# HERE Location Services vs LocationIQ (slim)

> LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) to HERE Location Services's 58 (C) for geocoding. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against HERE Location Services's 58 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. HERE Location Services leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do geocoding.

- HERE Location Services: C 58, rank #591 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.min.md
- LocationIQ: C 60.3, rank #518 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.min.md
- HERE Location Services, good for Fleet and logistics work that needs truck routing, large matrices, isolines, traffic and transit from one vendor with an SLA. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 78; Security & auth, 65 against 55; Maintenance & community, 60 against 3.
- LocationIQ, good for A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 57; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where HERE Location Services loses 3 points for them.

| Category | HERE Location Services | LocationIQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 3 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HERE Location Services | LocationIQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HERE Technologies | LocationIQ (Unwired Labs) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1` | `https://us1.locationiq.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms | none |
| Tools exposed | 13 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2023-09-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-08-29 | 2020-05-22 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |