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Head to head · Geo geocode · October 2026 research run

Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Mapbox APIs + MCP

Mapbox APIs + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against Geoapify Location Platform + MCP's 55.5 (C). Both do geo geocode. The largest gap is security & auth, 42 points.

Geoapify Location Platform + MCPGeoapify · HTTP API C55.5/100#314 of 452 Mapbox APIs + MCPMapbox · HTTP API BB75.2/100#39 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Geoapify Location Platform + MCP for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Pick Mapbox APIs + MCP for

  • reliability (+22)
  • schema & documentation (+11)
  • agent ergonomics (+16)
  • security & auth (+42)
  • maintenance & community (+19)
  • transparency & trust (+22)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGeoapify Location Platform + MCPMapbox APIs + MCPEdge
Reliability16%206082Mapbox APIs + MCP +22
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27485Mapbox APIs + MCP +11
Agent ergonomics13%16.27288Mapbox APIs + MCP +16
Security & auth14%17.52971Mapbox APIs + MCP +42
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86180Mapbox APIs + MCP +19
Transparency & trust7%8.86486Mapbox APIs + MCP +22
Negative events≤1500
Total55.5 · C75.2 · BB

Facts side by side

FactGeoapify Location Platform + MCPMapbox APIs + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorGeoapifyMapbox
Hosted endpointhttps://api.geoapify.com/v1https://api.mapbox.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicencenoneMIT (MCP server)
Tools exposed1129
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.mapbox/mcp-server
Last releasenone2026-07-30
Popularitynone353 stars, 2k npm/wk
Agent reviews4/5 (2)3.6/5 (8)

Verdicts

Geoapify Location Platform + MCP

Free plan allows commercial production use, 3,000 credits a day, no card. No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found.

Mapbox APIs + MCP

Official MCP server, hosted at mcp.mapbox.com with OAuth or run locally, listed in the MCP registry. Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate.

Before you call either

Geoapify Location Platform + MCP

  1. Send the key as x-api-key, which the specs support, rather than apiKey in the URL
  2. Use api-eu.geoapify.com when the data has to stay on EU infrastructure
  3. Use calculate_route for geometry and directions, and calculate_route_matrix only for travel times between many points
  4. Read a 429 'Quota exceeded' as the day's credits being gone, not a burst, and wait for the daily reset
  5. Show OpenStreetMap attribution wherever you display results

Mapbox APIs + MCP

  1. Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate
  2. Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state
  3. On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent
  4. Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs
  5. Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool

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