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Can you recommend alternatives for the Google Distance Matrix API? This service is great but has some serious quota limitations and the Terms of use are also pretty tough.
Thanks!
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The Distance Matrix API uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model.
Radar is the best alternative to the Google Maps API. Radar supports geocoding, search, and distance APIs with high-quality address and place data. Radar is more affordable than the Google Maps API, free up to 100,000 API requests per month and $0.50 per 1,000 requests thereafter.
Go to the Google Maps Platform > Credentials page. On the Credentials page, click Create credentials > API key. The API key created dialog displays your newly created API key. Click Close.
Customization: Mapbox has the best customization features, hands down. Google Maps is less flexible – for instance, it forces you to use its default base layer, while Mapbox does not. Ease of Integration: This really depends on the experience that your developers and designers have with the APIs and their SDKs.
MapQuest RouteMatrix is pretty much the same thing: http://www.mapquestapi.com/directions/
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Bing's Route Data API may be an alternative you can consider - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701718.aspx
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I'm not sure if they have the same functionality, but DeCarta ( http://www.decarta.com/ ) has some nice map API stuff for routing / display.
Otherwise you could go for open source stuff like PostGIS with OpenStreetMaps or openrouteservice ( http://openrouteservice.org/ ) there are routing libraries, although I haven't used them extensively myself, so I'm not sure what they have to offer.
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Many developers have been able to do this with the Bing Maps REST routing service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701705.aspx. It requires a bit more development but works well. Here is an example: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Bing-Maps-trip-optimizer-c4e037f7
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The GraphHopper Directions API includes a Matrix API. Based on OSM data and very fast. Comes with a JS demo and a Java client. Note: I'm the author.
Also we allow all use cases.
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