{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "here-location-services", "name": "HERE Location Services", "vendor": "HERE Technologies", "vendorUrl": "https://www.here.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "HERE Technologies' REST APIs for geocoding, place search, routing, matrix and isoline routing, traffic, transit and map tiles, called with an API key or OAuth token. A hosted MCP server, HERE Location Reasoning, exposes 13 of these operations as tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/here-location-services.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A HERE platform account, created in a browser with email verification, lets a person register an app and create up to two API keys, OAuth 2.0 credentials or OAuth 2.1 `private_key_jwt` credentials. REST calls take the key as the `apiKey` query parameter or a bearer token from https://account.api.here.com/oauth2/token. Location Reasoning needs a bearer token on `tools/call` and an account entitlement, and returns 403 without one.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "HERE's docs say a new organisation can get started for free on the Base Plan. The price table at here.com/get-started/pricing is drawn by script and was not read, so no allowance or per-request price is quoted. Support plans run from $50 a month (Developer). Location Reasoning is also sold through AWS Marketplace (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the Location Reasoning guides or the Platform Terms (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 13, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.here.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.here.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/reference/get_geocode.md", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "official", "openapi", "llms-txt", "oauth", "free-tier", "enterprise", "eu", "sla", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 591, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 10, "reliability": 57, "schema": 87, "security": 65, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "10 July 2026. The Routing v8 changelog marks `mlDuration` as Deprecated and says `return=mlDuration` is still accepted but no longer returns a value. HERE's lifecycle policy says a deprecated feature continues to operate for 6 to 12 months after notice. Three points (https://docs.here.com/routing/docs/routing-v8-changelog.md)" ], "verdict": "Each endpoint page carries an OpenAPI 3.0 definition as Markdown, and HERE publishes 99.9 per cent monthly availability targets and a six-month deprecation policy. The Platform Terms of September 2023 forbid using HERE Materials in connection with a machine learning or AI system, and the price table could not be read.", "bestFor": "Fleet and logistics work that needs truck routing, large matrices, isolines, traffic and transit from one vendor with an SLA.", "strengths": [ "Every endpoint page has a Markdown twin holding its OpenAPI 3.0 definition, indexed from `llms.txt` files per product", "99.9 per cent monthly availability targets published for Geocoding and Search v7 and Routing v8", "Lifecycle policy promises six months' notice before a product is discontinued and 6 to 12 months for a deprecated feature", "OAuth 2.1 `private_key_jwt` credentials alongside API keys, with two keys an app for rotation and trusted-domain limits", "ISO 27001, 27701, 27017, 27018 and 42001 certificates, TISAX AL3, and SOC 2 Type 2 for Platform Foundation and Workspace" ], "weaknesses": [ "Platform Terms section f forbids using HERE Materials in connection with a machine learning or AI system, generative AI included. This matters before any probe is run", "The Base Plan price table is drawn by script, so per-request prices, free allowances and rate limits were not read", "API keys travel in the `apiKey` query parameter", "Results may be cached or stored outside the platform for 30 days at most, and only as HTTP caching headers allow", "Location Reasoning returns 403 unless the account is entitled, and the docs send the reader to an account representative or AWS Marketplace", "The acceptable use policy of January 2022 lists benchmarking and scraping among prohibited activities" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer` with an OAuth token where logs are kept. The `apiKey` query parameter puts the secret in every URL", "Do not store results for more than 30 days, and follow the HTTP caching headers on each response", "Treat 429 and 503 as throttling. HERE says a traffic surge can be throttled for about 10 minutes below the account's quota", "Read `code`, `cause` and `action` in the error body, and quote `correlationId` to support", "For Location Reasoning, send `initialize`, keep the `Mcp-Session-Id` header on later calls, and send a bearer token on `tools/call`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 10, "reliability": 57, "schema": 87, "security": 65, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1/geocode?q=240+Washington+St.%2C+Boston\u0026limit=4\u0026apiKey=$HERE_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/here-location-services" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "HERE Europe B.V.", "domain": "here.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-06-11", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform-terms-september-2023", "privacy": "https://www.here.com/en-gb/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.here.com/status", "changelog": "https://docs.here.com/routing/docs/routing-v8-changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The HERE Platform Terms, effective 18 September 2023, name HERE Europe B.V., Kennedyplein 222-226, 5611 ZT Eindhoven, as contracting party, and HERE North America, LLC, Chicago, for customers in the Americas.", "The privacy policy, effective 29 August 2024, names HERE Global B.V. as controller and says it does not apply to personal data processed on behalf of customers. The Platform Terms incorporate it and a Data Processing Agreement published as a PDF.", "The APIs answer on hereapi.com (for example geocode.search.hereapi.com and router.hereapi.com) and the MCP server on hlr.here.ai, both second domains of the vendor.", "www.here.com/.well-known/security.txt returned the site's error page. The security page gives security@here.com and a 90-day disclosure window.", "RDAP for here.com gives a registration date of 1995-06-11.", "legal.here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform redirects to the September 2023 terms on www.here.com." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.json", "live": { "slug": "here-location-services", "probe": { "target": "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:29.802604157Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 47, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 55, "p95ms24h": 97, "samples24h": 125, "samples30d": 125, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.here.com/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:40.516930569Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.here.com/routing/docs/routing-v8-changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:28.07952108Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c940c6209b7e" }, { "url": "https://www.here.com/en-gb/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:53.049981302Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bbe0eed0a23e" }, { "url": "https://www.here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform-terms-september-2023", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:55.117836401Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "466d77d5e000" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:29.802604157Z" } }, "answer": "Mapbox APIs + MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against HERE Location Services's 58 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "mapbox", "name": "Mapbox APIs + MCP", "vendor": "Mapbox", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mapbox.