OpenStreetMap embed for a business website

What OpenStreetMap’s tile usage policy says

• The data is free for everyone. The tile servers are funded by donations and sponsorship, and capacity is limited.¹
• There is no SLA or guarantee. Access may be blocked without notice if usage degrades the service.¹
• Commercial services are warned that access may be withdrawn at any point, and with it the service to their customers.¹
• Bulk downloading and offline use are not permitted. Sites that can’t meet the policy should use another OSM-based service or run their own.¹

Credit OpenStreetMap

• You may copy and adapt the data if you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors, under the Open Database License.²
• On a web map the credit, for example “© OpenStreetMap contributors”, goes in a corner of the map and links to openstreetmap.org/copyright.³

Your options

The openstreetmap.org Share embed

• The Share panel gives you an HTML snippet with the map in an iframe. It uses the tile servers above.⁴

Leaflet with a tile provider

• Leaflet works with any tile provider. Its guide says to read the OSM Tile Usage Policy before using OSM tiles in production.⁵

A hosted OSM-based service

• OpenFreeMap serves OSM-based tiles with no registration, no API keys and no cookies.⁶
• The tile usage policy links lists of other hosted and commercial OSM-based tile services.¹

DoMaps

• OpenStreetMap data with tiles from OpenFreeMap, styled from your site’s colors.
• The OpenStreetMap credit shows on the map automatically.
• One iframe, under 3 minutes, no account or API key.

The DoMaps way

Setup is the same as a Google Maps embed: one iframe, no account, no API key. You also choose the colors, the pins and the starting view. DoMaps puts OpenStreetMap on your site in your colors, with the credit included.

Read next

• DoMaps vs MapTiler
• Embed a map in an HTML page
• Maps for hotels

Sources

1. 1. operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/. Checked October 2026.
2. 2. www.openstreetmap.org/copyright. Checked October 2026.
3. 3. osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Attribution_Guidelines. Checked October 2026.
4. 4. wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Export. Checked October 2026.
5. 5. leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/. Checked October 2026.
6. 6. openfreemap.org/. Checked October 2026.

Questions