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The hosted MCP takes x-api-key. api-eu.geoapify.com serves the same API on EU infrastructure.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free 3,000 credits a day at 5 requests a second, commercial and production use allowed, no card, with a Geoapify attribution link required. API 10 $59 a month (10,000 credits a day, 12 a second), API 25 $109 (25,000), API 50 $179 (50,000), API 100 $299 (100,000), API 250 $609 (250,000), Custom from $860. A simple geocoding, places or routing request costs 1 credit (https://www.geoapify.com/pricing/). Over MCP, initialize, tools/list and notifications cost nothing and each tools/call is billed as the Geoapify API operation behind it (https://apidocs.geoapify.com/how-to/api-tooling-ai/connect-ai-client-mcp/).", "priceSummary": "$59 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://apidocs.geoapify.com/docs", "openapi": "https://apidocs.geoapify.com/open-api/", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "official", "free-tier", "no-card", "open-data", "eu", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 510, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 74, "security": 29, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free plan allows commercial production use, 3,000 credits a day, no card. No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found.", "bestFor": "Cheap geocoding, category place search, routing and isolines on OpenStreetMap data, with commercial use on the free plan and EU hosting.", "strengths": [ "Free plan allows commercial production use, 3,000 credits a day, no card", "OpenAPI 3.1 specs for 22 APIs and one per MCP tool, with error examples", "Data for successful requests held no longer than 24 hours, hosted in the EU", "99.5 per cent monthly availability on paid plans, with discounts below it", "MCP tool descriptions say which tool to use instead" ], "weaknesses": [ "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found", "No public changelog or deprecation policy, and the terms allow changes without notice", "Storage rights appear in the docs but not in the terms", "The specs recommend the apiKey query parameter for public APIs", "Credits are counted per day, so bursts hit the cap early" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as x-api-key, which the specs support, rather than apiKey in the URL", "Use api-eu.geoapify.com when the data has to stay on EU infrastructure", "Use calculate_route for geometry and directions, and calculate_route_matrix only for travel times between many points", "Read a 429 'Quota exceeded' as the day's credits being gone, not a burst, and wait for the daily reset", "Show OpenStreetMap attribution wherever you display results" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 74, "security": 29, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/search?text=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026limit=1\u0026format=json\u0026apiKey=$GEOAPIFY_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http geoapify https://api.geoapify.com/v1/mcp --header \"x-api-key: $GEOAPIFY_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "geoapify": { "headers": { "x-api-key": "${GEOAPIFY_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://api.geoapify.com/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/geoapify" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "API 10 plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 59, "note": "10,000 credits a day, 12 requests a second" }, { "item": "API 25 plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 109, "note": "25,000 credits a day" }, { "item": "API 100 plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "100,000 credits a day, 25 requests a second" }, { "item": "API 250 plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 609, "note": "250,000 credits a day" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "KEPTAGO LTD", "domain": "geoapify.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-10-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.geoapify.com/terms-and-conditions/", "privacy": "https://www.geoapify.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.geoapify.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms name KEPTAGO LTD, registered in Paphos, Cyprus, trading as Geoapify. Version 5, dated 2 February 2024.", "www.geoapify.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "status.geoapify.com redirects to an UptimeRobot status page.", "We found no public changelog. The OpenAPI specs repository on GitHub has dated commits.", "The privacy policy was last modified 1 April 2026." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify.json", "live": { "slug": "geoapify", "probe": { "target": "https://api.geoapify.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:11.096315872Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 114, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 122, "p95ms24h": 203, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "days": [ { "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": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.geoapify.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:35.319090337Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://geoapify.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:06.518497806Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "geoapify.com", "registered": "2018-10-26", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/geoapify.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:12.953394282Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.geoapify.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:52.214592435Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f9a9f1600f52" }, { "url": "https://www.geoapify.com/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:54.387212133Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "37eb22e1e50f" }, { "url": "https://www.geoapify.com/terms-and-conditions/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:56.317196709Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c5c95d7b727d" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:11.096315872Z" } }, "answer": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "mapquest", "name": "MapQuest", "vendor": "MapQuest (System1)", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.mapquest.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "MapQuest's location APIs cover geocoding, directions, route matrices, place search, traffic and static maps. Agents call the REST API with a key or connect to a hosted MCP server over OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapquest.json", "license": "Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person registers at developer.mapquest.com and creates an API key. REST calls send it in the `key` query parameter. The MCP server uses OAuth through login.mapquest.com with the single scope `mcp:tools`, then picks one of the account's keys. Further keys can be created with `POST /account/v1/keys`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "MapQuestGO is pay-as-you-go at $0.0045 a transaction with no monthly minimum, after 50,000 one-time free transactions that expire on 1 January 2027. Monthly plans run from Basic at $119 (30,000 transactions) to Business Plus at $949 (500,000). Enterprise is by quote. An agent can start on the free credits without a contract. Whether sign-up needs a card was not established (https://developer.mapquest.com/plans, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$4.50 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the plans page, llms.txt or the MCP endpoint's 401 response (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.mapquest.