Google Maps API Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score8.3 out of 10

59 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Regular Updates: Users have been pleased with the consistent updates of local information, aiding in efficient route planning and navigation. The timely updates ensure that users can rely on accurate and up-to-date data for their travel needs.

Customization Options: Reviewers have found the customization feature to be highly beneficial, allowing them to personalize the app to suit their individual preferences and needs effectively. This level of customization enhances user experience and makes the app more user-friendly.

Cost-Effective Choice: Customers have praised the application for its affordability, making it a budget-friendly option compared to other similar services. The competitive pricing combined with the range of features adds significant value for users seeking cost-effective solutions for location-based services.

Google Maps API Reviews

3 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesMarketing & Advertising2Design1

Use Google Map API to shed extra profit from your business location

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Map API in my company's official website so that our clients easily locate us. This tool is a very affordable, accurate, and widely used map API as compared to others. I can't only customize Google Maps API as per my needs but it gives static, dynamic, and 360° views to my prospects and clients. It also gives real traffic updates when someone wants to visit our office.

Pros

Gives local information
It gets updated very frequently which helps our clients discover the shortest route
I can customize it as per my needs
Is very affordable

Cons

It should be updated more frequently as the route/road changes from time to time
Few remote locations are not covered in Google Map API
At fewer places it shows wrong directions so need to they research on that

Likelihood to Recommend

It is most suited for someone who has a physical office, particularly a retail store which helps them to promote the business locally. I would suggest businessmen should use this tool for promoting their business in a more effective way. It is of least important if you are promoting your business digitally and don't have a physical location.

Alternatives

Mapbox

Though Mapbox is cheaper than Google Maps API Google map is more accurate, has a good database, and has more maps in it. It has excellent language support and a better view than Mapbox. One can personalize Google Maps more than we can do in Mapbox. Lastly, Google Map API is more reliable than Mapbox.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (Marketing & Advertising company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

The Best Platform in the World to know the Ways and Places

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This application is one of the greatest applications in the current era. It is easy to reach any place in any country, governorate, or street. For example, I [can] show my location. In the past, I had trouble explaining the place and the street, and now all I have to do is send the location and the customer comes directly without an address. Thank you for this application.

Pros

Access to any address in any location inside or outside the city
Tracking anyone to and from a specific location, such as my children, [so] I know where they are

Cons

It is an easy application and it is difficult to find any problems or observations for it as it is a giant company that is always developing on its own.

Likelihood to Recommend

The application supports most places, but I hope that the places will be located more closely. Sometimes, the satellite image is not clear.

WaEl ELESAWY

Sales Manager in Sales at GES (Design, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Maps the easy way

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 10, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our company uses Google Maps API across our whole organization. We do appointment setting and lead generation for businesses across the U.S., and quite often, a client has a large geographical area they are targeting. So in each of our databases, we have a link for Google Map API so that they can schedule appointments in the same area on the same day. This is good for our clients, so they don't have to travel a long distance back and forth between their appointments.

Pros

It allows us to schedule appointments in the same area on the same day.
It enables me to recommend geographical areas to target for our clients.

Cons

I would like more information about population in a particular area.

Likelihood to Recommend

We are a call center that does appointment setting for businesses across the U.S. Quite often, and we have a client with an extensive geographical area they are targeting, sometimes even across multiple states. Our callers can quickly search the area so that they schedule appointments on the same day in the same area. Very important to our clients as they get distraught when we send them to an appointment 2 hours away and then another appointment back to where they came from and then another appointment in the middle of the two, and the client is driving back and forth. Not Good! I do not have a scenario where it did not work for what I needed it for.

Alternatives

Google Voice and Google Ads (formerly AdWords)

Other map programs do not seem to be very accurate with road closures, and traffic barriers like Google Maps API do. Its been a while since I tried the others, but when I did, they were not able to do the satellite views or draw like a radius around an area and print. I have found that pretty much anything. Google Maps API is easier to use than others on the market.

Verified User

Manager in Sales (Marketing and Advertising company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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