Google API key restricted. Alternatives?

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I dont know if this the right place to ask.
I am working with maps within my website and used Google Maps because it is easy to integrate in WIX.
When i was about to generate a new API key on the Google Developers page i learned that you cannot achieve an API key unless you enter information about your credit card for Google.

I dont have one and i also wouldnt give that to Google.

I wonder if anybody of you knows about a good alternative to use and customize maps in WIX.
I tried to work with Here Maps but i had a hard time customizing the map.

Greetings,
Dawd

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Hi Dawd,
When I tried to create it myself, I didn’t need to add any credit card information… I recommend following Yisrael’s explanation here .

Best,
Tal.

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Hey Tal,

thank you for the reply. I digged a bit within the Google Dev´s page and it seems that there was a major change in billing the API keys a few days ago. The screenshot is from Google Maps Platform Documentation  |  Google for Developers .

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I was able to check my current projects in that guide and i´ve been told that all my projects get priced now.

Greetings,

Dawd

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Hey Tal,

i kind of figured out where to look for my API keys and stored that page on my browser. Oldschool but it works out haha.

Thanks for your efforts!

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Hi there,
That’s the truth, Google Maps has changed its charging politics and that’s why now it requires a credit card to achieve an API key (and also limited the number of free queries to usage). But there is a lot of good mapping services, which uses the API key. If you want to read and choose one of the alternatives to Google Maps, then I recommend you to read this article . Also, if you would like to know more about the changes in Google Maps politics, then you can check out it here .

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Hey msamyiness,

thank you for the info. :slight_smile: I already decided to conitnue to work with HereMaps. The overall niveau of that company is similar to Google´s. Also, they provide a new enivronment for developers with their Freemium-offer.

They definetely took advantage of Google´s billing move.

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Hi dawid.jobe,
No problem, I tried my best to help you :slight_smile: I think HereMaps is a really reasonable choice - as you said, they made a quite good work just at the right time. Also, their features are really encouraging but it is always good to see how other mapping platforms look like.