Finding your recent Google Maps usage

Although most of our clients use Google Maps for free due to their generous monthly free tier, it’s still a good idea to keep an eye on your usage to avoid any surprises.
You can check your recent usage in the Google Maps dashboard:

Basic usage report

To get started, open this link to view the overview of your Google Maps services. Make sure you're logged into the same Google account that you used to create your key.

At the bottom of the page under Billing, you’ll see a graph of your recent usage:

The area of the bars under the red dotted line indicate usage that's covered by Google’s free credit - you won’t be charged for this portion.
The dashed red line indicates the monthly free usage limit. If a part of any bar is above the dashed line, this indicates usage over the free credit amount, and this portion will be billed to your credit card at the end of the month.

Detailed usage report

It's also possible to view a more granular breakdown of the specific services being used day-by-day.

  1. To start, open the Billing Reports page in the Google dashboard.

  2. Click the Credits filter, click All to turn off (unselect) all the options there, then click Apply:

    Normally the report hides usage covered by the free tier. Turning off the Credits filter will display your full usage.

  3. Next, click the Time range filter, choose Custom range, and choose a date range. Set From to the 1st of a month and To to the last day of a month to get the whole picture. We recommend the last 3-6 months. Then, click Apply:

    Note: choosing a shortcut (like "Last 90 days") may start and end the date range mid-month, which won't give an accurate picture of your full monthly usage.

  4. Finally, click Group by, choose Month > SKU, and click Apply:

Reading the detailed report

The top of the report will show a chart of your usage by month, with color-coded bars showing the usage of each individual service that month:

You can hover your mouse over the bars to see the exact service amount and cost level.

Below that, a table shows the usage of each service broken down by month, for example:

Click on the arrow on the left side of a row to view the details of individual services used that month, as well as the usage count of each service. You can compare the amounts in the Usage column to our article on Google's free tier.

Note that the Cost and Subtotal amounts don't account for Google's free tier (since we turned off Credits in step 2 above), so amounts shown there are higher than the actual cost.

Other suggestions

To help keep an eye on your Google Maps usage, you can also consider setting up billing alerts to receive email notifications when your usage passes a threshold, and/or setting up quotas to limit your usage.

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