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.routing", "geo.places" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "llms-txt", "free-credits", "usage-priced", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 35.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 710, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 30, "reliability": 23, "schema": 47, "security": 28, "transparency": 28 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server at `https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp` with OAuth and published protected-resource metadata", "Pay-as-you-go price of $0.0045 a transaction published without a login, with 50,000 one-time free transactions", "The Account API creates and lists keys and reports usage by key, service and hour", "`llms.txt` indexes every REST API, SDK and tool with a one-line purpose", "Async batch geocoding accepts up to 1 million rows, and batch calls take 100 locations" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only", "No status page, changelog or published rate-limit numbers found", "REST keys are sent in the `key` query parameter, and no key scopes or restrictions are documented", "`openapi.json` describes the marketing site and has no paths, so the product APIs have no machine-readable contract", "Monthly plans forbid storing or caching geocodes. That needs an Enterprise account" ], "agentNotes": [ "Register an account and create an API key before connecting the MCP server. Every tool needs an active key, chosen by nickname on first use", "Send REST calls to `https://www.mapquestapi.com` with `key` in the query string, and redact it from logged URLs", "Read `info.statuscode` in geocoding and directions responses. 0 is success, and errors such as 610 (ambiguous location) arrive in the body", "Set `thumbMaps=false` and `maxResults` on geocoding, and `pageSize` (1 to 50) on place search, to keep responses small", "Do not store or cache geocodes on a monthly or pay-as-you-go plan" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 35.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 30, "reliability": 23, "schema": 47, "security": 28, "transparency": 21 }, "provenanceScore": 35 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=$MAPQUEST_API_KEY\u0026location=Washington,DC\u0026maxResults=1\u0026thumbMaps=false\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mapquest https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mapquest": { "url": "https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mapquest" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "MapQuestGO pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4.5, "note": "$0.0045 a transaction after 50,000 one-time free transactions" }, { "item": "Basic plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 119, "note": "30,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 249, "note": "75,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "200,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Business Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 949, "note": "500,000 transactions a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapquest Holdings LLC", "domain": "mapquest.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-01-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The developer site's footer reads '© 2026 Mapquest Holdings LLC, A System1 Company'.", "No terms link is given. The site's Terms of Use link, and developer.mapquest.com/legal, lead to https://system1.com/terms/terms-of-use, the parent's website terms (last updated 26 February 2021), which allow personal, non-commercial use only and do not mention the APIs. We found no API or platform terms published without a login.", "No privacy link is given. The only privacy document linked is the System1 OpCo, LLC group privacy policy at https://system1.com/terms/privacy-policy (last updated 5 July 2023), a parent company's notice.", "The REST API and the MCP server answer at www.mapquestapi.com, a second domain (registered 2008-09-08 per RDAP). MapQuest's own docs name that host. OAuth runs at login.mapquest.com.", "developer.mapquest.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to the home page, www.mapquestapi.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and www.mapquest.com returned an empty 202 to our reader.", "No status page is linked from the developer site, the docs or the plans page. No changelog was found. The blog carries two product announcements dated 16 July 2026.", "RDAP for mapquest.com gives a registration date of 1996-01-10." ], "score": 35 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.json", "live": { "slug": "mapquest", "probe": { "target": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.909748924Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 251, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 262, "p95ms24h": 311, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.909748924Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Geoapify", "b": "MapQuest (System1)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.geoapify.com/v1", "b": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "11", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-07-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Geoapify Location Platform + MCP or MapQuest?" }, { "answer": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP needs an API key. MapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Geoapify Location Platform + MCP and MapQuest need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Geoapify Location Platform + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.geoapify.com/v1 and MapQuest at https://www.mapquestapi.