# ArcGIS Location Platform vs Stadia Maps (slim)

> ArcGIS Location Platform and Stadia Maps score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 65.4 (B) and 65.2 (B). Stadia Maps leads on schema & documentation. Both do geo geocode. Stadia Maps is cheaper for geo geocode, $0.40 against $0.50 per 1,000 requests. Category…

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ArcGIS Location Platform and Stadia Maps score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 65.4 (B) and 65.2 (B). Stadia Maps leads on schema & documentation. Both do geo geocode. Stadia Maps is cheaper for geo geocode, $0.40 against $0.50 per 1,000 requests.

- ArcGIS Location Platform: B 65.4, rank #259 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.min.md
- Stadia Maps: B 65.2, rank #261 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stadia-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 Security & auth, 64 against 40.
- Stadia Maps, good for Cost-sensitive geocoding, routing and tiles on OpenStreetMap data, with traffic-influenced routing since April 2026. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 61. Also Cheaper for geo geocode, $0.40 against $0.50 per 1,000 requests; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | ArcGIS Location Platform | Stadia Maps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 61 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ArcGIS Location Platform | Stadia Maps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Esri | Stadia Maps |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode-api.arcgis.com` | `https://api.stadiamaps.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for geo geocode | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | $0.40 per 1,000 requests |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the ArcGIS Location Platform Agreement. The ArcGIS REST JS client library is Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause (MCP server) |
| Tools exposed | 8 | 6 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-31 | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 392 stars, 65k npm/wk, 33k PyPI/wk | 23 stars, 6.1k npm/wk, 192 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |