# Amazon Location Service vs LocationIQ (slim)

> Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against LocationIQ's 60.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LocationIQ leads on payments & pricing. Both do geo geocode. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against LocationIQ's 60.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LocationIQ leads on payments & pricing. Both do geo geocode.

- Amazon Location Service: BB 74.1, rank #68 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-location.min.md
- LocationIQ: C 60.3, rank #405 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.min.md
- Amazon Location Service, good for Operators already on AWS who want geocoding, places and routing inside IAM, CloudTrail and one bill, with HERE data and GrabMaps for Southeast Asia. Ahead on Reliability, 95 against 83; Schema & documentation, 87 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 74; Security & auth, 73 against 55; Maintenance & community, 60 against 3; Transparency & trust, 70 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- LocationIQ, good for A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Amazon Location Service | LocationIQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 3 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Location Service | LocationIQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | LocationIQ (Unwired Labs) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://places.geo.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://us1.locationiq.com/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for geo geocode | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement and AWS Service Terms. The AWS SDK clients and the agent context package on GitHub are Apache-2.0 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-17 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2020-05-22 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 427k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |