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Head to head · Geo geocode · October 2026 research run

Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API

OpenCage Geocoding API has a score of 69.5 (B) against Geoapify Location Platform + MCP's 55.5 (C). Both do geo geocode. The largest gap is reliability, 25 points.

Geoapify Location Platform + MCPGeoapify · HTTP API C55.5/100#314 of 452 OpenCage Geocoding APIOpenCage · HTTP API B69.5/100#113 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Geoapify Location Platform + MCP for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Pick OpenCage Geocoding API for

  • reliability (+25)
  • agent ergonomics (+14)
  • security & auth (+18)
  • payments & pricing (+5)
  • maintenance & community (+5)
  • transparency & trust (+23)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGeoapify Location Platform + MCPOpenCage Geocoding APIEdge
Reliability16%206085OpenCage Geocoding API +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27477OpenCage Geocoding API +3
Agent ergonomics13%16.27286OpenCage Geocoding API +14
Security & auth14%17.52947OpenCage Geocoding API +18
Payments & pricing10%12.53035OpenCage Geocoding API +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86166OpenCage Geocoding API +5
Transparency & trust7%8.86487OpenCage Geocoding API +23
Negative events≤1500
Total55.5 · C69.5 · B

Facts side by side

FactGeoapify Location Platform + MCPOpenCage Geocoding API
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorGeoapifyOpenCage
Hosted endpointhttps://api.geoapify.com/v1https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicencenoneMIT (MCP server)
Tools exposed113
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp
Last releasenone2026-06-25
Popularitynone19 stars, 5.5k npm/wk, 138k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews4/5 (2)3.5/5 (2)

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.

OpenCage Geocoding API

Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.

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

OpenCage Geocoding API

  1. Add no_annotations=1 and limit=1 when you only need coordinates
  2. Stop on 402, which means the day's quota is gone, and back off on 429
  3. Add no_record=1 when the query holds personal data
  4. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs
  5. Credit OpenStreetMap wherever you show results

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