{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "mapbox", "name": "Mapbox APIs + MCP", "vendor": "Mapbox", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mapbox.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Geocoding v6 with batch, Search Box for places and categories, Directions, Matrix, Isochrone, Map Matching, route optimisation, static images and map tiles.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapbox.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server", "license": "MIT (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.mapbox.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mapbox/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access tokens (public pk. or secret sk.) passed as the access_token query parameter on every REST call. The hosted MCP at mcp.mapbox.com signs in with an OAuth flow in the browser. The local server reads MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free monthly allowance per API, then tiered pay as you go. Temporary Geocoding 100,000 free, then $0.75 per 1,000 down to $0.45 above 1 million. Permanent Geocoding (results you may store) has no free allowance and costs $5 per 1,000, then $4 above 500,000. Search Box 500 free sessions then $3 per 1,000 sessions, or 50,000 free requests then $1 per 1,000. Directions, Matrix (by element), Isochrone, Map Matching and route optimisation 100,000 free each, then $2 per 1,000 down to $1.20. Static Images 50,000 free then $1 per 1,000. Vector tiles 200,000 free then $0.25 per 1,000. GL JS map loads 50,000 free then $5 per 1,000 (https://www.mapbox.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 29, "popularity": { "githubStars": 353, "npmWeekly": 1974, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mapbox.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.mapbox/mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "official", "oauth", "typescript", "free-tier", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 39, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 71, "transparency": 86 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "strengths": [ "Official MCP server, hosted at mcp.mapbox.com with OAuth or run locally, listed in the MCP registry", "Every MCP tool annotated read-only and idempotent, with typed Zod input and output schemas", "Scoped public and secret tokens, URL restrictions and one-hour temporary tokens", "SOC 2 Type II, a HackerOne bug bounty and a dated subprocessor list (4 June 2026)", "At least 90 days' emailed notice before an API endpoint is deprecated" ], "weaknesses": [ "Storing geocodes needs the Permanent tier at $5 per 1,000, about 6.7 times the temporary rate", "Geocoding results may only be used with a Mapbox map", "REST calls take the token as the access_token query parameter", "29 MCP tools load at once on the hosted endpoint, with filtering documented only for the local server", "No SLA on the pricing page or in the API docs, and no security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate", "Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state", "On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent", "Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs", "Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.6, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 75.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 88, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 30, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 71, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.mapbox.com/search/geocode/v6/forward?q=10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London\u0026limit=1\u0026access_token=$MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mapbox https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mapbox": { "args": [ "-y", "@mapbox/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mapbox" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Temporary Geocoding", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.75, "note": "After 100,000 free a month, $0.45 above 1 million" }, { "item": "Permanent Geocoding", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 5, "note": "No free allowance, $4 above 500,000" }, { "item": "Search Box sessions", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 3, "note": "Per 1,000 sessions after 500 free" }, { "item": "Directions", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2, "note": "After 100,000 free a month, $1.20 above 1 million" }, { "item": "Matrix", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 2, "note": "Per 1,000 elements after 100,000 free" }, { "item": "Static Images", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 1, "note": "After 50,000 free a month" }, { "item": "Vector tiles", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 0.25, "note": "After 200,000 free a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapbox, Inc.", "domain": "mapbox.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-11-27", "domainNote": "mapbox.com was registered in 2003, years before Mapbox started, so the domain was bought later.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/tos", "privacy": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.mapbox.com", "changelog": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms of service were last updated 31 March 2024 and point to separate product terms for per-API rules.", "The terms let Mapbox create de-identified aggregated data from customer usage.", "www.mapbox.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The top-level API changelog's newest entry is 5 November 2021. Current changes are in per-service changelogs and the MCP server's CHANGELOG.md on GitHub.", "Subprocessor list (22 entries with locations) last updated 4 June 2026." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.json", "live": { "slug": "mapbox", "probe": { "target": "https://api.mapbox.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:40.913688247Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 64, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 24, "p95ms24h": 51, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 920, "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": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mapbox.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:37.55241546Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "v0.14.0", "released": "2026-07-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:32:28.642802016Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "99.0.0-dev", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mapbox/mcp-server", "version": "0.14.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:32:27.7067637Z" } ], "githubStars": 358, "npmWeekly": 1814, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mapbox.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:01.86557058Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.mapbox.com/llms.txt", "ok": false, "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:58.319982851Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "mapbox.com", "registered": "2003-11-27", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/mapbox.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:41.082804792Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.mapbox.com/api/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:48.189562984Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "395e3e05bd01" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:21.320380793Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c404d9072f3f" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:17.093512152Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "23a9cfdfb638" }, { "url": "https://www.mapbox.com/legal/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:19.370372443Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2091a3b9c941" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:37.55241546Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "tomtom", "name": "TomTom Maps APIs + MCP", "vendor": "TomTom", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.tomtom.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "Search, Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding, Routing, Matrix Routing, Reachable Range, EV routing and live traffic, plus map tiles.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomtom.json", "repo": "https://github.com/tomtom-international/tomtom-mcp", "license": "Apache-2.0 (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.tomtom.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@tomtom-org/tomtom-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "One API key, passed as the key query parameter on REST calls. The hosted MCP takes it in a tomtom-api-key header and defaults to the Orbis backend. The local server defaults to the older TomTom Maps backend unless MAPS=tomtom-orbis-maps is set. Unreleased changes merged on 30 September 2026 drop the older backend, the tomtom-maps-backend header and the MAPS variable.