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      "slug": "geoapify",
      "name": "Geoapify Location Platform + MCP",
      "vendor": "Geoapify",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.geoapify.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "maps",
      "summary": "Geocoding, reverse geocoding, autocomplete, Places search by category, Routing, Route Matrix, isolines and map tiles, with OpenStreetMap attribution required on every plan.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/geoapify.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.geoapify.com/v1",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key as the apiKey query parameter or the x-api-key header, both defined in the OpenAPI specs. 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": 55.5,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 314,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "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.",
        "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": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 61,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 60,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 29,
          "transparency": 52
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "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": 76
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/geoapify.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "geoapify",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.geoapify.com/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:20.797846665Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 66,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 122,
          "p95ms24h": 2771,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 911,
          "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": 11,
              "ok": 11
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.geoapify.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:04.569125966Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://geoapify.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:58.717905359Z"
        },
        "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": "2026-10-04T15:50:24.110440462Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f9a9f1600f52"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.geoapify.com/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:26.317089191Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "37eb22e1e50f"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.geoapify.com/terms-and-conditions/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:28.23555038Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "c5c95d7b727d"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:20.797846665Z"
      }
    },
    "b": {
      "slug": "opencage",
      "name": "OpenCage Geocoding API",
      "vendor": "OpenCage",
      "vendorUrl": "https://opencagedata.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "maps",
      "summary": "Forward and reverse geocoding on one endpoint, built on OpenStreetMap and other open data, with optional annotations and JSON, GeoJSON, XML or Google-compatible output.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencage.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp",
      "license": "MIT (MCP server)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "opencage-api-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "opencage"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A 32-character key passed as the key query parameter. No headers are needed. The MCP server reads OPENCAGE_API_KEY.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Free trial of 2,500 requests a day at 1 a second, for testing only, no card. Monthly subscriptions by daily volume. X-Small $50 (10,000 a day, 15 a second), Small $125 (30,000 a day), Medium $500 (125,000 a day), Large $1,000 (300,000 a day), Enterprise from $2,000. Also priced in GBP (£40 to £800) and eleven other currencies. One-time plans are usable for up to a year. Subscriptions have no hard limits (https://opencagedata.com/pricing, https://opencagedata.com/api.md).",
      "priceSummary": "$50 / mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 3,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 19,
        "npmWeekly": 5501,
        "pypiWeekly": 137628,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://opencagedata.com/api",
      "llmsTxt": "https://opencagedata.com/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "geo.geocode",
        "geo.reverse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "official",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "open-data",
        "no-card",
        "eu"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-06-25",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 69.5,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 113,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 2,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 86,
          "maintenance": 66,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 87
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.",
        "strengths": [
          "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel",
          "Separate 402 (quota spent) and 429 (too fast) responses",
          "llms.txt with 70 or more Markdown pages, and agent skills on GitHub",
          "EU hosting, logs deleted after six months and a no_record option",
          "Subscriptions don't cut off or bill overage when you go over"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Geocoding only, no place search or routing",
          "The key can only be sent as a query parameter",
          "The free trial isn't for production use",
          "MCP server is stdio-only, has no tool annotations, and npm still serves 1.0.3 from September 2025",
          "No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Add no_annotations=1 and limit=1 when you only need coordinates",
          "Stop on 402, which means the day's quota is gone, and back off on 429",
          "Add no_record=1 when the query holds personal data",
          "Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs",
          "Credit OpenStreetMap wherever you show results"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 69.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 86,
          "maintenance": 66,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 84
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026limit=1\u0026no_annotations=1\u0026key=$OPENCAGE_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add opencage -e OPENCAGE_API_KEY=$OPENCAGE_API_KEY -- npx -y @opencage/mcp-opencage-server",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "opencage": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "OPENCAGE_API_KEY": "${OPENCAGE_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/opencage"
      },
      "area": "everyday",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "X-Small plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 50,
          "note": "10,000 requests a day, 15 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Small plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 125,
          "note": "30,000 requests a day, 20 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Medium plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "125,000 requests a day, 25 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Large plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 1000,
