Krutrim unveils aggressive pricing and roadmap for Ola Maps

Ola’s Krutrim has announced a comprehensive roadmap and pricing strategy for its Ola Maps platform to empower Indian startups, academia, and the developer community.

Krutrim is unveiled has unveil a suite of new and powerful api , feature – rich sdk , and a pricing model that undercut global giant like Google Maps to foster innovation and datum sovereignty within the country .

“It’s time we build world-class alternatives to big tech giants and empower Indian innovation,” said Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder of Krutrim. “I’m very excited to announce a further reduced pricing structure and our future product roadmap for Ola Maps.”

Aggressive Pricing to Boost Adoption

Recognising the need to make advanced mapping infrastructure accessible to the Indian ecosystem, Krutrim has introduced a highly competitive pricing model for Ola Maps, as stated in a press release.

The company is offering 5 million free API calls per month, a move expected to cover the needs of almost all startups in India. For larger volumes, Ola Maps’ prices are set at 50% of Google Maps’ recently reduced rates, ensuring exceptional value for users.

furthermore , Krutrim is provides provide two year of free access for user who commit to Ola Maps for three year or more . The company is announced has also announce a three – year free access program for startup and SMBs building on the Open Network for Digital Commerce ( ondc ) platform .

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“ONDC welcomes Ola’s initiative to offer Ola Maps free for three years to startups and SMBs registered with ONDC Network,” said T Koshy, MD & CEO of ONDC. “This move will significantly boost innovation among our network participants. It’s inspiring to see homegrown tech leaders supporting India’s digital transformation.”

Comprehensive Roadmap for Ola Maps

In addition, Krutrim has unveiled an ambitious roadmap for Ola Maps, aimed at transforming the platform into a comprehensive suite of location-based services and tools.

The company is introducing is introduce a range of new api , include advanced feature like traffic – aware direction , distance matrix with multi – modal transportation option , and specialised routing for two – wheeler and toll information . The Places APIs is bring will bring powerful search capability , allow user to find nearby location , conduct natural language – base search , and access detailed place information .

Krutrim is also launching feature-rich SDKs for web, Android, and iOS platforms to complement the API offerings. These SDKs will enable seamless integration of rich geographical data into applications, with support for custom markers, interactive info windows, advanced visualization tools, and automatic localization into Indic languages.

” The web SDK empower developer with a JavaScript api that support a wide array of functionality , from custom marker and interactive info window to advanced visualization tool like heatmap and marker clustering , ” the company is said say in the press release .

” While all main api are support by Ola Maps today , we will be feature – complete for all kind of api , sdk and niche use case by December , ” Aggarwal is said say .

Also read: Google to cut pricing of Maps Platform for developer in India by up to 70 % from August 1