{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "mapquest", "name": "MapQuest", "vendor": "MapQuest (System1)", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.mapquest.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "maps", "summary": "MapQuest's location APIs cover geocoding, directions, route matrices, place search, traffic and static maps. Agents call the REST API with a key or connect to a hosted MCP server over OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapquest.json", "license": "Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person registers at developer.mapquest.com and creates an API key. REST calls send it in the `key` query parameter. The MCP server uses OAuth through login.mapquest.com with the single scope `mcp:tools`, then picks one of the account's keys. Further keys can be created with `POST /account/v1/keys`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "MapQuestGO is pay-as-you-go at $0.0045 a transaction with no monthly minimum, after 50,000 one-time free transactions that expire on 1 January 2027. Monthly plans run from Basic at $119 (30,000 transactions) to Business Plus at $949 (500,000). Enterprise is by quote. An agent can start on the free credits without a contract. Whether sign-up needs a card was not established (https://developer.mapquest.com/plans, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$4.50 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the plans page, llms.txt or the MCP endpoint's 401 response (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.mapquest.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse", "geo.routing", "geo.places" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "llms-txt", "free-credits", "usage-priced", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 35.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 710, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 30, "reliability": 23, "schema": 47, "security": 28, "transparency": 28 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server at `https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp` with OAuth and published protected-resource metadata", "Pay-as-you-go price of $0.0045 a transaction published without a login, with 50,000 one-time free transactions", "The Account API creates and lists keys and reports usage by key, service and hour", "`llms.txt` indexes every REST API, SDK and tool with a one-line purpose", "Async batch geocoding accepts up to 1 million rows, and batch calls take 100 locations" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only", "No status page, changelog or published rate-limit numbers found", "REST keys are sent in the `key` query parameter, and no key scopes or restrictions are documented", "`openapi.json` describes the marketing site and has no paths, so the product APIs have no machine-readable contract", "Monthly plans forbid storing or caching geocodes. That needs an Enterprise account" ], "agentNotes": [ "Register an account and create an API key before connecting the MCP server. Every tool needs an active key, chosen by nickname on first use", "Send REST calls to `https://www.mapquestapi.com` with `key` in the query string, and redact it from logged URLs", "Read `info.statuscode` in geocoding and directions responses. 0 is success, and errors such as 610 (ambiguous location) arrive in the body", "Set `thumbMaps=false` and `maxResults` on geocoding, and `pageSize` (1 to 50) on place search, to keep responses small", "Do not store or cache geocodes on a monthly or pay-as-you-go plan" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 35.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 30, "reliability": 23, "schema": 47, "security": 28, "transparency": 21 }, "provenanceScore": 35 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/address?key=$MAPQUEST_API_KEY\u0026location=Washington,DC\u0026maxResults=1\u0026thumbMaps=false\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http mapquest https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mapquest": { "url": "https://www.mapquestapi.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mapquest" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "MapQuestGO pay-as-you-go", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4.5, "note": "$0.0045 a transaction after 50,000 one-time free transactions" }, { "item": "Basic plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 119, "note": "30,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 249, "note": "75,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "200,000 transactions a month" }, { "item": "Business Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 949, "note": "500,000 transactions a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapquest Holdings LLC", "domain": "mapquest.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-01-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The developer site's footer reads '© 2026 Mapquest Holdings LLC, A System1 Company'.", "No terms link is given. The site's Terms of Use link, and developer.mapquest.com/legal, lead to https://system1.com/terms/terms-of-use, the parent's website terms (last updated 26 February 2021), which allow personal, non-commercial use only and do not mention the APIs. We found no API or platform terms published without a login.", "No privacy link is given. The only privacy document linked is the System1 OpCo, LLC group privacy policy at https://system1.com/terms/privacy-policy (last updated 5 July 2023), a parent company's notice.", "The REST API and the MCP server answer at www.mapquestapi.com, a second domain (registered 2008-09-08 per RDAP). MapQuest's own docs name that host. OAuth runs at login.mapquest.com.", "developer.mapquest.com/.well-known/security.txt redirects to the home page, www.mapquestapi.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and www.mapquest.com returned an empty 202 to our reader.", "No status page is linked from the developer site, the docs or the plans page. No changelog was found. The blog carries two product announcements dated 16 July 2026.", "RDAP for mapquest.com gives a registration date of 1996-01-10." ], "score": 35 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.json", "live": { "slug": "mapquest", "probe": { "target": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.909748924Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 251, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 262, "p95ms24h": 311, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.909748924Z" } }, "answer": "OpenCage Geocoding API scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "opencage", "name": "OpenCage Geocoding API", "vendor": "OpenCage", "vendorUrl": "https://opencagedata.com", "kind": "http-api", "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.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencage.json", "repo": "https://github.com/OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp", "license": "MIT (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "opencage-api-client" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "opencage" } ], "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", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 3, "popularity": { "githubStars": 19, "npmWeekly": 5501, "pypiWeekly": 137628, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://opencagedata.com/api", "llmsTxt": "https://opencagedata.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp", "capabilities": [ "geo.geocode", "geo.reverse" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "llms-txt", "mcp", "official", "python", "typescript", "open-data", "no-card", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 164, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 35, "reliability": 85, "schema": 77, "security": 47, "transparency": 84 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.", "bestFor": "Bulk or repeated geocoding where results go into a database, and for EU data residency.", "strengths": [ "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" ], "weaknesses": [ "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" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 35, "reliability": 85, "schema": 77, "security": 47, "transparency": 84 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "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}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/geo.geocode", "tool": "https://letme.dev/opencage" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "X-Small plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "10,000 requests a day, 15 a second" }, { "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": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.json", "live": { "slug": "opencage", "probe": { "target": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:17.672387521Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 101, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 170, "p95ms24h": 308, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "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": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.opencagedata.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:00.291025391Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp", "version": "1.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@opencage/mcp-opencage-server", "version": "1.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:23:55.161303445Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "opencage-api-client", "version": "2.2.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:23:56.067649427Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "opencage", "version": "3.4.0", "released": "2026-06-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:23:57.393962667Z" } ], "githubStars": 19, "npmWeekly": 48, "pypiWeekly": 221890, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://opencagedata.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-01-31T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:42.225778876Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://opencagedata.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:43.267080726Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "opencagedata.com", "registered": "2013-05-16", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/opencagedata.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:30.747621602Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenCageData/opencagedata-misc-docs/master/CHANGES.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:47.73540823Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cd00a99974a7" }, { "url": "https://opencagedata.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:37.582488199Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2a4d55e4f714" }, { "url": "https://opencagedata.com/gdpr", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:35.517366396Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:07:57.615589937Z", "fingerprint": "a8a426817cc3" }, { "url": "https://opencagedata.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:39.594813576Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:08:01.691588303Z", "fingerprint": "30104a7082ce" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:17.672387521Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MapQuest (System1)", "b": "OpenCage", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "b": "https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login", "b": "MIT (MCP server)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-07-16", "b": "2026-06-25", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "19 stars, 5.5k npm/wk, 138k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenCage Geocoding API scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MapQuest or OpenCage Geocoding API?" }, { "answer": "MapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. OpenCage Geocoding API needs an API key.", "question": "Do MapQuest and OpenCage Geocoding API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. MapQuest has a hosted endpoint at https://www.mapquestapi.com and OpenCage Geocoding API at https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json.", "question": "Can an agent call MapQuest and OpenCage Geocoding API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.", "slug": "mapquest", "watchFor": "No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 23", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 47", "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 47 against 28", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 23", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 28" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Bulk or repeated geocoding where results go into a database, and for EU data residency.", "slug": "opencage", "watchFor": "Geocoding only, no place search or routing" } ], "job": { "capability": "geo.geocode", "name": "Geo geocode" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Amazon Location Service vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-opencage.json", "title": "Amazon Location Service vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-location-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "ArcGIS Location Platform vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-opencage.json", "title": "ArcGIS Location Platform vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arcgis-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Azure Maps vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-maps-vs-opencage.json", "title": "Azure Maps vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "LocationIQ vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/locationiq-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "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/mapbox-vs-mapquest.