# HERE Location Services vs MapQuest (slim)

> HERE Location Services scores 58 (C) to MapQuest's 35.1 (F) for geocoding. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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HERE Location Services scores 58 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest leads on payments & pricing. Both do geocoding.

- HERE Location Services: C 58, rank #591 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/here-location-services.min.md
- MapQuest: F 35.1, rank #936 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.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 Reliability, 57 against 23; Schema & documentation, 87 against 47; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 60; Security & auth, 65 against 28; Maintenance & community, 60 against 23; Transparency & trust, 63 against 28.
- MapQuest, good for An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 10. Also No incidents deducted, where HERE Location Services loses 3 points for them.

| Category | HERE Location Services | MapQuest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 23 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 28 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 23 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HERE Location Services | MapQuest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HERE Technologies | MapQuest (System1) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1` | `https://www.mapquestapi.com` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms | Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login |
| Tools exposed | 13 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-07-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2023-09-18 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-08-29 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |