# HERE Location Services vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP (slim)

> HERE Location Services scores 58 (C) to TomTom Maps's 54.9 (C) 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 TomTom Maps APIs + MCP's 54.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP leads on payments & pricing 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
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP: C 54.9, rank #675 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.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 30; Schema & documentation, 87 against 71; Security & auth, 65 against 51; Transparency & trust, 63 against 58.
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP, good for Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 10; Maintenance & community, 86 against 60. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where HERE Location Services loses 3 points for them.

| Category | HERE Location Services | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HERE Location Services | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HERE Technologies | TomTom |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1` | `https://api.tomtom.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the HERE Platform Terms | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) |
| Tools exposed | 13 | 15 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2023-09-18 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-08-29 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 55 stars, 996 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |