Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Introduces Reduced Prices for Its Ola Maps at Krutrim Platform in Response to Google Map’s Price Cuts, Says Time To Empower Indian Innovation
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has launched reduced pricing and roadmap for its Ola Maps and offered free access for up to three years. The move was triggered as a response to Google Maps’s recently announced price cuts. On July 17, Ola CEO took on Google and criticised tech giant’s efforts to reduce price for Google Maps after #ExitGoogleMaps campaign on X. He promised to bring a new announcement for Ola Maps on July 18 (today). Bhavish Aggarwal announced that Ola Maps pricing would be free for first year and will cost differently for second year based on monthly volume and API. He posted that starting today, the pricing would include 5M FREE API calls per month for all users, 50% of the reduced prices than Google Maps for larger volumes, and two years free for people signing a 3+ years commitment. Three years free for startups & SMBs on ONDC. Bhavish Aggarwal also highlighted features like distance matrix, roads, nearby places, dynamic maps, SDKs, etc. The Ola founder and CEO said, “It’s time we build world-class alternatives to big tech giants and empower Indian innovation!” India AI Mission: Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Says India Can Become Global Leader in AI As China Became in Manufacturing.
Ola Maps Reduced Prices Introduced by CEO Bhavish Aggarwal
As promised, here’s our response to @googlemaps ‘belated’ price cuts. It’s time we build world class alternatives to big tech giants and empower Indian innovation! I’m very excited to announce a further reduced pricing structure and our future product roadmap for Ola Maps… pic.twitter.com/zzuC90Qy03
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 18, 2024
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Took on Google on July 17
Dear @Google, too little too late!
Reducing prices for @googlemaps, “offering to price in ₹” after #ExitGoogleMaps. Don’t need your fake generosity!
Tomorrow, I’ll be writing a blog response and announcing major updates on Ola maps @Krutrim. Stay tuned! 🇮🇳💪 pic.twitter.com/XlXfp10J2L
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) July 17, 2024
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