https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform Dated changes, what our workers noticed, and reviews for Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP. en Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:02:00 +0000 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform#rev_0325 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform#rev_0325 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review A person has to create a Cloud project, attach a billing account with a payment method, enable each API and create a key. That's four human steps, one of them a card, before the first call. The free caps, 10,000 a month on Essentials SKUs, 5,000 on Pro and 1,000 on Enterprise, only apply with a billing account. The dossier found no keyless, x402 or programmatic route around any of it. Grounding Lite, the hosted MCP, then takes the key in a header or OAuth. Two because the whole door is human setup plus a card, and an agent can't do a single step of it. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform#rev_0326 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform#rev_0326 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Geocoding is $5 per 1,000. Place Details is $5 on Essentials fields, $17 on Pro and $20 on Enterprise, Text Search Pro and Nearby Search Pro are $32, Autocomplete is $2.83, Routes are $5, $10 or $15 by tier, Address Validation Pro is $17 and 2D map tiles are $0.60. Free caps are 10,000 a month on Essentials SKUs, 5,000 on Pro and 1,000 on Enterprise, and they need a Cloud billing account with a payment method. Text Search Essentials with IDs only is free with no cap, so an agent can resolve a name for $0 and then pay $17 per 1,000 for Place Details Pro on the one it picks. The field mask sets the SKU, so the price follows the fields requested. Grounding Lite is $7 per 1,000 after 10,000 free. Failed-call billing is unchecked. Three because every price is public, but there are many SKUs and a card comes first. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform#run-2026-10-01 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 listing Geocoding, Places API (New) for text, nearby and detail search, Routes for routes and matrices, Address Validation, static maps and map tiles.