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Geocoding v6 with batch, Search Box for places and categories, Directions, Matrix, Isochrone, Map Matching, route optimisation, static images and map tiles.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapbox.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server", "license": "MIT (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mapbox.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mapbox/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access tokens (public pk. or secret sk.) passed as the access_token query parameter on every REST call. The hosted MCP at mcp.mapbox.com signs in with an OAuth flow in the browser. The local server reads MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free monthly allowance per API, then tiered pay as you go. Temporary Geocoding 100,000 free, then $0.75 per 1,000 down to $0.45 above 1 million. Permanent Geocoding (results you may store) has no free allowance and costs $5 per 1,000, then $4 above 500,000. Search Box 500 free sessions then $3 per 1,000 sessions, or 50,000 free requests then $1 per 1,000. Directions, Matrix (by element), Isochrone, Map Matching and route optimisation 100,000 free each, then $2 per 1,000 down to $1.20. Static Images 50,000 free then $1 per 1,000. Vector tiles 200,000 free then $0.25 per 1,000. GL JS map loads 50,000 free then $5 per 1,000 (https://www.mapbox.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 29, "popularity": { "githubStars": 353, "npmWeekly": 1974, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mapbox.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.mapbox/mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "official", "oauth", "typescript", "free-tier", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 57, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 71, "transparency": 84 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Official MCP server, hosted at mcp.mapbox.com with OAuth or run locally, listed in the MCP registry. Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs search, routing, isochrones, map matching and route optimisation from one vendor with a hosted, OAuth-protected MCP.", "strengths": [ "Official MCP server, hosted at mcp.mapbox.com with OAuth or run locally, listed in the MCP registry", "Every MCP tool annotated read-only and idempotent, with typed Zod input and output schemas", "Scoped public and secret tokens, URL restrictions and one-hour temporary tokens", "SOC 2 Type II, a HackerOne bug bounty and a dated subprocessor list (4 June 2026)", "At least 90 days' emailed notice before an API endpoint is deprecated" ], "weaknesses": [ "Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate", "Geocoding results may only be used with a Mapbox map", "REST calls take the token as the access_token query parameter", "29 MCP tools load at once on the hosted endpoint, with filtering documented only for the local server", "No SLA on the pricing page or in the API docs, and no security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate", "Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state", "On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent", "Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs", "Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.6, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 75 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 71, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.mapbox.com/search/geocode/v6/forward?q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026limit=1\u0026access_token=$MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mapbox https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mapbox": { "args": [ "-y", "@mapbox/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mapbox" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Temporary Geocoding", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.75, "note": "After 100,000 free a month, $0.45 above 1 million" }, { "item": "Permanent Geocoding", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "No free allowance, $4 above 500,000" }, { "item": "Search Box sessions", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 3, "note": "Per 1,000 sessions after 500 free" }, { "item": "Directions", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2, "note": "After 100,000 free a month, $1.20 above 1 million" }, { "item": "Matrix", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2, "note": "Per 1,000 elements after 100,000 free" }, { "item": "Static Images", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "After 50,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Vector tiles", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.25, "note": "After 200,000 free a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapbox, Inc.", "domain": "mapbox.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-11-27", "domainNote": "mapbox.com was registered in 2003, years before Mapbox started, so the domain was bought later.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/tos", "privacy": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.mapbox.com", "changelog": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms of service were last updated 31 March 2024 and point to separate product terms for per-API rules.", "The terms let Mapbox create de-identified aggregated data from customer usage.", "www.mapbox.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The top-level API changelog's newest entry is 5 November 2021. Current changes are in per-service changelogs and the MCP server's CHANGELOG.md on GitHub.", "Subprocessor list (22 entries with locations) last updated 4 June 2026." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.json", "live": { "slug": "mapbox", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mapbox.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:33.589482604Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 26, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 24, "p95ms24h": 84, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 2274, "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": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mapbox.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:27.802212Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "v0.15.1", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:07.486976649Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "99.0.0-dev", "seenAt": "2026-10-10T03:11:32.438759038Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "0.15.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:06.549081805Z" } ], "githubStars": 361, "npmWeekly": 1804, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mapbox.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:22.21643132Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.mapbox.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:15.856596696Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "mapbox.com", "registered": "2003-11-27", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/mapbox.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:41.082804792Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:42.577135549Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "395e3e05bd01" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:05.421222069Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:06.302646577Z", "fingerprint": "7385a40a4b10" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:01.178585801Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:01.987481033Z", "fingerprint": "51a0d73e5b96" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:03.399154233Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:04.641523555Z", "fingerprint": "54b97792564c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:58:27.802212Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "HERE Technologies", "b": "Mapbox", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1", "b": "https://api.mapbox.