Google Maps API

Score8.8 out of 10

60 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Google Maps API are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Regular Updates: Users have been pleased with the consistent updates of local information, aiding in efficient route planning and navigation. The timely updates ensure that users can rely on accurate and up-to-date data for their travel needs.

Customization Options: Reviewers have found the customization feature to be highly beneficial, allowing them to personalize the app to suit their individual preferences and needs effectively. This level of customization enhances user experience and makes the app more user-friendly.

Cost-Effective Choice: Customers have praised the application for its affordability, making it a budget-friendly option compared to other similar services. The competitive pricing combined with the range of features adds significant value for users seeking cost-effective solutions for location-based services.

Reviews

10 Reviews

A comprehensive map API service

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 3, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Maps API to provide address suggestions and autocompletion to customers of our clients. We implemented a signup page where the customers can register their data, including their address, and the Google Maps API provide an easy interface that helps obtaining address data and components (address, city, ZIP code etc) easily and precisely.

Pros

Finds all addresses easily and precisely
Provides address parts information
Offers free quotas

Likelihood to Recommend

Any application that needs to handle addresses search and manipulation, as well as geocoding and POI search.

Verified User

Employee in Research & Development (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Helpful tool for visitors.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 20, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Google Maps API to link to our location on our website. It helps people find us easily. We also believe we should meet the customer where they are at, and many of our customers use Google Maps - hence why this is a great example.

Pros

Link out to app/website.
Introduce familiarity.
Allow users to ‘save’ the location.
Show relevant nearby locations to the user.

Cons

Google Maps could auto translate better.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very appropriate for the FAQs and information pages on our website, especially in our help centre. It is also good for linking to from an email to clarify where to go/how to get there.

Verified User

Manager in Marketing (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Google Maps API and why it is good for business

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

January 7, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Maps API to obtain direct mileage for better rates and alternate routes for drivers. Business problems I encounter are related to truck routes VS. auto routes. My drivers will often search and take alternate routes to avoid tolls and other high traffic areas they may encounter. I do not solely rely on Google Maps but rather use it as an alternate map to obtain more information along their route.

Pros

Point to Point mileage
actual routes and best use route planning
Traffic and other incident reporting real time

Cons

Best case truck route planning
zip to zip mileage accuracy
Toll accuracy and bridge management

Likelihood to Recommend

We have rating software from a different map provider. I have found discrepancies in their miles and used Google Maps to rectify and accurately adjust my rate. This also helps me plan my driver's time to avoid delays and allow accurate arrival time reporting to my customer and the delivery facility.

Verified User

Manager (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Use Google Map API to shed extra profit from your business location

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Map API in my company's official website so that our clients easily locate us. This tool is a very affordable, accurate, and widely used map API as compared to others. I can't only customize Google Maps API as per my needs but it gives static, dynamic, and 360° views to my prospects and clients. It also gives real traffic updates when someone wants to visit our office.

Pros

Gives local information
It gets updated very frequently which helps our clients discover the shortest route
I can customize it as per my needs
Is very affordable

Cons

It should be updated more frequently as the route/road changes from time to time
Few remote locations are not covered in Google Map API
At fewer places it shows wrong directions so need to they research on that

Likelihood to Recommend

It is most suited for someone who has a physical office, particularly a retail store which helps them to promote the business locally. I would suggest businessmen should use this tool for promoting their business in a more effective way. It is of least important if you are promoting your business digitally and don't have a physical location.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Futuristic API integration process

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 24, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it via developing the code when we are building it from a scratch. It is one of the easiest ways to implement google maps as it contains API keys which is quite convenient as compared to others. Also fetching the API is quite easy in the code we used for displaying locations.

Pros

API Integration
Features of the API
Accuracy of the results

Cons

Lagging issues
Initial boot tooks long time
Sometimes shows inaccurate location

Likelihood to Recommend

I used this API in a clone website where we have done the integration of the MAP API which was working quite well. But as soon as it is started working [for] a long time we may face issues while seeing the functionalities were not accurate, so we need to refresh it a couple of times in order to display particular content.

