Comparison
Two ways to escape Mapbox's tile pricing. Protomaps is built around the single-file PMTiles archive — download a planet file, serve it from any static host or serverless function, done. MapTiler is a fuller commercial platform: hosted tiles, styles, geocoding and self-hostable server packages.
| Protomaps | MapTiler | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Library | SaaS |
| Pricing | open-source | freemium |
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | — |
| GitHub stars | 3.1k | — |
| Last commit | 1 weeks ago | — |
| Categories | tiles, mapping | tiles, mapping |
| Platforms | — | — |
| Languages | — | — |
| API style | — | — |
Choose Protomaps if…
You want maximum simplicity and cost control: one static file, infinite cacheability, deployable anywhere.
Full Protomaps profileChoose MapTiler if…
You want a managed platform with ready-made styles, geocoding and support — closer to the Mapbox experience.
Full MapTiler profile