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$0.75 per 1,000 requests", "name": "Price for geocoding" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms", "b": "MIT (MCP server)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "13", "b": "29", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.mapbox/mcp-server", "name": "MCP registry" 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"question": "Which is better for AI agents, HERE Location Services or Mapbox APIs + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do HERE Location Services and Mapbox APIs + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. HERE Location Services has a hosted endpoint at https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1 and Mapbox APIs + MCP at https://api.mapbox.com.", "question": "Can an agent call HERE Location Services and Mapbox APIs + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Fleet and logistics work that needs truck routing, large matrices, isolines, traffic and transit from one vendor with an SLA.", "slug": "here-location-services", "watchFor": "Platform Terms section f forbids using HERE Materials in connection with a machine learning or AI system, generative AI included. This matters before any probe is run" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 82 against 57", "Agent ergonomics, 88 against 74", "Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 60", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 63" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where HERE Location Services loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An agent that needs search, routing, isochrones, map matching and route optimisation from one vendor with a hosted, OAuth-protected MCP.", "slug": "mapbox", "watchFor": "Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate" } ], "job": { "capability": "geo.geocode", "name": "Geocoding" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-here-location-services.json", "title": "Amazon Location Service vs HERE Location Services", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-opencage.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-radar.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs Radar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-radar" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-stadia-maps.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs Stadia Maps", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-stadia-maps" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 25, "edge": "mapbox", "here-location-services": 57, "key": "reliability", "mapbox": 82, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": 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\u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Mapbox APIs + MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against HERE Location Services's 58 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/here-location-services.json\n- Mapbox APIs + MCP: grade BB, 75/100, rank #57 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapbox.json\n- Best maps, geocoding and places APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/maps/index.md\n- All 78 maps comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/maps/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### HERE Location Services (C)\n\nGood for: Fleet and logistics work that needs truck routing, large matrices, isolines, traffic and transit from one vendor with an SLA.\n\nWatch for: Platform Terms section f forbids using HERE Materials in connection with a machine learning or AI system, generative AI included. This matters before any probe is run\n\n### Mapbox APIs + MCP (BB)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs search, routing, isochrones, map matching and route optimisation from one vendor with a hosted, OAuth-protected MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 82 against 57\n- Agent ergonomics, 88 against 74\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 60\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 63\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where HERE Location Services loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | HERE Location Services | Mapbox APIs + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 82 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 85 | HERE Location Services +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 88 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 71 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 80 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 84 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58 · C** | **75 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | HERE Location Services | Mapbox APIs + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | HERE Technologies | Mapbox |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1` | `https://api.mapbox.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for geocoding | not published | $0.75 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms | MIT (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | 13 | 29 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.mapbox/mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-07-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2023-09-18 | 2024-03-31 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-08-29 | 2026-02-11 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 353 stars, 2k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**HERE Location Services.** Each endpoint page carries an OpenAPI 3.0 definition as Markdown, and HERE publishes 99.9 per cent monthly availability targets and a six-month deprecation policy. The Platform Terms of September 2023 forbid using HERE Materials in connection with a machine learning or AI system, and the price table could not be read.\n\n**Mapbox APIs + MCP.** Official MCP server, hosted at mcp.mapbox.com with OAuth or run locally, listed in the MCP registry. Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### HERE Location Services\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer` with an OAuth token where logs are kept. The `apiKey` query parameter puts the secret in every URL\n2. Do not store results for more than 30 days, and follow the HTTP caching headers on each response\n3. Treat 429 and 503 as throttling. HERE says a traffic surge can be throttled for about 10 minutes below the account's quota\n4. Read `code`, `cause` and `action` in the error body, and quote `correlationId` to support\n5. For Location Reasoning, send `initialize`, keep the `Mcp-Session-Id` header on later calls, and send a bearer token on `tools/call`\n\n### Mapbox APIs + MCP\n\n1. Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate\n2. Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state\n3. On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent\n4. Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs\n5. Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, HERE Location Services or Mapbox APIs + MCP?\n\nMapbox APIs + MCP scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against HERE Location Services's 58 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do HERE Location Services and Mapbox APIs + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call HERE Location Services and Mapbox APIs + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. HERE Location Services has a hosted endpoint at https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1 and Mapbox APIs + MCP at https://api.mapbox.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/here-location-services-vs-mapbox.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/here-location-services-vs-mapbox.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"here-location-services\", \"b\": \"mapbox\"}`. 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