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          "Scoped tokens with referrer or IP restrictions and per-token rate limits",
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          "Error messages that separate per-second, per-minute and per-day limits"
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          "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"
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          "item": "Startup plan",
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        {
          "item": "Business Plus plan",
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://locationiq.com/tos",
        "privacy": "https://locationiq.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.locationiq.com",
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          "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",
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          "target": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1",
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              "date": "2026-10-02",
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              "ok": 248
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              "date": "2026-10-03",
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          "page": "https://status.locationiq.com",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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          "url": "https://locationiq.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "locationiq.com",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/locationiq.com",
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      "category": "maps",
      "summary": "Forward and reverse geocoding on one endpoint, built on OpenStreetMap and other open data, with optional annotations and JSON, GeoJSON, XML or Google-compatible output.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.min.md",
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      "license": "MIT (MCP server)",
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        "http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "opencage-api-client"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "opencage"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A 32-character key passed as the key query parameter. No headers are needed. The MCP server reads OPENCAGE_API_KEY.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Free trial of 2,500 requests a day at 1 a second, for testing only, no card. Monthly subscriptions by daily volume. X-Small $50 (10,000 a day, 15 a second), Small $125 (30,000 a day), Medium $500 (125,000 a day), Large $1,000 (300,000 a day), Enterprise from $2,000. Also priced in GBP (£40 to £800) and eleven other currencies. One-time plans are usable for up to a year. Subscriptions have no hard limits (https://opencagedata.com/pricing, https://opencagedata.com/api.md).",
      "priceSummary": "$50 / mo",
      "where": "both",
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        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
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      "docsUrl": "https://opencagedata.com/api",
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        "geo.geocode",
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        "open-data",
        "no-card",
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        "ranked": true,
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          "schema": 77,
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          "tasks"
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          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "verdict": "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.",
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          "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel",
          "Separate 402 (quota spent) and 429 (too fast) responses",
          "llms.txt with 70 or more Markdown pages, and agent skills on GitHub",
          "EU hosting, logs deleted after six months and a no_record option",
          "Subscriptions don't cut off or bill overage when you go over"
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          "Geocoding only, no place search or routing",
          "The key can only be sent as a query parameter",
          "The free trial isn't for production use",
          "MCP server is stdio-only, has no tool annotations, and npm still serves 1.0.3 from September 2025",
          "No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 of its own"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Add no_annotations=1 and limit=1 when you only need coordinates",
          "Stop on 402, which means the day's quota is gone, and back off on 429",
          "Add no_record=1 when the query holds personal data",
          "Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs",
          "Credit OpenStreetMap wherever you show results"
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "B",
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              "tasks"
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          "maintenance": 66,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 84
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        "provenanceScore": 90
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026limit=1\u0026no_annotations=1\u0026key=$OPENCAGE_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add opencage -e OPENCAGE_API_KEY=$OPENCAGE_API_KEY -- npx -y @opencage/mcp-opencage-server",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "opencage": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "OPENCAGE_API_KEY": "${OPENCAGE_API_KEY}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/opencage"
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        {
          "item": "X-Small plan",
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          "usd": 50,
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        },
        {
          "item": "Small plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 125,
          "note": "30,000 requests a day, 20 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Medium plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "125,000 requests a day, 25 a second"
        },
        {
          "item": "Large plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 1000,
          "note": "300,000 requests a day, 40 a second"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "OpenCage GmbH",
        "domain": "opencagedata.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2013-05-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://opencagedata.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://opencagedata.com/gdpr",
        "statusPage": "https://status.opencagedata.com",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs/blob/master/CHANGES.md",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The terms give a Berlin address, commercial register HRB 272249 and VAT ID DE323788688.",
          "Cancelling doesn't refund fees already paid. If OpenCage ends the service it refunds the rest of the billing period pro rata.",
          "robots.txt blocked our fetch of /.well-known/security.txt. A separate security policy page exists at opencagedata.com/security-policy.",
          "The API docs point to the dated changelog in OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs (CHANGES.md). Changes are also announced on blog.opencagedata.com.",
          "The GDPR page was last updated 22 July 2026."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.json",
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        "slug": "opencage",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T22:50:37.443827726Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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              "ok": 109
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 259,
              "ok": 259
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.opencagedata.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:21.729693769Z"
        },
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          {
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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          "url": "https://opencagedata.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "expires": "2027-01-31T00:00:00z",
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          "ok": true,
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:04.973159436Z"
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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    },
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  "links": {
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    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-opencage",
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