{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "google-maps-platform", "name": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://mapsplatform.google.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Geocoding, Places API (New) for text, nearby and detail search, Routes for routes and matrices, Address Validation, static maps and map tiles.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-maps-platform.json", "repo": "https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-python", "license": "Apache-2.0 (client libraries)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://maps.googleapis.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googlemaps/google-maps-services-js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "googlemaps" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An API key per Cloud project. The classic web services (Geocoding, Static Maps) take it as the key query parameter, Places API (New), Routes and Grounding Lite take it in the X-Goog-Api-Key header. Grounding Lite also accepts OAuth 2.0 with the maps-platform.mapstools scope.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Billed per 1,000 events with a free monthly cap on each SKU, 10,000 for Essentials, 5,000 for Pro and 1,000 for Enterprise SKUs. First-tier prices are Geocoding $5, Place Details Essentials $5, Pro $17 and Enterprise $20, Text Search Pro $32 and Enterprise $35, Nearby Search Pro $32, Autocomplete Requests $2.83, Address Validation Pro $17, Compute Routes and Route Matrix $5, $10 or $15 by tier, Static Maps $2, Dynamic Maps $7 and 2D Map Tiles $0.60. Text Search Essentials (IDs Only) is free with no cap. The Maps Grounding Lite SKU is $7 per 1,000 after 10,000 free, stepping down to $2.80 above 5 million (https://developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 5, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5000, "npmWeekly": 1193020, "pypiWeekly": 747555, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "official", "oauth", "typescript", "python", "card-required", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 123, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 20, "reliability": 85, "schema": 77, "security": 67, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Maps Grounding Lite is GA, hosted, and takes an X-Goog-Api-Key header or OAuth with the maps-platform.mapstools scope. A Cloud billing account with a payment method is required before the free caps apply.", "strengths": [ "Maps Grounding Lite is GA, hosted, and takes an X-Goog-Api-Key header or OAuth with the maps-platform.mapstools scope", "A 99.9 per cent monthly SLA with credits up to 50 per cent", "Field masks size responses and pick the SKU, and Text Search Essentials (IDs Only) is free with no cap", "Keys can be limited to named APIs and server IPs, and OAuth works for server traffic", "A 12-month deprecation policy with a dated deprecations page" ], "weaknesses": [ "A Cloud billing account with a payment method is required before the free caps apply", "Coordinates may be cached for 30 days at most and only shown on a Google map", "No llms.txt at developers.google.com/maps", "Classic Geocoding and Static Maps take the key in the URL", "Places and Grounding Lite return reviews and AI summaries with no prompt-injection guidance" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send X-Goog-FieldMask on every Places (New) and Routes call, since a missing mask is an error and the fields you ask for set the SKU", "Resolve a name with Text Search and an IDs-only field mask (free), then fetch details for the one place you need", "Store place IDs, refetch details, and drop cached coordinates after 30 days", "Retry UNKNOWN_ERROR and OVER_QUERY_LIMIT with exponential backoff, and don't retry INVALID_REQUEST", "Put Google Maps attribution directly after any answer grounded in Grounding Lite results" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 50, "payments": 20, "reliability": 85, "schema": 77, "security": 67, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026key=$GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http google-maps https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp --header \"X-Goog-Api-Key: $GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "google-maps": { "headers": { "X-Goog-Api-Key": "${GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY}" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-maps-platform" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-cloud-translation", "google-calendar-api", "google-drive-api", "gemini-cli" ], "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Geocoding", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "10,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Place Details Essentials", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "10,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Place Details Pro", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 17, "note": "5,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Text Search Pro", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 32, "note": "5,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Autocomplete Requests", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2.83, "note": "10,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Compute Routes Essentials", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "Pro $10, Enterprise $15" }, { "item": "Maps Grounding Lite", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 7, "note": "10,000 free a month, $2.80 above 5 million" }, { "item": "2D Map Tiles", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.6, "note": "100,000 free a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC or a regional Google entity, by billing country", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.google.com/maps-platform/", "changelog": "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms name the contracting party through Google's entity table, and Section 21 lists regional entities for Australia, India, Indonesia and Mexico among others.", "The API and MCP endpoints sit on googleapis.com, Google's API domain, not google.com.", "google.com/.well-known/security.txt lists security@google.com and expires 2030-04-01.", "The Maps Platform terms were last modified 26 August 2026 and the service terms 10 June 2026." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform.json", "live": { "slug": "google-maps-platform", "probe": { "target": "https://maps.googleapis.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:26.578955485Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 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"released": "2023-01-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:28:40.663056189Z" } ], "githubStars": 4981, "npmWeekly": 1210327, "pypiWeekly": 773659, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://google.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-04-01T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:53.387118101Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "google.com", "registered": "1997-09-15", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/google.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:50.737985829Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:53.389791399Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fd6cce07e750" }, { "url": "https://developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:50.88150349Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b114dc62bf50" }, { "url": "https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:55.601480532Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b64404e45856" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:26.578955485Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "locationiq", "name": "LocationIQ", "vendor": "LocationIQ (Unwired Labs)", "vendorUrl": "https://locationiq.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Forward and reverse geocoding, autocomplete, nearby places, directions, matrix and map tiles, from US and EU endpoints.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/locationiq.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Access token passed as the key query parameter. Same API on us1.locationiq.com and eu1.locationiq.com.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free 5,000 requests a day at 2 a second, no card, with a prominent link back required. Maps Lite $45 a month (10,000 a day, maps only), Developer $100 (25,000 a day, all APIs), Startup $200 (60,000 a day), Growth Plus $500 (7.5 million a month), Business Plus $950 (30 million a month), Enterprise custom. Paid plans need a card (https://locationiq.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.locationiq.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.locationiq.com/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "eu", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 243, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 83, "schema": 78, "security": 55, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.", "strengths": [ "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back", "Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec and an llms.txt with Markdown pages", "Scoped tokens with referrer or IP restrictions and per-token rate limits", "No incidents posted between 2 April and 1 October 2026, with history back to 2018", "Error messages that separate per-second, per-minute and per-day limits" ], "weaknesses": [ "No changelog, release notes or blog", "Official SDKs untouched since 2020", "No MCP server", "Key only in the query string", "Free plan must delete cached results after 48 hours and gets a single token" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use eu1.locationiq.com for European users or data", "Add format=json and limit=1 to keep responses small", "On 429 Rate Limited Second wait a second, on Rate Limited Day stop until the next day", "Call /balance before a large batch to see what's left of the day's quota", "Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 83, "schema": 78, "security": 55, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://eu1.locationiq.com/v1/search?key=$LOCATIONIQ_API_KEY\u0026q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026format=json\u0026limit=1\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/locationiq" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "25,000 requests a day, 20 a second, all APIs" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "60,000 requests a day, 22 a second" }, { "item": "Growth Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "7.5 million requests a month, 30 a second" }, { "item": "Business Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 950, "note": "30 million requests a month, 40 a second" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Unwired Labs (India) Pvt Ltd", "domain": "locationiq.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-09-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://locationiq.com/tos", "privacy": "https://locationiq.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.locationiq.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms were last updated 31 March 2026.", "security.txt lists hello@locationiq.com and expires 2028-01-01.", "LocationIQ's own privacy policy is at locationiq.com/privacy, last updated 22 May 2020. The parent's page at unwiredlabs.com/privacy embeds a Google Doc our reader couldn't see.", "The status page's RSS feed holds 74 incidents from March 2018 to 2 April 2026.", "We found no changelog or blog." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.json", "live": { "slug": "locationiq", "probe": { "target": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:28.324186048Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 218, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 230, "p95ms24h": 345, "samples24h": 273, "samples30d": 938, "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": 38, "ok": 38 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.locationiq.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:13.355600913Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://locationiq.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2028-01-01T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:37.071056485Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:57.180551219Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "locationiq.com", "registered": "2005-09-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/locationiq.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:09.085884687Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://locationiq.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:40.456577184Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8ef406b8d494" }, { "url": "https://locationiq.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:42.570074696Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f99922f73f1e" }, { "url": "https://locationiq.com/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:44.50940215Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "13f087788a40" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:28.324186048Z" } }, "summary": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP has a score of 68.5 (B) against LocationIQ's 60.6 (C). Both do geo geocode. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 47 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-locationiq", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-locationiq.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-locationiq.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-locationiq.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP has a score of 68.5 (B) against LocationIQ's 60.6 (C). Both do geo geocode. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 47 points.\n\n- Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP: grade B, 68.5/100, rank #123 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-maps-platform.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-maps-platform.json\n- LocationIQ: grade C, 60.6/100, rank #243 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/locationiq.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP for agent ergonomics (+11), security \u0026 auth (+12), maintenance \u0026 community (+47), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\nPick LocationIQ for payments \u0026 pricing (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP | LocationIQ | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 83 | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 78 | LocationIQ +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 74 | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 55 | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | LocationIQ +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 3 | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 65 | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.5 · B** | **60.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP | LocationIQ |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google | LocationIQ (Unwired Labs) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://maps.googleapis.com` | `https://us1.locationiq.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (client libraries) | none |\n| Tools exposed | 5 | none |\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 | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-06 | none |\n| Popularity | 5k stars, 1.2M npm/wk, 748k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 4.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP.** Maps Grounding Lite is GA, hosted, and takes an X-Goog-Api-Key header or OAuth with the maps-platform.mapstools scope. A Cloud billing account with a payment method is required before the free caps apply.\n\n**LocationIQ.** 5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP\n\n1. Send X-Goog-FieldMask on every Places (New) and Routes call, since a missing mask is an error and the fields you ask for set the SKU\n2. Resolve a name with Text Search and an IDs-only field mask (free), then fetch details for the one place you need\n3. Store place IDs, refetch details, and drop cached coordinates after 30 days\n4. Retry UNKNOWN_ERROR and OVER_QUERY_LIMIT with exponential backoff, and don't retry INVALID_REQUEST\n5. Put Google Maps attribution directly after any answer grounded in Grounding Lite results\n\n### LocationIQ\n\n1. Use eu1.locationiq.com for European users or data\n2. Add format=json and limit=1 to keep responses small\n3. On 429 Rate Limited Second wait a second, on Rate Limited Day stop until the next day\n4. Call /balance before a large batch to see what's left of the day's quota\n5. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP or LocationIQ\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- [Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs Mapbox APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-mapbox.md)\n- [Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-opencage.md)\n- [Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs Stadia Maps](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-stadia-maps.md)\n- [Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-maps-platform-vs-tomtom.md)\n- [LocationIQ vs Mapbox APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-mapbox.md)\n- [LocationIQ vs OpenCage Geocoding API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-opencage.md)\n- [LocationIQ vs Stadia Maps](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-stadia-maps.md)\n- [LocationIQ vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-tomtom.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP vs LocationIQ", "url": "" } ], "description": "Google Maps Platform + Grounding Lite MCP has a score of 68.5 (B) against LocationIQ's 60.6 (C). 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