TrustRadius Insights
Users rely on Mapbox's powerful APIs and visually appealing maps to enhance the functionality of their applications. With Mapbox, users …
Starting at $0 per month
View PricingOverview
What is Mapbox?
Mapbox is the location data platform for developers building custom geospatial features into mobile, web, and on-premise applications.
Recent Reviews
Pricing
Starting Price
$0.00
Cloud
Per 1000 users
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.mapbox.com/pricing
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Demos
Django Mapbox demo
YouTube
Extended ARKit Demo + Live GPS Tracking + Mapbox
YouTube
DEMO Unity+Mapbox
YouTube
Flyover shooter made with Mapbox Maps SDK for Unity
YouTube
[Webinar] "Make an interactive storytelling map" Lunchbox livestream
YouTube
ARKit Demo using ARKit, Mapbox, Unity and the Future of Vehicle Telemetry Visualisation
YouTube
Product Details
- About
- Integrations
- Competitors
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is Mapbox?
Mapbox is a live location platform boasting users among over 4 million developers. Mapbox provides precise location data and developer tools that equip any business to add geospatial features to their applications and enhance operations with location intelligence. Customers span automotive, logistics, business intelligence, retail, travel, data visualization, consumer apps, weather, IoT, and geospatial analysis.
With map rendering technology for web and mobile, Mapbox aims to provide performant, customizable, reliable, and scalable location services for developers, companies, and business leaders. Mapbox services include global map data, real-time traffic, geocoding and address search, and routing and directions for navigation. Build with Mapbox via APIs, code libraries, SDKs, and comprehensive developer documentation. Designed for businesses of all sizes, Mapbox is free to start building with and pricing based on monthly usage, no upfront licenses or contracts required.
Mapbox is a global team of 700+ with offices in Washington D.C., Helsinki, and Tokyo. Mapbox was founded in 2010.
Mapbox Features
- Supported: Mapbox Maps - GL JS library for web + supporting APIs
- Supported: Mapbox Maps - Maps SDK for Android and iOS
- Supported: Mapbox Navigation SDK for Android and iOS
- Supported: Mapbox Navigation APIs (Directions, Isochrones, Matrix, Optimization, Map-matching)
- Supported: Mapbox Search (Geocoding, Address Autofill, Place name search)
- Supported: Mapbox Data (Boundaries, Movement, Traffic)
- Supported: Mapbox Studio - browser-based interface for map styling and customization
- Supported: Mapbox Tiling Service (data hosting)
- Supported: Mapbox Automotive (Mapbox for EV, Mapbox Dash, ADAS SDK)
Mapbox Screenshots
Mapbox Videos
Mapbox: The Live Location Platform
Mapbox for EV
Mapbox Integrations
Mapbox Competitors
Mapbox Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Countries | Global |
| Supported Languages | Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenien, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
Frequently Asked Questions
Mapbox is the location data platform for developers building custom geospatial features into mobile, web, and on-premise applications.
Mapbox starts at $0.
The most common users of Mapbox are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
Mapbox Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 10% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 20% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 40% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 30% |
Comparisons
Compare with
Reviews and Ratings
(17)
Community Insights
TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!
- Business Problems Solved
- Pros
- Cons
- Recommendations
Users rely on Mapbox's powerful APIs and visually appealing maps to enhance the functionality of their applications. With Mapbox, users can enable routing, directions, traffic, and other functionalities. This makes it a popular choice for a wide range of users, from students using it for personal class projects to instructors using it for reviewing purposes. It provides a good alternative to standard maps like Google or Bing, allowing for customization and branding. The ease of implementation and deployment make Mapbox a go-to choice for efficient visualization of large datasets and data visualization in industries such as oil and gas. Additionally, Mapbox's ecosystem, including Datasets, Tilesets, and Mapbox Styles, enables users to share interactive visualizations of large geospatial datasets with ease. With its support for globe and 3D projections, Mapbox is also preferred by geospatially focused companies. Overall, Mapbox offers a versatile solution for various use cases including custom maps for web and Tableau, SDK research and integration, and seamless visualization of complex datasets.
