Limitation of Base map from third-party map

Usage of Base map from Mapbox Studio

Our vectortiles client application mapbox-gl-js-client is using base map services of Mapbox Studio. Mapbox Studio can provides very beautiful vectortile based OpenStreetMap.

Currently, we are using free plan of Mapbox Studio. However, there are also some limits.

  • Map Loads for Web : 50,000 request per month

If requests exceed 50,000, they will charge $5 USD per 1000 request. You can see more details about their pricing here.

Case Studies

  • Cost Estimation in case of WASAC, Rwanda I estimated the number of page views is approximately 41,400 per month. I estimated 30 days per month because some waterworks need to be done during weekends. However, I don’t think all of people will access fully. So, 50,000 requests' limit is still enough.

If WASAC’s usage will exceed 50,000 requests, we may consider to change base map services from Mapbox to Maptiler. Maptiler will provide base map for free of charge upto 100,000 requests per month. You can see more details about Maptiler’s pricing here.

OrganizationNo of OrganizationNo of Users per OrganizaitonTotal No of UsersPage Views per person per dayTotal PVs per dayEstimated PV per month
Districts301303902700
POs8054003120036000
WASAC RWSS130303902700
Total11136460-138041400
  • Cost Estimation in case of Narok Water, Kenya I estimated the number of page views is approximately 10500 per month. Its capacity is much enough to use within 50,000 page views per month.
OrganizationNo of OrganizationNo of Users per OrganizaitonTotal No of UsersPage Views per person per dayTotal PVs per dayEstimated PV per month
NARWASSCO17070535010500