# Radar vs TomTom Maps APIs + MCP (slim)

> TomTom Maps scores 54.9 (C) to Radar's 53.3 (D) for geocoding. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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TomTom Maps APIs + MCP scores 54.9 (C) on agent readiness against Radar's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Radar leads on reliability and security & auth. Both do geocoding.

- Radar: D 53.3, rank #713 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.min.md
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP: C 54.9, rank #675 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.min.md
- Radar, good for A company that already has a Radar contract, or wants geofencing and trip tracking with geocoding and routing on one key. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 30; Security & auth, 56 against 51.
- TomTom Maps APIs + MCP, good for Drive planning with live traffic, EV charging and reachable range. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 71 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65; Payments & pricing, 25 against 10; Maintenance & community, 86 against 77. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Radar | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 50 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Radar | TomTom Maps APIs + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Radar Labs | TomTom |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.radar.io/v1` | `https://api.tomtom.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Radar's Terms of Use. The web SDK in radarlabs/radar-sdk-js is Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) |
| Tools exposed | none | 15 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2023-05-24 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-13 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 55 stars, 996 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |