{ "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": "2026-10-09T01:12:50.835988725Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 251, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 256, "p95ms24h": 281, "samples24h": 63, "samples30d": 63, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:50.835988725Z" } }, "answer": "TomTom Maps APIs + MCP scores 54.9 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "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": 54.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 524, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 58 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range.", "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 41 }, "provenanceScore": 74 }, "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": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.json", "live": { "slug": "tomtom", "probe": { "target": "https://api.tomtom.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:59.465642561Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 138, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 169, "p95ms24h": 390, "samples24h": 267, "samples30d": 1997, "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": 13, "ok": 13 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://tomtom.service-now.com/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:16.776326806Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "tomtom-international/tomtom-mcp", "version": "v1.6.11", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:32:33.085009115Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@tomtom-org/tomtom-mcp", "version": "1.6.11", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:32:32.173474546Z" } ], "githubStars": 56, "npmWeekly": 633, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://tomtom.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:02.112536049Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.tomtom.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:56.781511967Z" }, "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": "2026-10-08T18:19:40.589393441Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9f426a4be50f" }, { "url": "https://www.tomtom.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:31:01.446679763Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:31:01.446679763Z", "fingerprint": "b77d548785dc" }, { "url": "https://docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:38.500477859Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "68f5b7cd1e5c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T01:12:59.465642561Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "MapQuest (System1)", "b": "TomTom", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://www.mapquestapi.com", "b": "https://api.tomtom.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login", "b": "Apache-2.0 (MCP server)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "15", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-07-16", "b": "2026-09-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "55 stars, 996 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "TomTom Maps APIs + MCP scores 54.9 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, MapQuest or TomTom Maps APIs + MCP?" }, { "answer": "MapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP needs an API key.", "question": "Do MapQuest and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. MapQuest has a hosted endpoint at https://www.mapquestapi.com and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP at https://api.tomtom.com.", "question": "Can an agent call MapQuest and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25" ], "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, 30 against 23", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 47", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 60", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 28", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 23", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 28" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range.", "slug": "tomtom", "watchFor": "Terms, rate limits and deprecation policy render client-side, so storage rules and notice periods are unverified" } ], "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": 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MapQuest leads on payments \u0026 pricing. 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.", "tomtom": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.min.md" }, "markdown": "TomTom Maps APIs + MCP scores 54.9 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest leads on payments \u0026 pricing. 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- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP: grade C, 54.9/100, rank #524 of 722. 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\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\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\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### TomTom Maps APIs + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 30 against 23\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 47\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 28\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 23\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 28\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Terms, rate limits and deprecation policy render client-side, so storage rules and notice periods are unverified\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | MapQuest | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 23 | 30 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 71 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 78 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 51 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +23 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | MapQuest +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 86 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +63 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 58 | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **35.1 · F** | **54.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | MapQuest | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MapQuest (System1) | TomTom |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.mapquestapi.com` | `https://api.tomtom.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service. No API terms were found published without a login | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 15 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-07-16 | 2026-09-23 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 55 stars, 996 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (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**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### 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### 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. Redact the key parameter before logging REST URLs\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, MapQuest or TomTom Maps APIs + MCP?\n\nTomTom Maps APIs + MCP scores 54.9 (C) on agent readiness against MapQuest's 35.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MapQuest leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do MapQuest and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP need an API key?\n\nMapQuest takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call MapQuest and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. MapQuest has a hosted endpoint at https://www.mapquestapi.com and TomTom Maps APIs + MCP at https://api.tomtom.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mapquest-vs-tomtom.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"mapquest\", \"b\": \"tomtom\"}`. 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