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs MapQuest", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-mapquest" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-opencage.json", "title": "Mapbox APIs + MCP vs OpenCage Geocoding API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapbox-vs-opencage" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-stadia-maps.json", "title": "MapQuest vs Stadia Maps", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-stadia-maps" }, { "json": 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"ergonomics", "mapquest": 60, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "opencage": 86, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "opencage", "key": "security", "mapquest": 28, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "opencage": 47, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "opencage", "key": "payments", "mapquest": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "opencage": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 43, "edge": "opencage", "key": "maintenance", "mapquest": 23, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "opencage": 66, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 56, "edge": "opencage", "key": "transparency", "mapquest": 28, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "opencage": 84, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenCage Geocoding API scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do geo geocode.", "verdicts": { "mapquest": "One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string.", "opencage": "Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenCage Geocoding API scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do geo geocode.\n\n- MapQuest: grade F, 35.1/100, rank #710 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mapquest.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mapquest.json\n- OpenCage Geocoding API: grade B, 69.2/100, rank #164 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencage.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### MapQuest (F)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs US-centred geocoding, routing with truck profiles, traffic and place search behind one account, with an MCP server ready to connect.\n\nWatch for: No API terms of service found. The legal link leads to System1's 2021 website terms, which allow personal, non-commercial use only\n\n### OpenCage Geocoding API (B)\n\nGood for: Bulk or repeated geocoding where results go into a database, and for EU data residency.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 23\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 47\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 47 against 28\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 23\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 84 against 28\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Geocoding only, no place search or routing\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MapQuest | OpenCage Geocoding API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 23 | 85 | OpenCage Geocoding API +62 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 77 | OpenCage Geocoding API +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 86 | OpenCage Geocoding API +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 47 | OpenCage Geocoding API +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | OpenCage Geocoding API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 66 | OpenCage Geocoding API +43 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 84 | OpenCage Geocoding API +56 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **35.1 · F** | **69.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MapQuest | OpenCage Geocoding API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MapQuest (System1) | OpenCage |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.mapquestapi.com` | `https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login | MIT (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 3 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-16 | 2026-06-25 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 19 stars, 5.5k npm/wk, 138k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**MapQuest.** One account reaches geocoding, routing, place search and traffic through a REST API or a hosted MCP server with OAuth, at a published $0.0045 a transaction. No API terms, status page, changelog or product OpenAPI spec was found, and REST keys travel in the query string.\n\n**OpenCage Geocoding API.** Permanent storage of results on every plan, including after you cancel. Geocoding only, no place search or routing.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### MapQuest\n\n1. Register an account and create an API key before connecting the MCP server. Every tool needs an active key, chosen by nickname on first use\n2. Send REST calls to `https://www.mapquestapi.com` with `key` in the query string, and redact it from logged URLs\n3. Read `info.statuscode` in geocoding and directions responses. 0 is success, and errors such as 610 (ambiguous location) arrive in the body\n4. Set `thumbMaps=false` and `maxResults` on geocoding, and `pageSize` (1 to 50) on place search, to keep responses small\n5. Do not store or cache geocodes on a monthly or pay-as-you-go plan\n\n### OpenCage Geocoding API\n\n1. Add no_annotations=1 and limit=1 when you only need coordinates\n2. Stop on 402, which means the day's quota is gone, and back off on 429\n3. Add no_record=1 when the query holds personal data\n4. Redact the key parameter before logging request URLs\n5. Credit OpenStreetMap wherever you show results\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MapQuest or OpenCage Geocoding API?\n\nOpenCage Geocoding API scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do MapQuest and OpenCage Geocoding API need an API key?\n\nMapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. OpenCage Geocoding API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MapQuest and OpenCage Geocoding API without installing anything?\n\nYes. MapQuest has a hosted endpoint at https://www.mapquestapi.com and OpenCage Geocoding API at https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-opencage.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mapquest\", \"b\": \"opencage\"}`. 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