# How much does a FiveM-compatible minimap cost? Free packs, presets, editors and commissions, priced

> FiveM-compatible minimap prices in 2026: free packs, Tebex presets ($8–$30), browser editors, commissions ($40–$150+) and what each price actually includes. What $8 buys here, what a logo adds, and the hidden costs of the cheap options.

Source: https://fam-tools.com/guides/how-much-does-a-fivem-minimap-cost · FAM Tools · published 2026-09-14 · updated 2026-09-14 · about 10 min

**Short answer.** Free packs cost $0 and are shared with every other server that downloaded them. Tebex presets run about $8 to $30 for a fixed look, often the same free map with a colour filter. Browser and in-game editors sit around $8 to $20 and let you brand the map yourself. Commissions start near $40 and go past $150, with quality that depends entirely on the artist. Here, a finished map is $8.00 on any of three bases in twelve palettes, a logo or text element is $1.00, the licence is lifetime and re-downloads are free. Under $10 buys the same resolution a commission would charge $60 for; the difference is how much of the look is yours.

## Key points

- The price range is $0 to $150+, and resolution does not track price.
- A $30 Tebex preset is frequently a free map with a palette swap.
- Commissions buy exclusivity and an artist’s time; check that the quote includes the radar tiles, not just the pause map.
- At $8, the map here is rendered at the native sheet size — the same output regardless of what you pay elsewhere.
- Branding is the thing worth paying for: a logo on the map is $1 here and impossible on most free packs.
- The hidden cost of every cheap option is the hour you spend making it work.

A FiveM-compatible minimap costs anywhere from nothing to a couple of hundred dollars, and the number on the listing tells you very little about what you get for it. Two maps at the same price can differ by a factor of four in resolution; a free one can cost you an afternoon; a $150 commission can arrive without the radar tiles. This guide prices every route to a custom minimap, says what each price includes, and names the costs that are not on the invoice.

## The price of every route, in one table

*Typical 2026 prices. Ranges are what you will actually see on Tebex, the cfx.re forum and commission threads.*

| Route | Price | What you get | What you do not |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free pack (MIT) | $0 | A complete map, one look, one postal decision | Palette choice, branding, uniqueness |
| Free pack (forum) | $0 | Often pause-map only, single mip level | A licence, the radar, sharpness |
| Tebex preset | $8 – $30 | One fixed look, sometimes escrowed | Usually no branding; often a recoloured free map |
| Browser / in-game editor | $8 – $20 | Your logo and text on a finished base | Full artistic freedom |
| This shop | $8 + $1 per element | Twelve palettes, three bases, logo and text, lifetime licence | A hand-drawn one-off |
| Commission | $40 – $150+ | A one-off drawn to your brief | Speed, guaranteed specs, revisions without a fee |

## $0: what free actually costs

Nothing at checkout. The costs are time and identity. Time, because most free packs need fixing — a missing LOD sheet, a single mip level that shimmers, a conflicting resource — and an hour of a server owner’s evening is not free. Identity, because a free map is the same map on every server that downloaded it, and it cannot carry your name. [Free versus premium](https://fam-tools.com/guides/free-vs-premium-fivem-minimap) goes through both in detail and names the two free packs that are genuinely worth using.

## $8–$30: Tebex presets, and the recolour problem

Search Tebex for "FiveM minimap" and most results are a single fixed look between $8 and $30, often behind escrow. Some are original work. A noticeable number are one of the free MIT packs with a hue shift and a new name, which is legal under MIT and still not something you should pay $30 for. The tell is the road geometry and the label font: if they match `neen-atlasmap` exactly, you are looking at a recolour.

The questions to ask any preset seller are numeric — source resolution, mip count, compression, number of dictionaries — and whether you can place your own logo. If the answers are a screenshot, that is the answer.

## $8 here: what the price includes

One finished map, rendered at the native 6144 × 9216 sheet from a 226-megapixel source, with full mip chains and DXT5 tiles, every dictionary the game asks for, the geometry and the zoom data, and a manifest that already works. Any of twelve palettes on any of three bases — with postals, without, or Google-style — at the same price. The licence covers one server network for as long as you run it, re-downloads are free, and if the map is rebuilt the file behind your link is updated.

- **$8.00** — one map, any palette, any base
- **$1.00** — each logo or text element placed in the studio, built into the texture
- **Element packages** — the per-element price drops if you place several
- **Bundle discount** — applied automatically when a second map is in the cart
- **$0** — the live preview, re-downloads, and rebuilt versions

Why it is this cheap: the expensive part was done once. The map structure — land, water, relief, road tiers, coast — is built a single time and coloured per palette in minutes, which is also why a branded map is built about a minute after payment. There is no artist re-drawing the city for each order, and the output is the same at any price. [The cheap minimap page](https://fam-tools.com/for/cheap-fivem-minimap) has the shorter version.

## $40–$150+: commissions, and what to put in the brief

A commission buys an artist’s time and a map nobody else has. That is worth paying for if you want something the presets and editors cannot do — a hand-drawn style, a map of a custom island, a specific illustration. It is not worth paying for if what you want is a clean dark map with your logo on it, because that is $9 here and arrives in a minute.

If you do commission one, the brief should specify the numbers, because a surprising number of commissions arrive as a beautiful pause map with no radar tiles. Ask for the full 2 × 3 sheet at 3072 per tile, DXT5 with full mip chains, all twelve dictionaries plus LOD, the .ydd and zoom data, and the source file so you can change it later. [The technical specification](https://fam-tools.com/guides/minimap-technical-specification) is the checklist to attach.

> **Revisions are where commissions get expensive** — Moving a logo, changing a palette, or switching the postal decision after delivery usually costs a second fee. Editors and studios let you do all three yourself, which is most of the reason they cost a fifth as much.

## The costs that are not on the invoice

1. **Your time.** An hour finding out why the radar did not change is an hour. Complete resources that install with one ensure line have no such cost.
2. **The second purchase.** A baked postal grid you later regret, or a palette that clashes with your HUD, means buying again. Bases and palettes at the same price remove that.
3. **Licence exposure.** An unstated licence is free until the day you take a donation.
4. **Looking like the server next door.** Unpriced, and the reason people upgrade.

## Questions

### How much is a custom FiveM-compatible minimap?

Here, $8.00 for the map and $1.00 per logo or text element. Elsewhere: free packs at $0, Tebex presets $8–$30, editors $8–$20, commissions $40–$150 and up.

### Is a FiveM-compatible minimap under $10 any good?

It can be as good as any — resolution does not track price. The map here is rendered at the native 6144 × 9216 sheet with full mip chains for $8. Check the numbers, not the price.

### Why do some minimaps cost $30 on Tebex?

Some are original work. Others are a free MIT pack with a colour shift. Compare the road geometry and label font to `neen-atlasmap` before paying; ask for source resolution and mip count.

### How much does a minimap with my logo cost?

$9.00 here — $8 for the map and $1 for the logo element placed in the browser studio. Additional text or images are $1 each, less in a package.

### Is there a subscription for FiveM-compatible minimaps?

Not here. One payment, lifetime licence for your server network, free re-downloads, and rebuilt versions served from the same link.

## Related

- https://fam-tools.com/guides/free-vs-premium-fivem-minimap
- https://fam-tools.com/guides/best-fivem-minimaps-compared
- https://fam-tools.com/guides/how-to-make-a-fivem-minimap
- https://fam-tools.com/guides/minimap-technical-specification
- https://fam-tools.com/guides/install-fivem-minimap