Mapbox Reviews

The map load times are snappy, there are rich customization options and base map choices, their pricing is generous and fair, and their team has been helpful along the way. And since the Mapbox team is always developing new features, we get to inherit important new functinoality on an ongoing basis. It's also easy for our development team to implement features using their APIs and for our integrating partners to use our maps built on Mapbox too.

The geocoding API is not always as accurate as others, such as Google's. It occasionally returns results that are not what the user would expect and doesn't have as many location names, such as small villages.

Mapbox provides our mapping technology that is the basis for one of our core offerings, our maps of changing climate conditions. It is easy for us to develop, easy for our users to use, load times are fast, and our integrating partners are easily able to develop their own applications using our Mapbox maps.

The Static Images API delivers fast, beautifully rendered maps to help cyclists locate upcoming group rides in their city, thanks to the efforts of the Social Impact team at Mapbox, who have made it possible for community-focused apps like Ride Alert to exist and thrive.

A bigger selectin of out-of-box dark map themes would have been nice.

Provides the endpoints for rendering of static map images.

Mapbox's mapping tools are Best in Class at the moment, if you are serious about making powerful, beautiful, configurable maps that load quickly and look great. They have more options than anyone else out there, and actually seem to care about innovating in the mapping space (unlike Google Maps, which has been practically dormant for a long time now). Their Mapbox Studio tool makes it effortless to change the appearance of map features, and their satellite tiles are beautiful and in high definition. Mapbox has been on the cutting edge of vector-based mapping technology, which is rapidly becoming the standard for good reason.

Beyond this, their Community & Social outreach has been execllent. I have been a heavy user of Mapbox maps since 2018. I run a popular website (NUKEMAP, a nuclear weapons effects simulator) that can have extremely variable traffic spikes depending on world events and media coverage, and is also entirely not-for-profit (with no advertising, etc.) and run on a shoestring budget. I switched to Mapbox from Google Maps because it became clear that Google was too interested in monetizing their interactions with people like me to be usable, and their prices were killing any ability to have a widely-used website that was not focused around generating profit. Mapbox has been willing to work with me, and has worked to find plans that would fit my budget, given the nature of the work, and has given me huge amounts of assistance and patience when I have been in between sponsors.

The only issue I have had with Mapbox is that their out-of-the-box API tools are not particularly suited to the kinds of operations that one might want to do, like drawing dynamic vector circles in my case. However their API is very flexible and with a little elbow-grease, you can make it do whatever you want, and it runs extremely fast no matter what. So while it might take a little more effort to get things up and running, once you have them up and running it will look good, and run fast.

I use Mapbox to visualize spatial data, specifically to show people what the effects of nuclear weapons would be on areas they have been to. To do this, I am using their vector tile service, their satellite tiles, and their raster tiles as a fallback option for users without WebGL (which for a global app is still quite a lot). Since 2018, when I switched to Mapbox, NUKEMAP has had over 40 million users globally, including massive traffic spikes whenever world events have caused people to seek out information about nuclear weapons (e.g., between February and June 2022 saw nearly 9 million users as tensions between NATO and Russia increased following the Russian invasion of Ukraine). Being able to provide this kind of factual information in an intuitive and good-looking map interface is core to my educational mission, and Mapbox's tools have made this possible.

Free mapping service up to at least 200,000 requests per API. I have been using it for years and find it to be an excellent service. Simple to use, I never had to contact support, I always used the documentation and it always worked.

I've been using it for years and I don't see any aspect that I don't like, what they could do is increase functionality with reverse geocode, it would be spectacular.

For the system I have integrated, MAPBOX is integrated as one of the alternative visualization maps. Customers on my system can choose which of the maps they want to use and mapbox is used with some frequency.

Ease of implementation and integration with our mobile app showing locations and visit detail for 600 birding/wildlife sites across Scotland. The maps on our app have about 0.25m views per year and performance has been impressively reliable.

Some, but not a lot of, topographical detail in large upland areas or large forests

We needed a mapping solution with sufficient detail to help wildlife enthusiasts in the field to navigate to and around new locations, often in unfamiliar countryside. We wanted one which would allow seamless zooming and panning and could take markers with all data coming from a fairly straightforward CMS.

I recently had the opportunity to work with Mapbox, and I have to say, I was thoroughly impressed by its capabilities.

One of the things I liked best about Mapbox is its flexibility. With a wide range of customization options, it was easy to create maps matching my project's specific needs.

I also appreciated the variety of pre-built map styles available, which allowed me to put together a polished, professional-looking map quickly.

Additionally, the user-friendly interface made it easy for me to navigate the various tools and options available.

Overall, I found Mapbox to be a compelling and versatile map framework that I highly recommend to other developers and designers.

While I generally had a positive experience with Mapbox, there were a few things that I did not like.

One issue I had was with the pricing structure, which can be pretty expensive for large-scale projects.

Additionally, I found the documentation to be a bit limited and hard to navigate.

These issues were not deal-breakers but were something to keep in mind when using Mapbox.

Overall, I would still recommend Mapbox as a powerful and flexible map framework.

However, I would advise users to be mindful of the cost and keep some patience while exploring the documentation.

Mapbox solved my problem of creating visually appealing and functional maps for my project.

Its wide range of customization options and pre-built map styles allowed me to create maps that perfectly matched the design and functionality needs of my project.

Additionally, the user-friendly interface and easy-to-use tools helped me to create maps quickly and easily without the need for extensive programming knowledge.

This saved me a lot of time and effort, allowing me to focus on other aspects of my project.

Overall, Mapbox was a great solution for me, and I would highly recommend it to other developers and designers.

Mapbox is an important mapping tool for our needs.

One area for improvement lies in the complexity of Mapbox, as we haven't fully explored all of its capabilities

It allows us to visually represent locations across various categories on a map while providing further information for each location.

I love that they have a great app, and that they help support non profits.

Nothing i can think of. Everything is great!

They help us provide map data for find a spring foundation.

In working with Mapbox we have found the perfect mixture of available technology and helpful guidance to ensure the deployment of the right technical solution. Our account rep truly cares about our business and our goals and acts accordingly which is refreshing.

I don't think this category really applies to our experience with Mapbox :)

Mapbox allows us to visualize our data in a compelling way for users to instantly understand what we are trying to convey.

We love the versatility of the platform, which allows us creative control over every aspect of mapping. (We also love their generous pricing!)

We have nothing negative to report about our experience with Mabbox.

It is a versatile and agile platform for GIS-based data visualization, which offers great creative freedom and minimal overhead compared to other mapping platforms.