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  "data": {
    "a": {
      "slug": "arcgis",
      "name": "ArcGIS Location Platform",
      "vendor": "Esri",
      "vendorUrl": "https://location.arcgis.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "maps",
      "summary": "Esri's pay-as-you-go location services for developers. REST APIs cover geocoding, reverse and batch geocoding, place search, routing, basemap tiles, static maps, elevation and demographic enrichment, with an Esri-hosted MCP server in beta.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/arcgis.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-rest-js",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement. The ArcGIS REST JS client library is Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://geocode-api.arcgis.com",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@esri/arcgis-rest-geocoding"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@esri/arcgis-rest-request"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "arcgis"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve. A free ArcGIS Location Platform account created in a browser issues API key credentials with selected privileges, an expiry date of up to one year, optional referrer limits and two tokens for rotation. OAuth 2.0 user authentication and app authentication (client ID and secret, short-lived tokens) are also supported. Requests take the token as a `token` parameter or in an `X-Esri-Authorization` or `Authorization` header. Accounts are for one person and may not be shared.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Usage-based in US dollars with a monthly free tier and no contract. Free each month are 20,000 unstored geocodes, 20,000 routes, 500 place searches, 2 million basemap tiles, 1,000 static maps and 50,000 elevation points. A payment method (card, purchase order or voucher) is needed only to turn on pay-as-you-go, which services without a free tier, among them stored geocodes, require. The sign-up form is drawn by script and we couldn't read whether it asks for a card.",
      "priceSummary": "$0.50 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, the billing help or the REST and MCP documentation (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 392,
        "npmWeekly": 65286,
        "pypiWeekly": 32974,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/location-based-services/",
      "capabilities": [
        "geo.geocode",
        "geo.reverse",
        "geo.places",
        "geo.routing",
        "geo.tiles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "maps",
        "geocoding",
        "routing",
        "places",
        "api-key",
        "oauth",
        "mcp",
        "beta-mcp",
        "free-tier",
        "usage-priced",
        "sla",
        "status-page",
        "typescript",
        "python"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 65.4,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 259,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 72
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Per-unit prices are public for every service, with a monthly free tier of 20,000 geocodes and 20,000 routes, keys limited to chosen privileges and a 99.9 per cent SLA. No rate limits or OpenAPI description were found, results may not be stored unless the dearer stored geocode is bought, and the agreement bars benchmarking without written permission.",
        "bestFor": "Organisations already on Esri software, and work that needs demographic enrichment, service areas or fleet routing beside geocoding.",
        "strengths": [
          "Every service has a public unit price and most have a monthly free tier, such as 20,000 geocodes, 20,000 routes and 2 million basemap tiles (https://location.arcgis.com/pricing/).",
          "API key credentials carry selected privileges, an expiry date of up to one year, optional referrer limits and two tokens for rotation. OAuth 2.0 user and app authentication are also supported.",
          "A published SLA commits to 99.9 per cent monthly uptime for ten services, with credits of 10 or 20 per cent of the monthly bill for the affected service (document G632a, 23 December 2025).",
          "The agreement promises 90 days' notice for deprecations of SDKs, APIs and location services (ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement, revised 21 November 2025, section 4.1).",
          "An Esri-hosted MCP server at `https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp` has eight tools, filters them by the token's privileges and adds no charge on top of service rates."
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The agreement bars benchmarking availability, performance or functionality, and publishing benchmark results, without prior written permission from Esri and its licensors (sections 3.1.b.6 and 3.1.c.6.F).",
          "No request rate limits, 429 behaviour or retry guidance were found in the geocoding, places or routing reference pages we read.",
          "No OpenAPI description or llms.txt was found. `/llms.txt` returns 404 on developers.arcgis.com and location.arcgis.com.",
          "Storing a geocode needs `forStorage=true` at $4 per 1,000 with no free tier, against $0.50 per 1,000 for results that may not be kept. The MCP geocoding tools bill at the stored rate.",
          "The MCP server is a beta under an Early Access programme, and the SLA excludes beta, evaluation and free services. Technical support is sold separately."
