# NextBillion.ai (slim)

> 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.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion.md (~8,350 tokens) · this version ~1,680 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-07 · pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion#pricing · reviews https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion#reviews
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

**C · 55.4/100 · rank #869 of 1486 · #15 in Maps, geocoding & places · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


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

- Kind: HTTP API · vendor: NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd. · category: Maps, geocoding & places · legal entity: NextBillion.ai Pte. Ltd. · provenance 73/100
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.nextbillion.io` (HTTP, Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: OAuth or key · pricing: Paid · x402: no · licence: unknown
- Benchmark probes: not run yet, so Performance is pending
- Live, from our pollers (not part of the score): up at 2026-11-07 18:20 UTC · uptime 30 days 100.0% (200 probes) · p50 383 ms · p95 503 ms over 24 hours
- Vendor status page: not read, no machine-readable status found (2026-11-07 04:48 UTC)
- 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

- Scores: Reliability 45, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 73, Agent ergonomics 77, Security & auth 46, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 73, Transparency & trust 58 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Hosted lines, for the REST APIs at api.nextbillion.io and the hosted MCP server. · Schema & documentation, No OpenAPI document for the REST APIs was found in llms.txt or the docs. · Agent ergonomics, MCP reading, since the hosted server is the agent surface. · Security & auth, 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… · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, MCP server 0.5.3 on 30 October 2026 (30). · Transparency & trust, Editorial half only.
- Sources: 11, open questions: 4, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: geo.routing, geo.geocode, geo.reverse, geo.places, geo.tiles
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nextbillion.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/nextbillion.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nextbillion from a page on nextbillion.ai or one of its subdomains, or the README at the root of github.com/nextbillion-ai/nextbillion-mcp, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.
- Support: support@nextbillion.ai; https://docs.nextbillion.ai/; more in the full twin

## Before you call it

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

## Connect

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

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http nextbillion https://mcp.nextbillion.io
```
Full config and headless snippets are in the full page. Through letme (picks today, calling later): https://letme.dev/nextbillion

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