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free monthly allowance with no card. 2,500 Search, 20,000 Geocoding, 20,000 Routing, 2,500 Matrix Routing, 200,000 vector and 200,000 raster tiles and 20,000 non-tile map requests. Past that it's pay as you grow in euros at volume tiers, worked out by an estimator on the pricing page. The per-request rates sit behind per-API detail links we couldn't read, so no rate is quoted here (https://docs.tomtom.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 15, "popularity": { "githubStars": 55, "npmWeekly": 996, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.tomtom.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.tomtom.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.places", "geo.routing", "geo.tiles" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "official", "typescript", "free-tier", "no-card", "enterprise", "eu", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 318, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "strengths": [ "No-card free allowance of 20,000 geocodes, 20,000 reverse geocodes and 20,000 routes a month", "Live traffic, EV routing and search, reachable range and search along a route as MCP tools", "All 18 MCP tools annotated read-only, idempotent and non-destructive", "Five MCP releases between 14 July and 23 September 2026, with Veracode scanning and end-to-end tests in CI", "HackerOne disclosure programme with a 3 business day first response" ], "weaknesses": [ "Terms, rate limits and deprecation policy render client-side, so storage rules and notice periods are unverified", "Status page keeps only five days of history", "Paid prices only through a euro estimator", "Hosted MCP in public preview and missing from the MCP registry", "Only 2,500 free Search and Matrix calls a month" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use tomtom-geocode (20,000 free) rather than tomtom-fuzzy-search (2,500 free) when you have a full address", "Don't send tomtom-maps-backend in new configs, since the next release stops reading it and Orbis is already the hosted default", "Read a 403 'missing permissions' as the key lacking Orbis or EV products, and enable them in the developer portal", "Pass show_ui false when the client can't render MCP Apps, or you'll get a JSON summary instead of a map", "Redact the key parameter before logging REST URLs" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 41 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.tomtom.com/search/2/geocode/10%20Downing%20Street%2C%20London.json?limit=1\u0026key=$TOMTOM_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http tomtom https://mcp.tomtom.com/maps --header \"tomtom-api-key: $TOMTOM_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "tomtom": { "args": [ "-y", "@tomtom-org/tomtom-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "TOMTOM_API_KEY": "${TOMTOM_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tomtom" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "TomTom International BV", "domain": "tomtom.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-02-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.tomtom.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://tomtom.service-now.com/status", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-02", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names TomTom International BV and was last edited 1 August 2024. Subprocessors and storage locations are on https://www.tomtom.com/en-gb/privacy/more-information/.", "The terms page renders client-side and returned no readable text to our fetcher on 30 September, 1 October or 2 October, and developer.tomtom.com/legal redirects to it, so storage and caching rules are unverified.", "www.tomtom.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. Vulnerabilities go to TomTom's HackerOne programme, per the security policy in the tomtom-international GitHub organisation.", "The status page shows current status per API and only the last five days of history.", "A deprecation policy page is linked from docs.tomtom.com/llms.txt but renders client-side, and its .md twin returns 404." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.json", "live": { "slug": "tomtom", "probe": { "target": "https://api.tomtom.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:46.878398669Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 201, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 159, "p95ms24h": 358, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 920, "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": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://tomtom.service-now.com/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:31.726753893Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "tomtom-international/tomtom-mcp", "version": "v1.6.10", "released": "2026-09-23", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:42:10.302294149Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@tomtom-org/tomtom-mcp", "version": "1.6.10", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:42:09.439404752Z" } ], "githubStars": 55, "npmWeekly": 685, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://tomtom.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:41.501098817Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.tomtom.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:18.118999761Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "tomtom.com", "registered": "1996-02-23", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/tomtom.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:44.956685546Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.tomtom.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:11.600272734Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9f426a4be50f" }, { "url": "https://www.tomtom.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:29.87969507Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e5bdc55dca1e" }, { "url": "https://docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:09.558268623Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "68f5b7cd1e5c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:46.878398669Z" } }, "summary": "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." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-tomtom.min.md" }, "markdown": "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.\n\n- Mapbox APIs + MCP: grade BB, 75.2/100, rank #39 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapbox.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapbox.json\n- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #318 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomtom.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Mapbox APIs + MCP for reliability (+52), schema \u0026 documentation (+14), agent ergonomics (+10), security \u0026 auth (+20), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+25).\n\nPick TomTom Maps APIs + MCP for maintenance \u0026 community (+6).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Mapbox APIs + MCP | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 82 | 30 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +52 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 71 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 78 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 51 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 86 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 61 | Mapbox APIs + MCP +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **75.2 · BB** | **55.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Mapbox APIs + MCP | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Mapbox | TomTom |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.mapbox.com` | `https://api.tomtom.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server) | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | 29 | 15 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.mapbox/mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-30 | 2026-09-23 |\n| Popularity | 353 stars, 2k npm/wk | 55 stars, 996 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Mapbox APIs + MCP\n\n1. Set permanent=true only when the result goes into a database, since it moves the call to the $5 per 1,000 rate\n2. Keep search_and_geocode_tool queries under 200 characters, the live limit, not the 256 the API docs state\n3. On 429, wait until the X-Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp, since no Retry-After is sent\n4. Run the local server with --enable-tools to load only the tools the task needs\n5. Use category_search_tool for generic place types like coffee shops, not search_and_geocode_tool\n\n### TomTom Maps APIs + MCP\n\n1. Use tomtom-geocode (20,000 free) rather than tomtom-fuzzy-search (2,500 free) when you have a full address\n2. Don't send tomtom-maps-backend in new configs, since the next release stops reading it and Orbis is already the hosted default\n3. Read a 403 'missing permissions' as the key lacking Orbis or EV products, and enable them in the developer portal\n4. Pass show_ui false when the client can't render MCP Apps, or you'll get a JSON summary instead of a map\n5. 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