# Amazon Location Service vs Radar (slim)

> Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) to Radar's 53.3 (D) for geocoding. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance & community. Both do geocoding.

- Amazon Location Service: BB 74.1, rank #77 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-location.min.md
- Radar: D 53.3, rank #713 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.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 70; Schema & documentation, 87 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 65; Security & auth, 73 against 56; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Transparency & trust, 70 against 55. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Radar, good for A company that already has a Radar contract, or wants geofencing and trip tracking with geocoding and routing on one key. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 77 against 60.

| Category | Amazon Location Service | Radar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 50 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Location Service | Radar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Radar Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://places.geo.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.radar.io/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Price for geocoding | $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 under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2023-05-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-05-13 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 427k npm/wk | none |