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the token in an `X-Esri-Authorization: Bearer` or `Authorization` header. The docs' examples put it in a `token` parameter, which Esri's own best-practice page calls less secure.",
          "Set `forStorage=true` on `findAddressCandidates` or `reverseGeocode` only when results will be kept. It needs pay-as-you-go and the Geocode (stored) privilege, and costs eight times the unstored rate.",
          "Cap geocoding output with `maxLocations` (default and maximum 50) and `outFields`, because billing counts results returned and the default returns every field.",
          "Page place searches with `pageSize` (maximum 20) and `offset`. A nearby or extent search costs $8 per 1,000 requests after 500 free a month.",
          "Check the JSON body for an `error` object with `code`, `message` and `details`. Code 499 means the token is missing and 403 means it lacks the privilege."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 65.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 54
        },
        "provenanceScore": 89
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install @esri/arcgis-rest-request @esri/arcgis-rest-geocoding",
        "http": "curl https://geocode-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/findAddressCandidates \\\n  -d \"f=pjson\" \\\n  -d \"address=1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, DC\" \\\n  -d \"token=\u003cACCESS_TOKEN\u003e\"",
        "config": {
          "servers": {
            "mcpArcGISLocationServices": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:esriApiKey}"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://location-services-mcp.arcgis.com/beta/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/arcgis"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Geocodes, not stored (after 20,000 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.5
        },
        {
          "item": "Geocodes, stored (`forStorage=true`, no free tier)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 4
        },
        {
          "item": "Places nearby and extent search (after 500 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 8
        },
        {
          "item": "Routes (after 20,000 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.5
        },
        {
          "item": "Routes, stop-optimised (no free tier)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Service areas (after 5,000 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Basemap tiles (after 2 million free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.15
        },
        {
          "item": "Static maps (after 1,000 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.9
        },
        {
          "item": "Elevation, per 1,000 points (after 50,000 free a month)",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 1
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.",
        "domain": "arcgis.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1999-06-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/media/legal/platform/platform-legal.pdf",
        "privacy": "https://www.esri.com/en-us/privacy/privacy-statements/privacy-statement",
        "statusPage": "https://status.location.arcgis.com",
        "changelog": "https://location.arcgis.com/help/release-notes/2026-07/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement (E204 Platform Legal, revised 21 November 2025) is between the customer and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., a California corporation at 380 New York Street, Redlands, California 92373-8100.",
          "The privacy statement (revised 31 July 2026) is the one the product's pages link. Esri also publishes a Products \u0026 Services Privacy Statement Supplement (9 September 2025) and a Data Processing Addendum (12 March 2024). Neither names ArcGIS Location Platform. The agreement's section 11.5 points to the addendum.",
          "The services answer on arcgis.com subdomains, among them geocode-api.arcgis.com, places-api.arcgis.com and location-services-mcp.arcgis.com.",
          "`/.well-known/security.txt` returns 404 on www.esri.com, developers.arcgis.com, location.arcgis.com and www.arcgis.com. The trust centre takes reports through a form, with a PGP key and a safe harbour statement.",
          "RDAP gives 1999-06-09 for arcgis.com and 1990-04-18 for esri.com, both registered through MarkMonitor Inc.",
          "The status page is Esri's own. Its event history is drawn by script, so we read the RSS feed it links, whose newest entry is dated 16 June 2026."
        ],
        "score": 89
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "arcgis",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://geocode-api.arcgis.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:15.891018608Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 134,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 134,
          "p95ms24h": 386,
          "samples24h": 28,
          "samples30d": 28,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 28,
              "ok": 28
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.location.arcgis.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:14.482657019Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:15.891018608Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "ArcGIS Location Platform scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against LocationIQ's 60.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. LocationIQ leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "locationiq",
      "name": "LocationIQ",
      "vendor": "LocationIQ (Unwired Labs)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://locationiq.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "maps",
      "summary": "Forward and reverse geocoding, autocomplete, nearby places, directions, matrix and map tiles, from US and EU endpoints.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/locationiq.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Access token passed as the key query parameter. Same API on us1.locationiq.com and eu1.locationiq.com.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free 5,000 requests a day at 2 a second, no card, with a prominent link back required. Maps Lite $45 a month (10,000 a day, maps only), Developer $100 (25,000 a day, all APIs), Startup $200 (60,000 a day), Growth Plus $500 (7.5 million a month), Business Plus $950 (30 million a month), Enterprise custom. Paid plans need a card (https://locationiq.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$100 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.locationiq.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.locationiq.com/openapi.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
        "geo.geocode",
        "geo.reverse",
        "geo.places",
        "geo.routing",
        "geo.tiles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "eu",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 405,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 3,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.",
        "bestFor": "A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints.",
        "strengths": [
          "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back",
