{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "locationiq", "name": "LocationIQ", "vendor": "LocationIQ (Unwired Labs)", "vendorUrl": "https://locationiq.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Forward and reverse geocoding, autocomplete, nearby places, directions, matrix and map tiles, from US and EU endpoints.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/locationiq.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Access token passed as the key query parameter. Same API on us1.locationiq.com and eu1.locationiq.com.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free 5,000 requests a day at 2 a second, no card, with a prominent link back required. Maps Lite $45 a month (10,000 a day, maps only), Developer $100 (25,000 a day, all APIs), Startup $200 (60,000 a day), Growth Plus $500 (7.5 million a month), Business Plus $950 (30 million a month), Enterprise custom. Paid plans need a card (https://locationiq.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.locationiq.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.locationiq.com/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "no-card", "eu", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 518, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 83, "schema": 78, "security": 55, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.", "bestFor": "A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints.", "strengths": [ "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back", "Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec and an llms.txt with Markdown pages", "Scoped tokens with referrer or IP restrictions and per-token rate limits", "No incidents posted between 2 April and 1 October 2026, with history back to 2018", "Error messages that separate per-second, per-minute and per-day limits" ], "weaknesses": [ "No changelog, release notes or blog", "Official SDKs untouched since 2020", "No MCP server", "Key only in the query string", "Free plan must delete cached results after 48 hours and gets a single token" ], "agentNotes": [ "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 83, "schema": 78, "security": 55, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://eu1.locationiq.com/v1/search?key=$LOCATIONIQ_API_KEY\u0026q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026format=json\u0026limit=1\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/locationiq" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "25,000 requests a day, 20 a second, all APIs" }, { "item": "Startup plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "60,000 requests a day, 22 a second" }, { "item": "Growth Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "7.5 million requests a month, 30 a second" }, { "item": "Business Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 950, "note": "30 million requests a month, 40 a second" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Unwired Labs (India) Pvt Ltd", "domain": "locationiq.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-09-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://locationiq.com/tos", "privacy": "https://locationiq.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.locationiq.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "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": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.json", "live": { "slug": "locationiq", "probe": { "target": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:14.405326679Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 231, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 237, "p95ms24h": 400, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2256, "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": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.locationiq.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:46.391834711Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://locationiq.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2028-01-01T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:37.271745968Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:14.551061706Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "locationiq.com", "registered": "2005-09-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/locationiq.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:09.085884687Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://locationiq.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:31.224260276Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8ef406b8d494" }, { "url": "https://locationiq.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:33.34856973Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f99922f73f1e" }, { "url": "https://locationiq.com/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:35.978330542Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "13f087788a40" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:14.405326679Z" } }, "answer": "LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "radar", "name": "Radar", "vendor": "Radar Labs", "vendorUrl": "https://radar.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Radar is a location platform from Radar Labs with REST APIs for forward, reverse and IP geocoding, address autocomplete and validation, places search, distance, matrix, directions and route optimisation, plus geofencing, trip tracking and base maps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/radar.json", "repo": "https://github.com/radarlabs/radar-sdk-js", "license": "Proprietary service under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.radar.io/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "radar-sdk-js" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key in the `Authorization` header, with no query-string option documented. Each project has four keys, test and live, publishable and secret. Publishable keys reach 16 of the 36 documented operations, including all geocoding, search and routing calls, and can be restricted by website domain or mobile app identifier. Secret keys reach the rest and can read or write any data. Keys come from the dashboard. Whether sign-up is self-serve was not established, because dashboard.radar.com's robots.txt closes every path.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Core Maps (forward, reverse and IP geocoding, autocomplete, static maps, distance, directions, matrix) starts at $0.50 per 1,000 API calls and Premium Maps (address validation, places search, route matching, route optimisation, satellite maps) at $2.00. Matrix bills per element. Every plan is an annual commitment with a monthly quota, at a rate Radar sets by quote. The pricing page says there is no free tier, and that teams can start with a technical validation period arranged with sales (https://radar.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.50 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the docs index or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.radar.com/api", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.radar.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "llms-txt", "status-page", "sales-led", "annual-contract", "soc2", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.3, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 713, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 10, "reliability": 70, "schema": 50, "security": 56, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "9 October 2026. The Maps product page says the geocoding APIs come with 'the right to store, reuse, and export results freely' (https://radar.com/product/maps), while section 2(d) of the Terms of Use forbids storing address or point-of-interest data from the geocoding, autocomplete or place search APIs for more than 30 days (https://radar.com/terms) and the geocoding docs repeat the 30-day limit (https://docs.radar.com/maps/geocoding.md). 2 points for a claim the published terms contradict. A quoted enterprise agreement may differ and is not published." ], "verdict": "Radar documents 36 REST operations in Markdown with a rate limit on each, and its status feed shows two short API incidents in 90 days. Access is sales-led. The pricing page says there is no free tier, every plan is an annual commitment, and no OpenAPI description or API changelog was found.", "bestFor": "A company that already has a Radar contract, or wants geofencing and trip tracking with geocoding and routing on one key.", "strengths": [ "Each of the 36 documented operations states its key level and a default rate limit, from 10 to 100 requests a second", "docs.radar.com publishes llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page, including the whole API reference in one file", "Statuspage history lists two API incidents in the 90 days to 9 October 2026, of 3 minutes and about an hour", "Publishable keys are limited to 16 client-safe operations and can be restricted by website domain or mobile app identifier", "The DPA names two sub-processors (AWS and MongoDB) and the FAQ states default retention periods" ], "weaknesses": [ "The pricing page says Radar has no free tier and every plan is an annual commitment set by quote", "No OpenAPI description and no API changelog were found in the docs index", "The terms cap storage of geocoding, autocomplete and place results at 30 days, while the Maps product page claims a right to store results freely", "The terms of 24 May 2023 let Radar change or stop the services without notice, and still describe a free version", "A secret key can read or write any project data, with no scopes found", "The terms forbid using the services to develop or test other geocoding, autocomplete or place search APIs, which matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `Authorization` header with no `Bearer` prefix, and call `https://api.radar.io/v1`, not radar.com", "Use a publishable key for geocoding, search and routing. Keep the secret key for users, trips, geofences and beacons", "Call `/v1/search/autocomplete` for partial addresses and place names. `/v1/geocode/forward` is documented as best for complete addresses", "Set `units=metric` on routing calls. The default is imperial, with distances in feet", "Treat 429 as one of three things (rate limit, no state change or selective throttling) and 402 as usage exceeded. No Retry-After header is documented", "Do not keep geocoding, autocomplete or place results for more than 30 days" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 10, "reliability": 70, "schema": 50, "security": 56, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 58 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install radar-sdk-js", "http": "curl \"https://api.radar.io/v1/geocode/forward?query=20+jay+st+brooklyn+ny\" -H \"Authorization: $RADAR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/radar" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core Maps API calls, starting price", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Geocoding, autocomplete, static maps, distance, directions, matrix (per element). Annual commitment, rate set by quote" }, { "item": "Premium Maps API calls, starting price", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2, "note": "Address validation, places search, route matching, route optimisation, satellite maps. Annual commitment, rate set by quote" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Radar Labs, Inc.", "domain": "radar.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://radar.com/terms", "privacy": "https://radar.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.radar.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The privacy notice (last updated 13 May 2025) names Radar Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 111 5th Ave, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10003.", "The Terms of Use (last updated 24 May 2023) cover the SDK and Radar's APIs and incorporate the DPA at radar.com/dpa. They describe a free version, which the pricing page says Radar does not have. Paid plans are by quote, and no enterprise agreement is published.", "The API answers at api.radar.io, a second domain. Nothing was sent to it, and its registrant was not checked.", "radar.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. The FAQ gives security@radar.com for reports.", "No API changelog was found in the docs index. The web SDK repository has dated release tags.", "RDAP gives 16 December 1994 as the registration date of radar.com.", "robots.txt answers on the day. radar.com 200 with a sitemap line only. docs.radar.com 200 with ai-input=yes. status.radar.com 200 disallowing /api/ and /embed/. dashboard.radar.com 200 disallowing every path. trust.radar.com answers the request with its page shell." ], "score": 58 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.json", "live": { "slug": "radar", "probe": { "target": "https://api.radar.io/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:21.733773078Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 120, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 124, "p95ms24h": 233, "samples24h": 107, "samples30d": 107, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.radar.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:06:25.849384695Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "radarlabs/radar-sdk-js", "version": "autocomplete-v1.1.1", "released": "2026-09-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:15:51.370576682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "radar-sdk-js", "version": "5.2.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:15:50.510226325Z" } ], "githubStars": 52, "npmWeekly": 62814, "pages": [ { "url": "https://radar.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:14.0723216Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "22ff53a04e1c" }, { "url": "https://radar.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:16.223416673Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "12f29204b40d" }, { "url": "https://radar.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:18.136602575Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "411754a84910" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:21.733773078Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "LocationIQ (Unwired Labs)", "b": "Radar Labs", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://us1.locationiq.com/v1", "b": "https://api.radar.io/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-09-14", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-31", "b": "2023-05-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2020-05-22", "b": "2025-05-13", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "4.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, LocationIQ or Radar?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do LocationIQ and Radar need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. LocationIQ has a hosted endpoint at https://us1.locationiq.com/v1 and Radar at https://api.radar.io/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call LocationIQ and Radar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 50", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 55" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints.", "slug": "locationiq", "watchFor": "No changelog, release notes or blog" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 3" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A company that already has a Radar contract, or wants geofencing and trip tracking with geocoding and routing on one key.", "slug": "radar", "watchFor": "The pricing page says Radar has no free tier and every plan is an annual commitment set by quote" } ], "job": { 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-opencage.json", "title": "LocationIQ vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-stadia-maps.json", "title": "LocationIQ vs Stadia Maps", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-stadia-maps" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-tomtom.json", "title": "LocationIQ vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-tomtom" }, { "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/mapquest-vs-radar.json", "title": "MapQuest vs Radar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-radar" }, { "json": 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ergonomics", "radar": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "radar", "key": "security", "locationiq": 55, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "radar": 56, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "locationiq", "key": "payments", "locationiq": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "radar": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 74, "edge": "radar", "key": "maintenance", "locationiq": 3, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "radar": 77, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "locationiq", "key": "transparency", "locationiq": 61, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "radar": 55, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do geocoding.", "verdicts": { "locationiq": "5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.", "radar": "Radar documents 36 REST operations in Markdown with a rate limit on each, and its status feed shows two short API incidents in 90 days. Access is sales-led. The pricing page says there is no free tier, every plan is an annual commitment, and no OpenAPI description or API changelog was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-radar", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-radar.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-radar.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-radar.min.md" }, "markdown": "LocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do geocoding.\n\n- LocationIQ: grade C, 60.3/100, rank #518 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/locationiq.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/locationiq.json\n- Radar: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #713 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/radar.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### LocationIQ (C)\n\nGood for: A prototype or a cost-sensitive geocoding and routing job, with EU and US endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 50\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No changelog, release notes or blog\n\n### Radar (D)\n\nGood for: A company that already has a Radar contract, or wants geofencing and trip tracking with geocoding and routing on one key.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 3\n\nWatch for: The pricing page says Radar has no free tier and every plan is an annual commitment set by quote\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | LocationIQ | Radar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 70 | LocationIQ +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 50 | LocationIQ +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 65 | LocationIQ +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 56 | Radar +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 10 | LocationIQ +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 3 | 77 | Radar +74 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 55 | LocationIQ +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.3 · C** | **53.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | LocationIQ | Radar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | LocationIQ (Unwired Labs) | Radar Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://us1.locationiq.com/v1` | `https://api.radar.io/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-14 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 | 2023-05-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-05-22 | 2025-05-13 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\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 | yes |\n| Agent reviews | 4.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**LocationIQ.** 5,000 free requests a day with no card, commercial use allowed with a link back. No changelog, release notes or blog.\n\n**Radar.** Radar documents 36 REST operations in Markdown with a rate limit on each, and its status feed shows two short API incidents in 90 days. Access is sales-led. The pricing page says there is no free tier, every plan is an annual commitment, and no OpenAPI description or API changelog was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### LocationIQ\n\n1. Use eu1.locationiq.com for European users or data\n2. Add format=json and limit=1 to keep responses small\n3. On 429 Rate Limited Second wait a second, on Rate Limited Day stop until the next day\n4. Call /balance before a large batch to see what's left of the day's quota\n5. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs\n\n### Radar\n\n1. Send the key in the `Authorization` header with no `Bearer` prefix, and call `https://api.radar.io/v1`, not radar.com\n2. Use a publishable key for geocoding, search and routing. Keep the secret key for users, trips, geofences and beacons\n3. Call `/v1/search/autocomplete` for partial addresses and place names. `/v1/geocode/forward` is documented as best for complete addresses\n4. Set `units=metric` on routing calls. The default is imperial, with distances in feet\n5. Treat 429 as one of three things (rate limit, no state change or selective throttling) and 402 as usage exceeded. No Retry-After header is documented\n6. Do not keep geocoding, autocomplete or place results for more than 30 days\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, LocationIQ or Radar?\n\nLocationIQ scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do LocationIQ and Radar need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call LocationIQ and Radar without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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