Mapbox

mapbox.com

Developer platform providing APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, navigation/routing, location search, and geospatial data.

The Mapbox API uses api key authentication; has usage based pricing; offers a free tier (Meaningful free tiers for most products (e.g. Directions/Matrix/Isochrone up to 100,000 requests/month free; GL JS up to 50,000 map loads/month free)); rate limits: Uploads API default 60 requests per minute (HTTP 429 when exceeded); other APIs have their own limits. Verified 2026-07-08 with per-field source links.

Geo & Location Verified 2026-07-08 medium confidence

Base URL

https://api.mapbox.com

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Auth

api_key

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Free tier

Meaningful free tiers for most products (e.g. Directions/Matrix/Isochrone up to 100,000 requests/month free; GL JS up to 50,000 map loads/month free)

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Pricing model

usage_based

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Pricing

Pay-as-you-go with volume discounts; e.g. Directions API $2.00/1,000 requests after free tier, Static Images $1.00/1,000, GL JS map loads $5.00/1,000, Mobile Maps SDK $4.00/1,000 MAU; contact sales at higher volumes

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Rate limits

Uploads API default 60 requests per minute (HTTP 429 when exceeded); other APIs have their own limits

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OpenAPI spec

not documented null

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MCP server

https://docs.mapbox.com/api/guides/mcp-server/ (repo: https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server/)

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