# Amazon Location Service vs MapQuest (slim)

> Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest 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 MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest 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
- MapQuest: F 35.1, rank #710 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.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 23; Schema & documentation, 87 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 60; Security & auth, 73 against 28; Maintenance & community, 60 against 23; Transparency & trust, 70 against 28. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- MapQuest, good for An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.

| Category | Amazon Location Service | MapQuest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 23 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 28 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 23 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Location Service | MapQuest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | MapQuest (System1) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://places.geo.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://www.mapquestapi.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| 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 | Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-17 | 2026-07-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 427k npm/wk | none |