What is tile request in MapTiler Cloud
There are two billing models in MapTiler: the session-based and the tile request-based billing model. The letter is based on the number of generated tile requests. Thanks to that, the customer pays only for what they use. A single vector map view usually generates four tile requests. The raster map view (using 256px tile size) can generate 10-16 requests.
Live request calculator is available here.
Requests counting table
| Type | Requests |
|---|---|
| TileJSONs, Style JSONs, Fonts, Viewers, XMLs | Free |
| Vector tile | 1 |
| Rendered raster 512x512px tile including HiDPI/retina | 4 |
| Rendered raster 256x256px tile including HiDPI/retina | 1 |
| Single tile served from .mbtiles | 1 |
| Static maps API image | 15 |
| Vector data (GeoJSON) | 1 |
| Geocoding | 1 |
| Export | 50 |
Useful links
Tile requests and map sessions compared
What is a map session in MapTiler Cloud?
How to avoid billing surprises
Related guides
- Automatically created API key
- Check if MapLibre GL JS is supported
- Coordinates API
- Dataset upload - formats and limits
- Difference between 256x256, 512x512, and HiDPI/Retina rasterized tiles
- Disputed borders on your maps
- Exported Tiles Multiplier
- Generalization in maps
- How are the tile requests cached in web browser?
- How MapTiler map tiles are Generated and Delivered
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