Shivam Shrivastava

DEVOPS Consultant in Customer Service at BRAIN4CE EDUCATION SOLUTION (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Easiest way of implementation in the code.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 22, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It helps us to implement certain changes in order to build the application and teach the learners how to work on API which is quite good in order to display the maps data which is required for most of the people and showing the information for the same. Google Maps API helps us for implementing certain tasks on the same web application.

Pros

Location accuracy application we used to for displaying current location.
Easiest way to guide the map from one location to another.
Building the scenerio based application which requires accessibility.

Cons

Offline location required for some certain locations
Needs to reduce updates as it is comes from most of the updates.
Maps needs to be accurate in small areas in order to find destination.

Likelihood to Recommend

Maps API requires a sufficient amount of data that needs to be updated time by time also sometimes it throws cors issues while working with the API. It is one of the best platforms in order to implement the application. Also very easy to find the application which requires most of the time.

Shivam Shrivastava

Technical Consultant in Customer Service at Edureka (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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The Best Platform in the World to know the Ways and Places

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This application is one of the greatest applications in the current era. It is easy to reach any place in any country, governorate, or street. For example, I [can] show my location. In the past, I had trouble explaining the place and the street, and now all I have to do is send the location and the customer comes directly without an address. Thank you for this application.

Pros

Access to any address in any location inside or outside the city
Tracking anyone to and from a specific location, such as my children, [so] I know where they are

Cons

It is an easy application and it is difficult to find any problems or observations for it as it is a giant company that is always developing on its own.

Likelihood to Recommend

The application supports most places, but I hope that the places will be located more closely. Sometimes, the satellite image is not clear.

WaEl ELESAWY

Sales Manager in Sales at GES (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Worth and rich with Google Maps API features

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 29, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Yes, we are using it as a bridge to the solutions we bring to our customers. Live end to end mapping.

Pros

Variety of map information call.
Very useful as you can pull data such as public rating on location basis and etc.
Able to integrates with various Google API features.
Easier to customize and is a 1 of the best choices to implement into browser and hybrid engine.

Cons

Extension on traffic API features and geographical information API based on current project being held on a certain location.

Likelihood to Recommend

To integrate with hybrid App focusing on current location and location information.

Anuar Abd Rahman

IT Manager & Product Lead in Information Technology at GOODSTAP SDN BHD (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Travel World With Google Map

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 5, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have our presence on google maps so it will make it easy for the students and parents to find us on maps and reach us easily.
Further when I travel to other cities and states for company work it helps me to find hotels, restaurants and the place where I want to go.

Pros

Very simple UI, easy to use.
You can send your live location to a person who wants to meet you.
You can mark and pin the locations you are travelling regularly.
You can get the code of iframe for any location and embed it into your organization's website also.

Cons

Street view is available for UK and US but not for India I hope they will do it soon
Updates for android devices is more frequent in comparison to IOS devices

Likelihood to Recommend

If you love travelling [Google Maps API is] a must app for you it will guide you to the places. You can search pub, restaurant and places to stay easily in the locations where you never been before. With the live location sharing you'll never get lost.
It is fit for every scenarios it will save your time in finding the exact location.

Akhilesh Arya

Assistant Professor at Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Maps the easy way

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 10, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company uses Google Maps API across our whole organization. We do appointment setting and lead generation for businesses across the U.S., and quite often, a client has a large geographical area they are targeting. So in each of our databases, we have a link for Google Map API so that they can schedule appointments in the same area on the same day. This is good for our clients, so they don't have to travel a long distance back and forth between their appointments.

Pros

It allows us to schedule appointments in the same area on the same day.
It enables me to recommend geographical areas to target for our clients.

Cons

I would like more information about population in a particular area.

Likelihood to Recommend

We are a call center that does appointment setting for businesses across the U.S. Quite often, and we have a client with an extensive geographical area they are targeting, sometimes even across multiple states. Our callers can quickly search the area so that they schedule appointments on the same day in the same area. Very important to our clients as they get distraught when we send them to an appointment 2 hours away and then another appointment back to where they came from and then another appointment in the middle of the two, and the client is driving back and forth. Not Good! I do not have a scenario where it did not work for what I needed it for.

Verified User

Manager in Sales (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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