# ArcGIS Location Platform vs Radar (slim)

> ArcGIS Location Platform scores 65.4 (B) to Radar's 53.3 (D) for geocoding. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ArcGIS Location Platform scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on reliability. Both do geocoding.

- ArcGIS Location Platform: B 65.4, rank #320 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.min.md
- Radar: D 53.3, rank #713 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.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 Schema & documentation, 61 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65; Security & auth, 64 against 56; Payments & pricing, 40 against 10; Maintenance & community, 83 against 77; Transparency & trust, 72 against 55.
- 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 Reliability, 70 against 65.

| Category | ArcGIS Location Platform | Radar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 50 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ArcGIS Location Platform | Radar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Esri | Radar Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode-api.arcgis.com` | `https://api.radar.io/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Price for geocoding | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement. The ArcGIS REST JS client library is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2023-05-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-31 | 2025-05-13 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 392 stars, 65k npm/wk, 33k PyPI/wk | none |