          "Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec and an llms.txt with Markdown pages",
          "Scoped tokens with referrer or IP restrictions and per-token rate limits",
          "No incidents posted between 2 April and 1 October 2026, with history back to 2018",
          "Error messages that separate per-second, per-minute and per-day limits"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No changelog, release notes or blog",
          "Official SDKs untouched since 2020",
          "No MCP server",
          "Key only in the query string",
          "Free plan must delete cached results after 48 hours and gets a single token"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use eu1.locationiq.com for European users or data",
          "Add format=json and limit=1 to keep responses small",
          "On 429 Rate Limited Second wait a second, on Rate Limited Day stop until the next day",
          "Call /balance before a large batch to see what's left of the day's quota",
          "Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 4.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 3,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 40
        },
        "provenanceScore": 82
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://eu1.locationiq.com/v1/search?key=$LOCATIONIQ_API_KEY\u0026q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026format=json\u0026limit=1\""
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/locationiq"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Developer plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "25,000 requests a day, 20 a second, all APIs"
        },
        {
          "item": "Startup plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "60,000 requests a day, 22 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth Plus plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "7.5 million requests a month, 30 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business Plus plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 950,
          "note": "30 million requests a month, 40 a second"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Unwired Labs (India) Pvt Ltd",
        "domain": "locationiq.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2005-09-20",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://locationiq.com/tos",
        "privacy": "https://locationiq.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.locationiq.com",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The terms were last updated 31 March 2026.",
          "security.txt lists hello@locationiq.com and expires 2028-01-01.",
          "LocationIQ's own privacy policy is at locationiq.com/privacy, last updated 22 May 2020. The parent's page at unwiredlabs.com/privacy embeds a Google Doc our reader couldn't see.",
          "The status page's RSS feed holds 74 incidents from March 2018 to 2 April 2026.",
          "We found no changelog or blog."
        ],
        "score": 82
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "locationiq",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:26.186130232Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 403,
          "lastMs": 421,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 244,
          "p95ms24h": 363,
          "samples24h": 270,
          "samples30d": 1962,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 109,
              "ok": 109
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-06",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-07",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 246,
              "ok": 246
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.locationiq.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:45.561625017Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://locationiq.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2028-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:48.841279687Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:34.902764232Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "locationiq.com",
          "registered": "2005-09-20",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/locationiq.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:09.085884687Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://locationiq.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:39.579305298Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "8ef406b8d494"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://locationiq.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:41.692191486Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f99922f73f1e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://locationiq.com/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:44.384411994Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "13f087788a40"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:26.186130232Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Esri",
        "b": "LocationIQ (Unwired Labs)",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "https://geocode-api.arcgis.com",
        "b": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "$0.50 per 1,000 requests",
        "b": "not published",
        "name": "Price for geo geocode"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under the ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement. The ArcGIS REST JS client library is Apache-2.0",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
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No rate limits or OpenAPI description were found, results may not be stored unless the dearer stored geocode is bought, and the agreement bars benchmarking without written permission.\n\n**LocationIQ.** 5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ArcGIS Location Platform\n\n1. Send the token in an `X-Esri-Authorization: Bearer` or `Authorization` header. The docs' examples put it in a `token` parameter, which Esri's own best-practice page calls less secure.\n2. Set `forStorage=true` on `findAddressCandidates` or `reverseGeocode` only when results will be kept. It needs pay-as-you-go and the Geocode (stored) privilege, and costs eight times the unstored rate.\n3. Cap geocoding output with `maxLocations` (default and maximum 50) and `outFields`, because billing counts results returned and the default returns every field.\n4. Page place searches with `pageSize` (maximum 20) and `offset`. A nearby or extent search costs $8 per 1,000 requests after 500 free a month.\n5. Check the JSON body for an `error` object with `code`, `message` and `details`. Code 499 means the token is missing and 403 means it lacks the privilege.\n\n### LocationIQ\n\n1. Use eu1.locationiq.com for European users or data\n2. Add format=json and limit=1 to keep responses small\n3. On 429 Rate Limited Second wait a second, on Rate Limited Day stop until the next day\n4. Call /balance before a large batch to see what's left of the day's quota\n5. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ArcGIS Location Platform or LocationIQ?\n\nArcGIS Location Platform scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against LocationIQ's 60.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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