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NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd. · nextbillion.ai since 2019 · status page · who's behind it

NextBillion.ai is a Singapore mapping and routing platform for fleets and logistics. Its REST APIs cover directions, distance matrices, route optimisation, navigation, geocoding and places, with a hosted MCP server for agents.

Best for Fleet and delivery routing, distance matrices and route optimisation with truck profiles, plus geocoding and POI search, for companies ready for an annual contract.

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Assessment. NextBillion.ai covers routing, distance matrices, route optimisation, geocoding and places, and runs a hosted MCP server with 27 read-only annotated tools and OAuth sign-in. Pricing is by quote on annual licences, the REST API key travels in the query string, and no OpenAPI spec, API changelog or readable status history was found.

Facts

Access how an agent reaches and pays for it
Transport
HTTP, Streamable HTTP
Endpoint
https://mcp.nextbillion.io
Auth
OAuth or key
Pricing
Paid
x402
No
Licence
not stated
Tools exposed
27
Where it lives packages, source, docs and releases
llms.txt
published
Last release
From our research 8 facts checked against the vendor's pages
Surface listed
The REST APIs at api.nextbillion.io and the hosted MCP server at mcp.nextbillion.io, read from docs.nextbillion.ai (llms.txt and Markdown pages), nextbillion.ai (pricing, trial, terms, privacy, about), the nextbillion-mcp repository and the MCP server's OAuth metadata on 6 November 2026. No account was made, no key was used and no MCP session was opened
APIs
Directions, Distance Matrix (sync and async), Navigation, Isochrone, Snap to Roads, Hours of Service, Route Report, Batch Routing, Route Optimization, Driver Assignment, Clustering, Forward, Reverse, Structured, Batch and Postcode Geocode, Autocomplete, Autosuggest, Discover, Browse, Place Lookup, tracking and geofencing APIs, maps and static images
MCP tools
autocomplete, autosuggest, directions, distance_matrix, geocode_batch, geocode_forward, geocode_reverse, geocode_structured, isochrone, place_browse, place_lookup, place_search, postcode_lookup, search_along_route, static_map_image, static_route_map, four documentation tools and seven local geometry tools
Rate limits
2,400 queries a minute, or 40 a second, for continuous requests. 429 when the per-minute rate or the request quota is reached
SDKs
Android, iOS, Flutter and React Native navigation, maps and tracking SDKs and a web maps SDK. No official server-side client found
Pricing model
Three bundles (Basic, Advanced and Bespoke Route Planning) priced per order, asset or API call on annual licences, by quote
Ownership
Founded in 2020 by Ajay Bulusu, Gaurav Bubna and Shaolin Zheng, and part of Velocitor Solutions of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2025
Legal entity
NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd., Singapore, under Singapore law

Facts verified 6 November 2026 from vendor docs, repositories and package registries. JSON · Markdown

Strengths

  • Hosted MCP server at mcp.nextbillion.io with OAuth 2.1 and PKCE, and every API tool annotated read-only and idempotent
  • Routing, distance matrix, isochrone, route optimisation, geocoding and places APIs under one key
  • llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown versions of the docs pages
  • Documented rate limit of 2,400 queries a minute and a per-endpoint error table
  • 7-day free trial with no credit card

Weaknesses

  • Pricing is by quote on annual licences, with no public unit prices
  • The REST APIs take the key only as a key query parameter
  • No OpenAPI spec or API changelog found
  • No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy, and no SLA
  • The status page renders only in a browser, so its history couldn't be read

Before you call it notes for agents

  1. Connect through https://mcp.nextbillion.io so the key stays in a Bearer header or OAuth token rather than in request URLs
  2. Use the geometry tools only for straight-line questions; use directions or distance_matrix for travel time
  3. Batch up to 100 geocodes with geocode_batch instead of one call per address
  4. On 429 the quota or the 2,400-a-minute limit is reached; slow down and tell the user if credits are spent
  5. Search the docs with the MCP documentation tools before guessing a parameter

Who's behind it provenance 73/100

  • Legal entity namedNextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd.20/20
  • Domain agenextbillion.ai, registered 2019-08-07 (7 years)11/15
  • Endpoint on the vendor's domainmcp.nextbillion.io is not on nextbillion.ai0/15
  • Terms of serviceread, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects9.1/10
  • Privacy policyread, states 6 of the 8 things a reader expects8.5/10
  • Status pagestatus.nextbillion.io10/10
  • Changelogpublished10/10
  • security.txtnot found0/10
  • People named3 named with their role, 3 with a public profile10/10
  • Support routea support address, help pages5/5

Terms and privacy, as read

Terms of service gives no date, states 6 of 7, 1 to know

TL;DR Gives no date. States 6 of the 7 things a reader expects. To know before relying on it, cut-off without notice or for any reason.

Says access can be ended without notice or for any reason
Further, NextBillion also reserves the right to terminate Your Account and/or use of the Services at any time by providing thirty (30) days written notice due to business reasons which shall include discontinuation of the Services.

The vendor can suspend or close an account without warning, which would stop an agent mid-task.

Gives the date it was last updated

Not found in the text.

Without a date nobody can tell which version they agreed to.

Names the governing law or courts The law of Singapore
**Governing Law and Dispute Resolution:** These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Singapore.

Says where a dispute would be heard and under whose law.

States a limit on its liability Capped at the fees paid in the 12 months before the claim
…ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND LICENSORS, RELATING TO THESE TERMS, WILL BE LIMITED TO AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CHARGES PAID BY YOU UNDER THESE TERMS IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

Says the most the vendor would owe if the service causes a loss.

Says how the agreement or account can be ended
If Your payment method expires or otherwise becomes invalid during the subscription term, Your Account may be suspended.

Says when the vendor can cut off access and what notice it gives.

Says how changes to the terms are announced Gives ten days of notice before a change
We will notify You of any material revisions not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of any amendments to these Terms and Your continued use of the Services following the effective date of any such amendment may be relied upon by Us as Your acceptance of any such amendment.

Says whether a customer hears about a change before it binds them.

Lists what users may not do
**Acceptable Use:** You agree not to (a) license, sublicense, sell, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, timeshare, disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile or make the Services available to any third party, other than users in furtherance of Your internal business purposes as expressly permitted by thes…

The acceptable-use rules an agent acting for a user has to stay inside.

Refers to a service level or uptime commitment
For details, read our terms of service, privacy policy and service level agreement below.

Says whether availability is promised and where the promise is written.

The document · read 2026-11-06 · 6,027 words

Privacy policy gives no date, states 6 of 8

TL;DR Gives no date. States 6 of the 8 things a reader expects, and we didn't find whether data is sold. The rules found no clause to flag.

Gives the date it was last updated

Not found in the text.

Without a date nobody can tell which version applied when data was collected.

Says what personal data is collected
description: Read through our Privacy Policy to understand how and why we collect your personal data.

The basic statement a privacy policy exists to make.

Says how long data is kept
above, We will either delete it or aggregate it, or, if this is not possible then We will securely store Your Personal Data and isolate it from any further Processing until deletion is possible.

Says when data sent to the service is deleted.

Says who else receives the data
We collect supply chain management data, including Personal Data of individual contractors, agents and of account managers, resellers and staff of third-party suppliers who provide services to Us.

Names the sub-processors or service providers the data is passed to, or where they are listed.

Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising

Not found in the text.

A plain statement either way.

Says what rights people have over their data
You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications We send You at any time.

Access, correction, deletion and objection, and how to use them.

Gives a privacy contact
If You have questions about the security of Your Personal Data, please contact Us immediately as described in this Policy.

An address or officer to send a request to.

Says where data is transferred or stored Relies on standard contractual clauses
…recipient of Your Personal Data offers an adequate level of protection, for instance by entering into standard contractual clauses for the transfer of Personal Data as approved by the European Commission (Article 46 General Data Privacy Regulation, 2016), or We will ask You for Your prior consent to such international…

The countries data goes to and the safeguard used.

The document · read 2026-11-06 · 2,827 words

A reading by a fixed set of rules, each answered with the vendor's own sentence. It isn't legal advice, a rule can miss a clause or misread one, and the document itself is what binds. How it's read and scored.

The terms name NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd. and choose Singapore law, with mediation first. The privacy policy names Nextbillion.AI Pte. Ltd. and its affiliates.

The APIs and MCP server run on nextbillion.io, a second domain of the same company, while the site and docs are on nextbillion.ai.

nextbillion.ai/.well-known/security.txt and /security return 404. No vulnerability disclosure policy was found.

The changelog listed is the MCP server's; no changelog for the REST APIs was found.

RDAP gives nextbillion.ai a registration date of 7 August 2019. robots.txt on nextbillion.ai and docs.nextbillion.ai allows these pages, and docs robots.txt allows /llms*.txt.

The acceptable use clause bars reselling or making the services available to third parties. No clause on automated access to the website was found.

Checked 2026-11-06 against the vendor's own pages and the domain registry. Provenance is half of Transparency & trust.

Humans behind the project who makes it and where to get help

Key people

NextBillion.ai on LinkedIn @nextbillionai GitHub

Ownership Acquired by Velocitor Solutions, 1 October 2025

Raised $34.25M in total, as of November 2026 source

Backed byLightspeed Venture Partners,Alpha Wave Global,Microsoft,Mirae Asset,FounderBank Capital,CSVE Ventures

Researched 6 November 2026 from public pages. NextBillion.ai's about page, read on 6 November 2026, names Gaurav Bubna, Ajay Bulusu and Shaolin Zheng as co-founders, who met on Grab's Geo team in 2017 and launched the company in 2020, and links each one's LinkedIn and two of their X accounts. The same page names four investors (Lightspeed, Alpha Wave Global, M12 and Mirae Asset Capital) behind $34.25 million raised. NextBillion.ai's own post of 1 October 2025 says Velocitor Solutions, of Charlotte, North Carolina, completed the full acquisition of the company, and gives no price, so no valuation is set. Its post of 23 May 2022 announces a $21 million Series B led by Mirae Asset Capital, with FounderBank Capital and CSVE Ventures as new investors. Gunderson Dettmer's client news of 25 June 2020 says Lightspeed India Partners co-led the Series A. News reports of the Series A, which name Falcon Edge Capital as the other co-lead and M12 as the investor in a $6.25 million extension in May 2021, are on Inc42 and other hosts whose robots.txt shuts out Anthropic's crawlers, so they weren't used, and Alpha Wave Global and M12 keep the about page as their source without a round. Shown for information, not part of the grade yet. People's accounts link to their own profiles; check them before you rely on one.

Sources (7)

Live watched around the clock · updated 2026-11-07 17:38 UTC

Right nowUpHTTP 405 · 379 ms · 2 minutes ago
Uptime 24h100.0%193 probes
Uptime 30 days100.0%193 probes
p50 24h383 msget
p95 24h517 msopen endpoint

Probed every five minutes at https://mcp.nextbillion.io. A probe counts as up when the endpoint answers without a server error, including a 401 that asks for credentials.

  • Vendor status page unknown, no machine-readable status found · 12 hours ago
  • github nextbillion-ai/nextbillion-mcp v0.5.3, released 2026-10-30
  • GitHub stars 0
  • security.txt none · 1 hour ago
  • llms.txt answers · 2 hours ago

Pages we watch

PageKindLast checkedLast changed
raw.githubusercontent.com/nextbillion-ai/nextbillion-mcp/ma…changelog3 hours ago · 200no change seen
nextbillion.ai/privacyprivacy3 hours ago · 200no change seen
nextbillion.ai/terms-of-serviceterms3 hours ago · 200no change seen

Live data comes from our pollers, trackers and scrapers and doesn't change the score until a benchmark run. What we watch · /api/v1/live/nextbillion.json

Tools it lists 27 · about 17,777 tokens of context · checked 15 hours ago

ToolWhat it doesHint
autocompleteAutocompleteComplete a partial address or administrative-area prefix into full valid addresses (e.g. "stat" -> "State Capitol, ..."). Use for prefix completion as the user types; use autosuggest for typo-tolerant fuzzy suggestions…read-only
autosuggestAutosuggestSuggest address and place candidates from an incomplete or misspelled query (typo-tolerant, e.g. "aqaurium" still matches aquariums). Use for search-as-you-type; use autocomplete for strict prefix completion of valid…read-only
bboxBounding BoxThe smallest latitude/longitude box around a set of points, a line or a polygon, optionally padded in metres — for example a viewport for static_map_image or a spatial filter. Handles shapes that straddle the…read-only
bufferBuffer Zone Around a Point, Line or PolygonBuild the zone within a given straight-line distance of a point (a circle), a line (a corridor, e.g. 1 km along a route) or a polygon (grown outward, or shrunk inward with a negative distance). Geodesic on WGS84,…read-only
centroidCentroid and Label Point of a PolygonThe area-weighted centre of a polygon and a label point that is guaranteed to lie inside it (the centroid of a C- or ring-shaped area falls outside; the label point does not). Computed locally, no sign-in needed.…read-only
directionsDirectionsCalculate a route between an origin and a destination with optional waypoints; returns distance (meters), duration (seconds) and an encoded polyline per route, which static_route_map can draw. Use distance_matrix for…read-only
distance_matrixDistance MatrixCompute travel distance (meters) and duration (seconds) for every origin-to-destination pair in one call; one row per origin with one element per destination, in input order. Use it instead of repeated directions calls…read-only
geocode_batchBatch GeocodeForward-geocode up to 100 free-text queries in one request; returns one ranked result set per query, in input order. Use it instead of repeated geocode_forward calls when several addresses are needed: this endpoint has…read-only
geocode_forwardForward GeocodeConvert a free-text address, place name, locality or administrative area into coordinates and a full postal address; tolerates incomplete or partly wrong input. Use geocode_batch for many addresses, place_search for…read-only
geocode_reverseReverse GeocodeFind the nearest address for a coordinate; returns the full postal address, the matched position and a bounding box. Parameters: coordinate {latitude, longitude} (required); optional country_codes, bounding_box {west,…read-only
geocode_structuredStructured GeocodeGeocode an address given as separate fields instead of one string; searches addresses and administrative areas only, never POIs. Use when the components are already known and precision matters; otherwise use…read-only
get_api_parametersGet API ParametersGet structured parameter details for a NextBillion REST API endpoint: type, required, default, allowed values, units and description. More precise than a prose search for questions about one specific parameter. Returns…read-only
get_documentationGet Documentation PageFetch the full text of one documentation page by its doc_id, as returned by search_documentation. Use when an excerpt is not enough to answer accurately. Pages over the size limit return truncated: true and a section…read-only
isochroneIsochroneCalculate the area reachable from a point within given travel times or distances; returns a GeoJSON FeatureCollection of contours (geometry coordinates are [longitude, latitude]). Each contour ring can be drawn with…read-only
list_documentation_topicsList Documentation TopicsList the available documentation categories, APIs and pages, with index metadata. Useful before searching, when the right terms are not yet known, e.g. to see which APIs exist for a problem area. When the index is…read-only
measureMeasure Straight-Line Distance, Length, Area or BearingMeasure straight-line (geodesic, WGS84) distance between two points, the length of a line, the area and perimeter of a polygon, or the bearing from one point to another. Straight-line (geodesic) geometry computed…read-only
nearestNearest Point or Position on a LineFind the candidate points nearest to a target as the crow flies (e.g. the closest depots to a customer), or snap the target onto a line and report the closest position on it. Straight-line (geodesic) distances, computed…read-only
place_browseBrowse Places by CategoryList places of given categories around a location, ranked by distance, without a text query - e.g. all restaurants or schools near a point. Use place_search when the user describes what they want in words; use…read-only
place_lookupPlace LookupFetch the full details of a place (address, position, access points, categories, contacts) by its unique id, as returned by place_search, geocode_forward, autosuggest, autocomplete or search_along_route. Parameters: id…read-only
place_searchSearch PlacesSearch for places, points of interest and businesses with a free-text query (e.g. "gas station", "coffee"), ranked by relevance around a location. Use geocode_forward for plain address-to-coordinates conversion.…read-only
points_in_polygonPoints in PolygonGeofencing: tell which of up to 1,000 points lie inside a polygon, for example which delivery addresses fall within an isochrone contour or a service area. Holes are respected; the test is done in map (flat degree)…read-only
polygon_opsPolygon Union, Intersection or DifferenceCombine polygons: union (merge), intersect (overlap) or difference (first minus the others), for example the overlap of two isochrones or the part of a zone not covered by a depot area. Returns the resulting GeoJSON…read-only
postcode_lookupPostcode LookupGet the centroid and boundary polygon of a postal/ZIP code, or find the postal code that contains a coordinate; one lookup per call. Supported countries: USA, India, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Indonesia, France,…read-only
search_along_routeSearch Along RouteFind places matching a text query along a driving route, with the detour time and distance each stop adds - for "find X on the way" questions. Pass the route as an ordered list of waypoints, e.g. the origin, waypoints…read-only
search_documentationSearch DocumentationSearch NextBillion's official API and SDK documentation. Use for any question about how NextBillion works: calling an API, what a parameter means, which API to use, or SDK setup. Answers come from an index of the…read-only
static_map_imageStatic Map ImageRender a static map image centered on a location, with optional markers and line/polygon overlays; returns the image inline (path in the result text). For a map auto-fitted to a route or to overlays, use…read-only
static_route_mapStatic Route MapRender a static map auto-fitted to a route and/or overlays: a route from directions, and/or lines and filled polygons such as isochrone contours; very long geometry is simplified automatically to fit the map API URL…read-only

What https://mcp.nextbillion.io answered to tools/list, asked without credentials over MCP 2026-07-28. The token figure is the size of the list as sent, divided by four; a model sees about that much before it calls anything. Full definitions, input schemas included, are in the listing's JSON under mcpTools.

How its tools read to an agent 0 errors · 6 warnings · 1 note

  • warnTC11bbox3 parameters without a description: points, points[].latitude, points[].longitude
  • warnTC11geocode_structured8 parameters without a description: city, county, house_number, neighborhood, postal_code, state and 2 more
  • warnTC13static_map_imagepaths[].geojson_coordinates[] (array with no items)
  • warnTC13static_route_mappaths[].geojson_coordinates[] (array with no items)
  • warnTC22directionsthe definition is about 1,699 tokens
  • warnTC23server27 tools, about 17,789 tokens of definitions
  • noteTC24server27 of 27 tools have no outputSchema

The checks from /check and anchor check, run each day on the list above: about 17,777 tokens of definitions. Not part of the score yet. Check your own server.

Notable

  • Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.nextbillion.io with 27 tools (16 API tools, four documentation tools, seven local geometry tools), Apache-2.0, version 0.5.3 on 30 October 2026 source
  • The MCP server went hosted-only in version 0.4.2 on 27 October 2026, removing the local stdio mode source
  • Every API tool in the MCP server carries readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and destructiveHint false (packages/server/src/tools/types.ts)
  • Rate limit of 2,400 queries a minute, or 40 a second, stated in the API reference source
  • Part of Velocitor Solutions since 2025, per the about page, after raising $34.25 million in venture capital source

Reviews by the Anchor panel

Every review here is a desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. The outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material. How reviews work.

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Score breakdown methodology v0.7 · October 2026 research run

Assessed on 6 November 2026 from public evidence, against the published checklist. Confidence medium. Performance and Task success are pending until our probes and task suites run, so the total is over the 7 assessed categories, each weight divided by 80.

CategoryWeight this runScorePoints
Reliabilitychecked 6 November 2026 16%20 9.0
Hosted lines, for the REST APIs at api.nextbillion.io and the hosted MCP server. A status page at status.nextbillion.io, 'NextBillion.AI API Status', renders only in a browser, and its Statuspage-style JSON paths return 404, so we couldn't see its components (10) or read any history. That's our limit, not a finding, and the rubric gives 5 (5). The API reference states 2,400 queries a minute, or 40 a second, for continuous requests (15). Each endpoint's error table lists 429 as 'QPM or API request count quota reached', with no Retry-After or backoff guidance (5). No SLA found; the terms say access isn't warranted to be uninterrupted (0). The REST APIs are GA. The MCP server is at version 0.5.3 (10). 10+5+15+5+0+10 = 45.
Performancenot scored in this run 10%pending pending n/a
Schema & documentationchecked 6 November 2026 13%16.2 11.9
No OpenAPI document for the REST APIs was found in llms.txt or the docs. The hosted MCP server's 27 tools are defined with Zod schemas, so they carry typed JSON Schema inputs (15 of 25). llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown file for each docs page (10). Endpoint pages explain each parameter, and MCP tool descriptions say when not to use a tool, such as the geometry tools being straight-line rather than road distance (16). Parameter tables give types, allowed values and defaults, such as types and limit (default 10), though in packs several filters into one string (12). curl examples and a per-endpoint error table with causes (13). The MCP server has a dated changelog. No API changelog or versioned path was found (7). 15+10+16+12+13+7 = 73.
Agent ergonomicschecked 6 November 2026 13%16.2 12.5
MCP reading, since the hosted server is the agent surface. 27 tools, four of them for documentation and seven local geometry tools, with shapes simplified to a 500-vertex budget to save context (18). limit, types, country, bbox and circle filters, and batch geocoding of up to 100 queries (16). The error table explains each code, and the MCP masks the key in error text (15). Every API tool is marked readOnlyHint, idempotentHint and not destructive in the source (18). Few required parameters and explicit latitude and longitude objects, but no official server-side SDK, only mobile and web map SDKs (10). 18+16+15+18+10 = 77.
Security & authchecked 6 November 2026 14%17.5 8.1
The REST APIs take a single key query parameter, so a plain key that travels in URLs, which earns 20 less 10. The MCP server adds OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, seals the key into tokens with AES-256-GCM, accepts a Bearer header and stores nothing server-side, so 5 back (15). Every tool is read-only, and keys can carry an IP allowlist (12). Places results are POI and address text with no prompt-injection guidance (7). Usage alerts at 50, 75 and 90 per cent of credits, per the pricing FAQ. No per-call log found (5). /.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and we found no disclosure policy or bug bounty. The about page says the company follows ISO 27001 standards, without naming a certificate (7). 15+12+7+5+7 = 46.
Payments & pricingchecked 6 November 2026 10%12.5 2.5
No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Pricing is by quote, with annual licences per order, asset or API call and no published unit price (0). A 7-day free trial with an API key and 'No credit card required' (20). A person signs up through the console or emails support for a key (0). 0+0+20+0 = 20.
Task successnot scored in this run 10%pending pending n/a
Maintenance & communitychecked 6 November 2026 7%8.8 6.4
MCP server 0.5.3 on 30 October 2026 (30). Eleven tagged MCP releases between 7 October and 30 October, adding hosted mode, truck routing and geometry tools (20). Support by email, a public MCP repository with a changelog, but no public API changelog (8). The MCP server isn't in the official MCP registry, and we didn't check the mobile SDK versions (7). The MCP repository runs CI with unit and end-to-end tests (8). 30+20+8+7+8 = 73.
Transparency & trusteditorial 43, provenance 73checked 6 November 2026 7%8.8 5.1
Editorial half only. Closed service under terms that name NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd. and Singapore law, and an Apache-2.0 MCP server (18). The privacy policy keeps personal data while a legitimate business need exists, with no periods given. The MCP README says only tool arguments are sent to the API and nothing is retained between requests (14). No deprecation policy or dated notices found. The terms promise 10 days' notice of material changes to the terms (3). Data is mainly processed in Singapore, with transfers abroad under standard clauses. No sub-processor list found (8). 18+14+3+8 = 43.
Negative events≤15None recorded0
Total55.4 · C

Weight is the published weight, and the figure under it is that category's share of the 100 points in this run. A pending category has no score and adds nothing. What changes when it's scored.

Score history no moves since it was graded

Every time a number on this listing moved, and what moved it: a change of terms or pricing, an outage, the vendor's own release, new evidence, or our own correction. A score can't change without an entry here. Every listing's changes · JSON · RSS

  1. Graded 55.4 C methodology v0.7

Fix list 16 items, the biggest gain first

Everything this grade says the listing lacks, from the reasons above, the checklist, the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for, with the steps, ready to paste into a coding agent working on NextBillion.ai. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.

What we couldn't check

  • unchecked: incident history on status.nextbillion.io, which renders only in a browser
  • unchecked: whether the 7-day trial key is issued instantly or after review, since the trial page doesn't say
  • No OpenAPI document or API changelog was found in the docs or llms.txt
  • The ISO 27001 statement on the about page doesn't say whether NextBillion.ai holds the certificate

Sources 11

  1. docs llms.txt docs.nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  2. site llms.txt nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  3. Forward Geocode API reference docs.nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  4. MCP server repository and changelog github.com · seen 2026-11-06
  5. MCP protected resource metadata mcp.nextbillion.io · seen 2026-11-06
  6. pricing nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  7. trial page nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  8. terms of service nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  9. privacy policy nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  10. about page nextbillion.ai · seen 2026-11-06
  11. status page status.nextbillion.io · seen 2026-11-06

Probe metrics

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Pricing & changes

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curl "https://api.nextbillion.io/geocode?q=market&at=40.720685,-74.044772&in=countryCode:USA&key=$NBAI_API_KEY"

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http nextbillion https://mcp.nextbillion.io

MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nextbillion": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nextbillion.io"
    }
  }
}

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