
You save$0.00
An unpublished price is not a low price — it's an unknown one. MapScale and Mapbox publish a rate card; HERE and TomTom do not, which is itself a data point when the appeal of switching is supposed to be transparency.