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What if some one doesn't have a credit card and only want to rely on $200 credit as my user base will be very small.

From pricing page

Are there other APIs or SDKs that are free to use? 

Yes. In addition to the $200 monthly free credit, all users get:

    Free Maps usage for iOS, Android, and Embed (for displaying maps only)
    Free Maps URLs

But when i try to create project in console, it ask me to setup billing account. I don't have any credit card. Please help.

eC Droid
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    It looks like there is no way around, but you are better off contacting Google support and asking them that question, instead of here. – Suleyman May 07 '18 at 08:18
  • Please provide the link or way to contact them, i tried contacting sales team and it says they don't provide support in my country. So what to do instead of asking fellow developers? – eC Droid May 07 '18 at 08:21
  • I don't have a link, but I'm sure there is a way to contact them from your country, but I don't think anyone will answer here, unless they know for sure and work for Google :) from the developer standpoint we can't do much – Suleyman May 07 '18 at 08:27
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    @LieForBananas you are wrong. You do **not** need to enable billing although Google encourages you to do so, in case you exceed the free quota. Please read their documentation carefully, especially the [Is a credit card or billing account required?](https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/user-guide/pricing-changes/) point. – MrUpsidown May 08 '18 at 12:19
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    Well... reading the documentation again, I am not sure about my above statement anymore. Please check [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/50234001/1238965) for more information. – MrUpsidown May 08 '18 at 12:56
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    @MrUpsidown yeah I read it again and it's very ambiguous, it says "all Google Cloud Platform services require a credit card and billing account" but then it almost contradicts it, I'm not sure either :) – Suleyman May 08 '18 at 13:05
  • Some years ago I was able to easily set a google maps key without any billing account; now the first thing they ask is for the credit card. [This link](https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/user-guide/) gives some info about the changes in their platform – Brian Hellekin May 11 '18 at 23:25
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    Since this question is on hold, I can't post an answer, but maybe [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38182710/google-maps-api-error-deletedapiprojectmaperror) could help you (it worked for me, without a billing account, although I'm working with a site and not with Android development. But there is a Maps SDK for Android API) – Brian Hellekin May 11 '18 at 23:41
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    Thanks @BrianHellekin much appreciated. – eC Droid May 12 '18 at 15:03
  • I just set one up and it says that credit card is to check that you're not a robot + that you'll never be billed without giving your agreement explicitely (so I guess that if you reach the quota on your app, the map won't load) – maxime1992 Nov 26 '18 at 10:17

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