          "note": "300,000 requests a day, 40 a second"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "OpenCage GmbH",
        "domain": "opencagedata.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2013-05-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://opencagedata.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://opencagedata.com/gdpr",
        "statusPage": "https://status.opencagedata.com",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs/blob/master/CHANGES.md",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The terms give a Berlin address, commercial register HRB 272249 and VAT ID DE323788688.",
          "Cancelling doesn't refund fees already paid. If OpenCage ends the service it refunds the rest of the billing period pro rata.",
          "robots.txt blocked our fetch of /.well-known/security.txt. A separate security policy page exists at opencagedata.com/security-policy.",
          "The API docs point to the dated changelog in OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs (CHANGES.md). Changes are also announced on blog.opencagedata.com.",
          "The GDPR page was last updated 22 July 2026."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "opencage",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:25.176717618Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 95,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 157,
          "p95ms24h": 289,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 911,
          "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": 11,
              "ok": 11
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.opencagedata.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:21.729693769Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp",
            "version": "1.0.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server",
            "version": "1.0.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:43.050242515Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "opencage-api-client",
            "version": "2.2.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:43.915854234Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "opencage",
            "version": "3.4.0",
            "released": "2026-06-08",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:35:45.327197259Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 19,
        "npmWeekly": 49,
        "pypiWeekly": 203446,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://opencagedata.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-01-31T00:00:00z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:02.633729582Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://opencagedata.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:04.973159436Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "opencagedata.com",
          "registered": "2013-05-16",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/opencagedata.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:30.747621602Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs/master/CHANGES.md",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:19.24688822Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "cd00a99974a7"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://opencagedata.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:28.030048478Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2a4d55e4f714"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://opencagedata.com/gdpr",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:25.96762768Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ce5fd3b90f75"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://opencagedata.com/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:30.051951018Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "eae80c1639e4"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:25.176717618Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "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."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencage.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Geoapify Location Platform + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick OpenCage Geocoding API for reliability (+25), agent ergonomics (+14), security \u0026 auth (+18), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+23).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP | OpenCage Geocoding API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 85 | OpenCage Geocoding API +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 77 | OpenCage Geocoding API +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 86 | OpenCage Geocoding API +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 29 | 47 | OpenCage Geocoding API +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | OpenCage Geocoding API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 66 | OpenCage Geocoding API +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 87 | OpenCage Geocoding API +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.5 · C** | **69.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Geoapify Location Platform + MCP | OpenCage Geocoding API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Geoapify | OpenCage |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.geoapify.com/v1` | `https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 3 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp` |\n| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |\n| Popularity | none | 19 stars, 5.5k npm/wk, 138k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\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**OpenCage Geocoding API.** Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.\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### OpenCage Geocoding API\n\n1. Add no_annotations=1 and limit=1 when you only need coordinates\n2. Stop on 402, which means the day's quota is gone, and back off on 429\n3. Add no_record=1 when the query holds personal data\n4. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs\n5. Credit OpenStreetMap wherever you show results\n\n## Other comparisons with Geoapify Location Platform + MCP or OpenCage Geocoding API\n\n- [Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-google-maps-platform.md)\n- [Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs LocationIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-locationiq.md)\n- [Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Mapbox APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-mapbox.md)\n- [Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs Stadia Maps](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-stadia-maps.md)\n- [Geoapify Location Platform + MCP vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/geoapify-vs-tomtom.md)\n- [Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-opencage.md)\n- [LocationIQ vs OpenCage Geocoding API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-opencage.md)\n- [Mapbox APIs + MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-opencage.md)\n- [OpenCage Geocoding API vs Stadia Maps](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencage-vs-stadia-maps.md)\n- [OpenCage Geocoding API vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencage-vs-tomtom.md)\n",
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