Quote from [1]:<p>> Starting in March, you’ll get free* access to each of our products, including Maps, Routes, Places, and Environment APIs and SDKs, up to a monthly limit, so you can build more for free. This means that instead of the fixed monthly $200 credit you get today, you can soon access up to $3,250 worth of free usage every month, distributed across all our products. This update will give you the flexibility to build better solutions and experiment with our APIs and SDKs at no cost.<p>In my case, since I'm only using a single API request (The Routes API ComputeRoutes method), this will mean I'd have to pay 80$ per month for what used to be covered under the 200$ monthly quota until this change. Quite a scummy move trying to wrap it up as a good thing with "$3,250 worth of free usage" which only applies if you're using every single one of their APIs.<p>[1] <a href="https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources/blog/build-more-for-free-and-access-more-discounts-online-with-google-maps-platform-updates/" rel="nofollow">https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources/blog/build-more-fo...</a>