Compare 44 Maps & Geolocation APIs you can use in Nigeria
A side-by-side comparison of pricing, features, sandbox access, and documentation for every Maps & Geolocation API available to Nigerian developers and startups, updated regularly so you can pick the right provider with confidence.
All Maps & Geolocation APIs
5 of 44 selected
Google Places API
- Pricing
- $200/month free credit (~40,000 requests). Paid: $17/1,000 place searches. Nigeria included.
- Forward Geocoding (Address to Coordinates)
- Not available
- Reverse Geocoding (Coordinates to Address)
- Not available
- Place / POI Search
- Available
- Turn-by-Turn Directions & Routing
- Not available
- Distance Matrix Calculation
- Not available
- Nigeria & West Africa Coverage
- Available
- Static Map Image Generation
- Not available
- Real-time Traffic Data
- Not available
- REST API
- Not available
- SDKs (JavaScript / Python / Mobile)
- Not available
- Webhooks & Event Notifications
- Not available
- Sandbox / Test Environment
- Not available
- API Documentation
- Not available
- Rate Limiting & Quota Management
- Not available
- OAuth / API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Free Tier / Developer Plan
- Not available
- JSON Responses
- Not available
- API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Rate Limiting
- Not available
- HTTPS Encryption
- Not available
- SDK / Client Libraries
- Not available
- Webhooks
- Not available
- CORS Support
- Not available
Foursquare Places API
- Pricing
- Free: 1,000 API calls/day. Paid plans for higher volume and premium data. Nigeria supported.
- Forward Geocoding (Address to Coordinates)
- Not available
- Reverse Geocoding (Coordinates to Address)
- Not available
- Place / POI Search
- Not available
- Turn-by-Turn Directions & Routing
- Not available
- Distance Matrix Calculation
- Not available
- Nigeria & West Africa Coverage
- Not available
- Static Map Image Generation
- Not available
- Real-time Traffic Data
- Not available
- REST API
- Available
- SDKs (JavaScript / Python / Mobile)
- Not available
- Webhooks & Event Notifications
- Not available
- Sandbox / Test Environment
- Available
- API Documentation
- Available
- Rate Limiting & Quota Management
- Available
- OAuth / API Key Authentication
- Available
- Free Tier / Developer Plan
- Available
- JSON Responses
- Not available
- API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Rate Limiting
- Not available
- HTTPS Encryption
- Not available
- SDK / Client Libraries
- Not available
- Webhooks
- Not available
- CORS Support
- Not available
OpenStreetMap Nominatim API
- Pricing
- Completely free and open source. No API key required. Rate limit: 1 request/second on public server. Self-hostable with no limits.
- Forward Geocoding (Address to Coordinates)
- Available
- Reverse Geocoding (Coordinates to Address)
- Available
- Place / POI Search
- Available
- Turn-by-Turn Directions & Routing
- Not available
- Distance Matrix Calculation
- Not available
- Nigeria & West Africa Coverage
- Not available
- Static Map Image Generation
- Not available
- Real-time Traffic Data
- Not available
- REST API
- Not available
- SDKs (JavaScript / Python / Mobile)
- Not available
- Webhooks & Event Notifications
- Not available
- Sandbox / Test Environment
- Not available
- API Documentation
- Not available
- Rate Limiting & Quota Management
- Not available
- OAuth / API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Free Tier / Developer Plan
- Not available
- JSON Responses
- Not available
- API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Rate Limiting
- Not available
- HTTPS Encryption
- Not available
- SDK / Client Libraries
- Not available
- Webhooks
- Not available
- CORS Support
- Not available
Google Maps API
- Pricing
- $200 free monthly credit (~28,000 map loads or 40,000 geocoding calls). Pay-as-you-go after. Nigeria fully supported.
- Forward Geocoding (Address to Coordinates)
- Available
- Reverse Geocoding (Coordinates to Address)
- Available
- Place / POI Search
- Available
- Turn-by-Turn Directions & Routing
- Available
- Distance Matrix Calculation
- Available
- Nigeria & West Africa Coverage
- Available
- Static Map Image Generation
- Available
- Real-time Traffic Data
- Not available
- REST API
- Not available
- SDKs (JavaScript / Python / Mobile)
- Not available
- Webhooks & Event Notifications
- Not available
- Sandbox / Test Environment
- Not available
- API Documentation
- Not available
- Rate Limiting & Quota Management
- Not available
- OAuth / API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Free Tier / Developer Plan
- Not available
- JSON Responses
- Not available
- API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Rate Limiting
- Not available
- HTTPS Encryption
- Not available
- SDK / Client Libraries
- Not available
- Webhooks
- Not available
- CORS Support
- Not available
Geoapify API
- Pricing
- Free: 3,000 API calls/day. Paid from $49/month. Uses OpenStreetMap + premium data. Nigeria supported.
- Forward Geocoding (Address to Coordinates)
- Available
- Reverse Geocoding (Coordinates to Address)
- Available
- Place / POI Search
- Available
- Turn-by-Turn Directions & Routing
- Available
- Distance Matrix Calculation
- Not available
- Nigeria & West Africa Coverage
- Not available
- Static Map Image Generation
- Available
- Real-time Traffic Data
- Not available
- REST API
- Not available
- SDKs (JavaScript / Python / Mobile)
- Not available
- Webhooks & Event Notifications
- Not available
- Sandbox / Test Environment
- Not available
- API Documentation
- Not available
- Rate Limiting & Quota Management
- Not available
- OAuth / API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Free Tier / Developer Plan
- Not available
- JSON Responses
- Not available
- API Key Authentication
- Not available
- Rate Limiting
- Not available
- HTTPS Encryption
- Not available
- SDK / Client Libraries
- Not available
- Webhooks
- Not available
- CORS Support
- Not available
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