Geofencing API Pricing — 2026 Guide
Geofencing platforms generally price on one of three models. Knowing which one a vendor uses matters more than the headline number, because it determines whether your bill is predictable as you scale.
The Three Pricing Models
1. Per-MTU (Monthly Tracked User)
You pay based on how many unique users you track location for in a month, regardless of how many times you check their location. This rewards frequent checking per user but makes cost hard to forecast — user growth, not usage, drives the bill. Radar is the best-known example, starting at $499/month for its Team tier (10K MTU). See the full Radar breakdown →
2. Per-API-call
You pay for the number of requests made — a point-in-polygon check, a zone lookup — regardless of how many unique users generate them. This is the more predictable model for teams who know their request volume better than their user growth curve. Fencemaker uses this model, starting at $29/month.
3. Flat-tier / seat-based
Common in geofencing tools built for marketing or field-service use cases rather than raw API access — a fixed monthly fee for a bundle of "zones" or team seats, less relevant for developer-integration use cases.
What to Budget For
| Usage level | What it looks like | What matters |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype / MVP | A few thousand checks/month, testing zones | Free tier limits — geofence count matters here more than call volume |
| Early production | Tens of thousands of API calls/month, growing user base | Whether the free/entry tier caps geofence count, not just calls |
| Scale | Hundreds of thousands+ calls/month, many concurrent zones | Whether pricing requires a sales call to see numbers past a certain tier |
Questions to Ask Any Geofencing Vendor Before Committing
- Is pricing based on tracked users, API calls, or both?
- Is there a geofence count limit, and does it change by tier?
- Is enterprise-tier pricing posted, or does it require a sales conversation?
- Does the SDK require client-side integration, or is it a plain REST API?
- Is territory/hierarchy grouping built in, or do you build that logic yourself?
Where Fencemaker Fits
Fencemaker prices by API call only — no MTU tracking — with unlimited geofences on every plan, from the free tier (100 checks/day) through $249/month (1M checks/day), with full pricing posted publicly at every tier.