Great Documentation: Many reviewers have praised Mapbox for its great documentation, which makes it easy for users to implement their services, APIs, and products. They appreciate the clear instructions and worked examples that make it easy even for beginners to get started.
Easy Customization Options: Several users have highlighted the customization options offered by Mapbox. They find it convenient to handle colors, fonts, and style information all in one place. The Carto-CSS implementation is particularly impressive for visual customization, allowing users to create stunning map styles.
Seamless Integrations: Numerous reviewers have mentioned the seamless integrations provided by Mapbox. They appreciate the integration with Tableau for data visualization and find it easy to develop applications for Android, iOS, or the web. These integrations enhance their overall experience with Mapbox and allow them to seamlessly incorporate maps into their existing workflows.
Downtime Issues: Some users have reported experiencing occasional downtime with Mapbox services, although it has not significantly impacted their overall usage. While this issue hasn't affected a large number of users, it is still worth noting. Limited Customization Options: Several reviewers have mentioned that there are limited customization options available for maps on platforms such as iOS and Android. This can require some trial and error to achieve the desired results, which may be time-consuming for users. Storage Limitations for Free Users: A few users have expressed dissatisfaction with the storage limitations for free users of Mapbox Studio. They suggest that having a slightly higher storage limit would be beneficial, especially for students who may need more space for their projects. It's important to consider the needs of different user groups when setting storage limits.
Users have provided several recommendations for Mapbox based on their experiences. The most common recommendations are as follows:
Take your time to learn Mapbox. Learning Mapbox may take some time, but it becomes easier with practice and familiarity. By investing the necessary time to understand the platform, users can effectively utilize its features and capabilities.
Use Mapbox for live maps and traffic updates. Many users recommend using Mapbox for creating live maps and integrating live traffic updates. This functionality allows for real-time tracking and visualization of data, enhancing the user experience.
Consider a trial period before committing. Users suggest that it is beneficial to test out Mapbox through a trial period before making a decision. This allows users to gradually explore its features, understand its geocoder capabilities, and ensure adequate browser support for their specific needs.
Overall, users appreciate Mapbox for its ability to create geographical or geological products such as AR, Games, and data visualization. They also commend the platform's excellent support and services in the non-profit and humanitarian sector, as well as its recognition of funding limitations for many organizations. While some users mention a steep learning curve for customization, they still find Mapbox great and easy to use for simple mapping projects.
Reviews
(1-5 of 5)Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
April 28, 2022
Happy Mapbox user!
We use Mapbox as our map visualization tool to show all the oil and gas well locations, as well as land grid information for the US Upstream oil and gas industry.
- Amazing data processing into tiles.
- Dynamic layer control based on zoom level.
- Easy to use interface to design beautiful maps.
- I'm not a huge GIS nerd, so for what we are doing it is pretty solid.
- The pricing model is a bit confusing, but the product is fantastic.
- Map Designer interface
- Mapbox let us quickly build the most user-friendly and nicest looking maps in our industry.
No comparison, much easier to use than Google to design your maps.
We use Mapbox's APIs and maps to run most of our service. They have a wide selection of powerful APIs to enable routing, directions, traffic, and many other usage points. Without Mapbox, we would have to either re-survey maps on our own or re-build a large portion of APIs to work on top of open-source maps, like OpenStreetMap. In addition, they have beautiful maps that our users view on our front-end applications that are also really easy to build functionality on top of.
- Great documentation! Most of the services, APIs, and products provided by Mapbox are very easy to implement. Sometimes as little as two lines of code need to be added.
- Great pricing to try out their services - it's very rare to pass their free tier of service in the alpha or beta testing stages.
- Provides some services that aren't provided at any other mapping or geography API/service company, like the Mapbox Navigation SDK.
