# Amazon Location Service vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP (slim)

> Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against TomTom Maps APIs + MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do geo geocode. Category scores, facts, verdicts and…

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Amazon Location Service scores 74.1 (BB) on agent readiness against TomTom Maps APIs + MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do geo geocode.

- Amazon Location Service: BB 74.1, rank #68 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-location.min.md
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP: C 54.9, rank #524 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.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 30; Schema & documentation, 87 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 88 against 78; Security & auth, 73 against 51; Transparency & trust, 70 against 58. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP, good for Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 20; Maintenance & community, 86 against 60. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Amazon Location Service | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 88 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Location Service | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | TomTom |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://places.geo.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.tomtom.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) |
| Tools exposed | none | 15 |
| Last release | 2026-08-17 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 427k npm/wk | 55 stars, 996 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |