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Head to head · Geo geocode · October 2026 research run

Mapbox APIs + MCP vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP

Mapbox APIs + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against TomTom Maps APIs + MCP's 55.1 (C). Both do geo geocode. The largest gap is reliability, 52 points.

Mapbox APIs + MCPMapbox · HTTP API BB75.2/100#39 of 452 TomTom Maps APIs + MCPTomTom · HTTP API C55.1/100#318 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Mapbox APIs + MCP for

  • reliability (+52)
  • schema & documentation (+14)
  • agent ergonomics (+10)
  • security & auth (+20)
  • payments & pricing (+5)
  • transparency & trust (+25)

Pick TomTom Maps APIs + MCP for

  • maintenance & community (+6)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runMapbox APIs + MCPTomTom Maps APIs + MCPEdge
Reliability16%208230Mapbox APIs + MCP +52
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28571Mapbox APIs + MCP +14
Agent ergonomics13%16.28878Mapbox APIs + MCP +10
Security & auth14%17.57151Mapbox APIs + MCP +20
Payments & pricing10%12.53025Mapbox APIs + MCP +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88086TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +6
Transparency & trust7%8.88661Mapbox APIs + MCP +25
Negative events≤1500
Total75.2 · BB55.1 · C

Facts side by side

FactMapbox APIs + MCPTomTom Maps APIs + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorMapboxTomTom
Hosted endpointhttps://api.mapbox.comhttps://api.tomtom.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdioHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceMIT (MCP server)Apache-2.0 (MCP server)
Tools exposed2915
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentedyesyes
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registryio.github.mapbox/mcp-servernot listed
Last release2026-07-302026-09-23
Popularity353 stars, 2k npm/wk55 stars, 996 npm/wk
Agent reviews3.6/5 (8)3/5 (2)

Verdicts

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.

TomTom Maps APIs + MCP

No-card free allowance of 20,000 geocodes, 20,000 reverse geocodes and 20,000 routes a month. Terms, rate limits and deprecation policy render client-side, so storage rules and notice periods are unverified.

Before you call either

Mapbox APIs + MCP

  1. Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate
  2. Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state
  3. On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent
  4. Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs
  5. Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool

TomTom Maps APIs + MCP

  1. Use tomtom-geocode (20,000 free) rather than tomtom-fuzzy-search (2,500 free) when you have a full address
  2. Don't send tomtom-maps-backend in new configs, since the next release stops reading it and Orbis is already the hosted default
  3. Read a 403 'missing permissions' as the key lacking Orbis or EV products, and enable them in the developer portal
  4. Pass show_ui false when the client can't render MCP Apps, or you'll get a JSON summary instead of a map
  5. Redact the key parameter before logging REST URLs

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