# ArcGIS Location Platform vs Azure Maps (slim)

> Azure Maps scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against ArcGIS Location Platform's 65.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ArcGIS Location Platform leads on agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do geo geocode. ArcGIS Location Platform is…

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Azure Maps scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against ArcGIS Location Platform's 65.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ArcGIS Location Platform leads on agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do geo geocode. ArcGIS Location Platform is cheaper for geo geocode, $0.50 against $4.50 per 1,000 requests.

- ArcGIS Location Platform: B 65.4, rank #259 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.min.md
- Azure Maps: B 67.9, rank #196 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-maps.min.md
- ArcGIS Location Platform, good for Organisations already on Esri software, and work that needs demographic enrichment, service areas or fleet routing beside geocoding. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 78 against 73; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 83 against 67. Also Cheaper for geo geocode, $0.50 against $4.50 per 1,000 requests.
- Azure Maps, good for Teams already on Azure that want geocoding and routing under Entra ID roles and one flat price. Ahead on Reliability, 81 against 65; Schema & documentation, 83 against 61.

| Category | ArcGIS Location Platform | Azure Maps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 81 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ArcGIS Location Platform | Azure Maps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Esri | Microsoft Azure |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode-api.arcgis.com` | `https://atlas.microsoft.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Price for geo geocode | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | $4.50 per 1,000 requests |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement. The ArcGIS REST JS client library is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The Azure SDK client libraries are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 392 stars, 65k npm/wk, 33k PyPI/wk | 9.1k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |