# Can CesiumJS work without Cesium Ion??

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847 "2019-11-15T23:29:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![sourabh.mittal2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@sourabh.mittal2005](https://community.cesium.com/u/sourabh.mittal2005)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847/1 "2019-11-15T23:29:17Z")

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**1. A concise explanation of the problem you’re experiencing.**

I want to confirm if CesiumJS can work without Cesium Ion. Is Cesium Ion a paid platform or free? If CesiumJs can not work standalone and need Cesium Ion then do we have other alternative as Cesium Ion is a paid service

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**Author:** ![omar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/omar/32/1999_2.png) [@omar](https://community.cesium.com/u/omar)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847/2 "2019-11-16T19:28:21Z")

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Cesium ion is free to use if you’re using it for non-commercial use and don’t exceed the usage limits here: [https://cesium.com/pricing/](https://cesium.com/pricing/)

It’s also not required either. You can load your own data sources in CesiumJS outside of Cesium ion. What kind of project are you using Cesium for?

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**Author:** ![shikhamittal2605](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@shikhamittal2605](https://community.cesium.com/u/shikhamittal2605)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847/3 "2019-11-16T23:33:48Z")

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No, I am using it for commercial use. I have shared a project requirement below. And also tell me if there any other alternative for cesium ion. I will be highly appreciated.

This project requires to build a Web portal to accept 3D models as input and convert it to a tilemap

undersea topography using an open-source (non-GPL) solution to render the underwater topology

on a web page.

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**Author:** ![Crocsx\_Gaming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/crocsx_gaming/32/2454_2.png) [@Crocsx\_Gaming](https://community.cesium.com/u/Crocsx_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/can-cesiumjs-work-without-cesium-ion/8847/4 "2019-11-19T02:24:15Z")

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You do not need Cesium Ion to use Cesiumjs. and you don’t need to pay for CesiumJs. But, without Ion, you can’t use some Imagery/Terrain provider and can’t load assets any assets from Ions, so you will have to find or make the providers by yourself.