Compare Features

This page gives a brief comparison between maplibre and similar solutions.

General

Topic	maplibre	maplibre_gl	flutter_map	mapbox_maps_flutter	google_maps_flutter
Licensing	✅ BSD-3-Clause	✅ BSD-3-Clause	✅ BSD-3-Clause	❌ Mapbox TOS	✅ BSD-3-Clause
Vendor-Free	✅ yes	✅ yes	✅ yes	❌ Mapbox only	❌ Google API only
Costs	✅ None	✅ None	✅ None	❌ Per user, per use	❌ Per Use

Feature	maplibre	maplibre_gl	flutter_map	mapbox_maps_flutter	google_maps_flutter
Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT)	✅	✅	✅ ¹	✅	❌
PMTiles	✅	✅ ³	✅ ¹	❌	❌
Raster Tiles	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Vector Tiles	✅	✅	✅ ¹ ²	✅	✅
Hillshade Tiles	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Animations	✅	✅	✅ ¹	✅
User Location	✅ ³	✅ ¹ ³	✅ ¹
Caching	✅ ³	✅ ³	✅ ¹
Offline	✅ ³	✅ ³	✅ ¹
Gestures	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Events	✅		✅	✅

Layer	maplibre	maplibre_gl	flutter_map	mapbox_maps_flutter	google_maps_flutter
Widgets	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅ ¹
Polygons	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Polylines	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Circles	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Markers	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Heatmap	✅	✅	✅ ¹	✅	✅ ¹

Platform	maplibre	maplibre_gl	flutter_map	mapbox_maps_flutter	google_maps_flutter
Android	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
iOS	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Web	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Windows	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
macOS	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Linux	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