- Some services, like routing, can be *very* expensive in production. A company can potentially spend thousands of dollars on routing calculations (API calls), and at that point, you should probably consider moving your routing engine/calculations to an on-premise server (self-hosted service).
- There is downtime. I periodically receive notifications of some of Mapbox's services being down. They have never affected us or our users, but I'm not so sure about other companies.
- Limited customization of maps on some platforms. On platforms like iOS and Android, it takes some long experimenting sometimes to get the maps to display and behave in the way your product exactly needs them to.
- Mapbox is the only service that has all the products we need to release our product to the market. Without Mapbox, we would've spent far more time integrating multiple different map/geo services like Mapbox and HERE maps together.
- Mapbox was sometimes expensive in the testing period, and we would've definitely moved some of the services on-premise to save money if we had the time.
- Mapbox has functionality for traffic-aware routing in many countries, as well as matrix-structured routing data, which is what enables our service to function. Having all of this integrated within an API allows us to easily scale our service to multiple different cities/countries in a matter of days.
Mapbox provides many more services, like the Navigation SDK, Vision SDK (currently in beta), and Styles Gallery that allows companies to create a much more design-friendly frontend for a very low cost. Mapbox has also put a lot more resources into their search-related APIs to make them just as quick and accurate as the Google Maps search products. There is also a lot more innovation happening at Mapbox, with new geo/map products released regularly. Innovation and growth at the Google Maps API seems to be happening much slower.
July 06, 2018
Mapbox - Build a map easily right out of the box!
Working at a geospatially focused company we have found a lot of ways to use Mapbox. From custom maps for use on the web or on Tableau to building out visuals to SDK research and integration. Mapbox helps us mainly on the data visualization side of things and allows us to visualize large data sets efficiently.
- Documentation is clean, easy to read, and very well organized which makes it easy to get going or learn something new
- The online user interface makes it quick and easy to edit maps, upload new datasets, view analytics, or get API keys
- Great integrations with Tableau and easy to develop for Android, iOS, or Web
- Can sometimes struggle to load very large datasets but this is understandable
- Learning how to design maps is a bit of a learning curve
- Fantastic presentation and quality allows for some great user experiences
- Scalable and seamless overall
- Pricing is fair and clear making it a very transparent process
There are not a lot of direct competitors in the Mapbox space except for really Google Maps/Earth. There are definitely pros and cons between the two, but overall I would say that Mapbox provides a finer level of control and really allows to create as you want without any major restrictions.
As a student, I used Mapbox as part of a personal class project. In my role as an instructor, I reviewed Mapbox for students in a Visual Design class.
- Excellent documentation and worked examples makes it easy for newbies to get started.
- Works well across web or mobile platforms.
- Clean looking default map styles make your designs look professional.
- Since it is built on top of Leaflet.js, it is easily extensible. So any feature or function that is not available within the Mapbox.js API can be imported from other API's.
- Storage space for free users of Mapbox Studio is very limited. Having a slightly higher storage limit for students might be helpful.
- I used the free version. The only investment was time, and I was rewarded with learning how to make maps with a great tool. I'd say I'm happy with my ROI!
One feature that made me go in favor of Mapbox was its stellar documentation. Google Maps and Bing Maps are the other alternatives I considered, but the learning curve with both of them is steeper than it is with Mapbox. Also, Mapbox Studio gives newbies a very simple, clean and easy to use environment to make and store maps online.
March 29, 2016
Custom maps, easy to use!
Mapbox is easy to customize and offers breath-taking cartographic tools that augment any data visualization. It is easy to implement and deploy!
- Carto-CSS implementation
- Stunning visual customization
- Easy-to-generate custom basemaps that integrates well with other web-map APIs
- Better options for very small business
- Offline access
- Geoprocessing capability
- Easier basemaps
- Makes faster custom visualizations
- Increased speed to map deployment