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Geoapify Location Platform + MCP and MapQuest without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 23", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 47", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 23", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 28" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Cheap geocoding, category place search, routing and isolines on OpenStreetMap data, with commercial use on the free plan and EU hosting.", "slug": "geoapify", "watchFor": "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.", "slug": "mapquest", "watchFor": "No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only" } ], "job": { "capability": "geo.geocode", "name": "Geo geocode" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-geoapify.json", "title": "Amazon Location Service vs Geoapify Location Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-geoapify" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Amazon Location Service vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-geoapify.json", "title": "ArcGIS Location Platform vs Geoapify Location Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-geoapify" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "ArcGIS Location Platform vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-geoapify.json", "title": "Azure Maps vs Geoapify Location Platform + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-geoapify" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Azure Maps vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-google-maps-platform.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-google-maps-platform" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-locationiq.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs LocationIQ", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-locationiq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapbox.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Mapbox APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapbox" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-opencage.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-stadia-maps.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Stadia Maps", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-stadia-maps" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-tomtom.json", "title": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-tomtom" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "LocationIQ vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.json", "title": "MapQuest vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-stadia-maps.json", "title": "MapQuest vs Stadia Maps", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-stadia-maps" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.json", "title": "MapQuest vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 37, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 60, "key": "reliability", "mapquest": 23, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 27, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 74, "key": "schema", "mapquest": 47, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 72, "key": "ergonomics", "mapquest": 60, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 29, "key": "security", "mapquest": 28, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "geoapify": 30, "key": "payments", "mapquest": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 61, "key": "maintenance", "mapquest": 23, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 34, "edge": "geoapify", "geoapify": 62, "key": "transparency", "mapquest": 28, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do geo geocode.", "verdicts": { "geoapify": "Free plan allows commercial production use, 3,000 credits a day, no card. No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found.", "mapquest": "One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest.min.md" }, "markdown": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do geo geocode.\n\n- Geoapify Location Platform + MCP: grade C, 55.3/100, rank #510 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/geoapify.json\n- MapQuest: grade F, 35.1/100, rank #710 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapquest.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Geoapify Location Platform + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Cheap geocoding, category place search, routing and isolines on OpenStreetMap data, with commercial use on the free plan and EU hosting.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 23\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 47\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 61 against 23\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 28\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification found\n\n### MapQuest (F)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.\n\nWatch for: No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP | MapQuest | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 23 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 47 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 60 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 29 | 28 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 23 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 28 | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP +34 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.3 · C** | **35.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP | MapQuest |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Geoapify | MapQuest (System1) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.geoapify.com/v1` | `https://www.mapquestapi.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-07-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**MapQuest.** One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Geoapify Location Platform + MCP\n\n1. Send the key as x-api-key, which the specs support, rather than apiKey in the URL\n2. Use api-eu.geoapify.com when the data has to stay on EU infrastructure\n3. Use calculate_route for geometry and directions, and calculate_route_matrix only for travel times between many points\n4. Read a 429 'Quota exceeded' as the day's credits being gone, not a burst, and wait for the daily reset\n5. Show OpenStreetMap attribution wherever you display results\n\n### MapQuest\n\n1. Register an account and create an API key before connecting the MCP server. Every tool needs an active key, chosen by nickname on first use\n2. Send REST calls to `https://www.mapquestapi.com` with `key` in the query string, and redact it from logged URLs\n3. Read `info.statuscode` in geocoding and directions responses. 0 is success, and errors such as 610 (ambiguous location) arrive in the body\n4. Set `thumbMaps=false` and `maxResults` on geocoding, and `pageSize` (1 to 50) on place search, to keep responses small\n5. Do not store or cache geocodes on a monthly or pay-as-you-go plan\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Geoapify Location Platform + MCP or MapQuest?\n\nGeoapify Location Platform + MCP scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Geoapify Location Platform + MCP and MapQuest need an API key?\n\nGeoapify Location Platform + MCP needs an API key. MapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Geoapify Location Platform + MCP and MapQuest without installing anything?\n\nYes. Geoapify Location Platform + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.geoapify.com/v1 and MapQuest at https://www.mapquestapi.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapquest.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"geoapify\", \"b\": \"mapquest\"}`. 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