About
Foursquare Developers is a location platform for building app features with geospatial APIs and SDKs. The page highlights the Developer Console, Places API, Movement SDK, and Studio SDKs for search, geotagging, check-ins, autocomplete, place matching, and geospatial visualization.
The pricing page shows a free sandbox for the Places API with up to 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints, a Spatial Desktop Basic plan at $0/month through 2026 with 3 GB cloud storage and 5 shared projects, and a Spatial Studio Community user plan that is always free with 1 GB cloud data storage, limited data catalog access, and public map publishing.
- Places API sandbox access
- 10,000 free Pro endpoint calls
- Spatial Desktop Basic through 2026
- 3 GB cloud storage limit
- 5 shared projects included
- Spatial Studio community plan
- 1 GB cloud data storage
- Public map publishing
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped sandbox rather than an unlimited plan: it includes access to the developer console and up to 10,000 free Places API Pro calls in the sandbox. Using the published Pro pricing, 10,000 calls at $15 per 1,000 calls is worth about $150 of usage, but because it is sandbox-only and limited to a starter amount of calls, the practical monthly value is closer to about $15 for a buyer comparing it with the cheapest paid options. A credit card requirement is not stated, so there is no clear sign of signup friction from the page.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to the Developer Console for location developer tools.
- Up to 10,000 free calls on Places API Pro endpoints in the sandbox.
See Foursquare Developers pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
FSQ Spatial Desktop – Basic
- cloud storage
- 3 GB
- shared projects
- 5
- agent tokens
- $1 worth
- Start with basic access to render, query, and analyze
- Free preview through 2026
- Powered by Kepler.gl & DuckDB
- Flexible and offline capable
FSQ Spatial Desktop – Standard
- agent tokens
- $25 worth per billing period
- simple analyses
- up to 200
- complex analyses
- up to 30
- cloud storage
- 5 GB
- shared projects
- 15
- Render, query, and analyze
- AI assistance from FSQ Spatial Agent
- Higher token allowance than Basic
FSQ Spatial Desktop – Pro
- agent tokens
- $100 worth per billing period
- simple analyses
- up to 500
- complex analyses
- up to 100
- cloud storage
- 15 GB
- shared projects
- 50
- Full access to render, query, and analyze
- AI assistance from FSQ Spatial Agent
- Highest token allowance in the desktop lineup
FSQ Spatial Workbench – Developer Plan
- trial length
- 30 days
- storage cost
- $0.04/GB may apply
- compute options
- MotherDuck Pulse/Standard/Jumbo
- Analyze, compute, and visualize in a SQL workbench
- Free 30-day trial available
- Pay only for compute and storage used during the trial
Pricing extracted from Foursquare Developers's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
