AddressFinder
"Australasia's address experts" - a platform enabling organisations across Australia and New Zealand to keep their data accurate and dependable, offering address autocomplete, verification, email and phone verification, and bulk database cleansing. [1]
AddressFinder is an address autocomplete and verification platform focused on Australia and New Zealand, validating against authoritative datasets including GNAF and Australia Post PAF with monthly updates. It also covers email and phone verification, geocode append, and bulk database cleansing, with international autocomplete extending to 16 countries via ESRI and HERE data. Pricing is published, self-serve, and hybrid by month, with a 30-day free trial including 1,000 lookups and no credit card required. The service holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification and GDPR compliance, and offers a REST API with SDK integrations for Ruby, JavaScript, PHP (WooCommerce), and Magento 2.
Best for / Avoid if
Best for: Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box
Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying
Scores
- 30 / 100Agent friendliness
- 60 / 100Pricing transparency
- 60 / 100Setup speed
- 35 / 100Docs quality
- 75 / 100Procurement ease
- 60 / 100Trust readiness
Pricing & procurement
- Pricing model
- Hybrid (base + usage) [2]
- Published pricing
- ✓ Yes [3]
- Free tier
- ✗ No [4]
- Self-serve signup
- ✓ Yes
- Requires sales call
- ✗ No
- Enterprise plan
- ✓ Yes [5]
| Plan | Item | Per | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agile (AU) | base monthly subscription — 200 lookups included | month | $13.38 | source |
| Agile (AU) | overage per additional lookup beyond 200/month | lookup | $0.0669 | source |
| Business (AU) | base monthly subscription — 500 lookups included | month | $38.72 | source |
| Business (AU) | overage per additional lookup beyond 500/month | lookup | $0.0774 | source |
| Enterprise (AU) | custom plan — contact sales (SAML SSO, IP/firewall, dedicated support, uptime SLA) | - | source | |
| Agile (NZ) | base monthly subscription — 200 lookups included | month | $11.02 | source |
| Agile (NZ) | overage per additional lookup beyond 200/month | lookup | $0.0551 | source |
| Business (NZ) | base monthly subscription — 500 lookups included | month | $31.9 | source |
| Business (NZ) | overage per additional lookup beyond 500/month | lookup | $0.0638 | source |
| Enterprise (NZ) | custom plan — contact sales | - | source |
Capabilities
- Supported actions
- address_autocomplete, address_verification, address_metadata, location_autocomplete, location_metadata, address_reverse_geocode, points_of_interest_autocomplete, points_of_interest_metadata, bulk_verify, email_verify, phone_verify, international_address_autocomplete, international_address_metadata, supported_countries_list
- Regions
- Australia (primary - uses GNAF and Australia Post PAF datasets, monthly updates), New Zealand (primary - uses NZ Post PAF, LINZ AIMS, Stats NZ, OpenStreetMaps, monthly updates), International autocomplete: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States (16 countries via ESRI and HERE data) [6]
- Input types
- free-form address string (q parameter), unique address ID (id/gnaf_id/dpid for metadata lookup), GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude for reverse geocode), partial address string (autocomplete), structured state/postcode filter parameters
- Output types
- standardized full address string, structured address components (street number, street name, street type, unit, locality, state, postcode), GNAF ID, DPID (Australia Post delivery point identifier), latitude/longitude coordinates (WGS84), meshblock, SA1, SA2 statistical area identifiers, LGA name and type code, match/success boolean, JSON, XML, completions array (autocomplete), email verification result, phone verification result
- Webhooks
- ✗ No
- Sandbox / test mode
- ✗ No [7]
- SDK languages
- Ruby, JavaScript (Widget), PHP (WooCommerce), PHP (Magento 2) [8]
- MCP server
- ✗ No
Trust & compliance
- SOC 2
- SOC 2 Type II [9]
- HIPAA
- ✗ No [10]
- GDPR
- ✓ Yes [11]
- ISO 27001
- – Unknown
- PCI DSS
- ✗ No [12]
- Published SLA
- ✓ Yes [13]
- Known restrictions
- Australia Post PAF data may not be used for on-selling or creating competing products (per Terms of Service), Usage restricted to internal business purposes and owned database cleansing only - no redistribution, International autocomplete limited to 16 countries (AU, BE, CA, CZ, DK, FR, DE, IE, NZ, NL, PT, SG, ES, SE, GB, US), Address Reverse Geocode API available for NZ only (not AU), Points of Interest API available for NZ only (not AU), High-volume launches (several thousand requests/minute) require advance notice to AddressFinder support, Free plan (200 lookups/month recurring) was deprecated as of 24 September 2025; only 30-day trial available for new users, No explicit no-store clause but data must be used for internal verification purposes only [14]
Developer surface
Integration
- API style
- rest
- Base URL
- https://api.addressfinder.io/api/
- Version
- v2
- Versioning
- url
- Stability
- ga
- Auth methods
- api_key, oauth2
- Error format
- vendor-specific JSON: {"completions": [], "message": "...", "error_code": "XXXX", "success": false}
Adoption & maturity
- Launched
- 2010-01-01
- Notable customers
- Les Mills, UDC Finance, Save The Children, Salvos Stores, Consumer NZ, Finance Now, Loyalty New Zealand, The Dinner Ladies, Sanity Music Stores, TASS, Cove, Stake
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Smarty (US & International Address Verification)
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Service Objects DOTS Address Validation
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References
- ↑Description: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑Pricing model: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑Published pricing: addressfinder.com
- ↑Free tier: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑Enterprise plan: addressfinder.com
- ↑Regions: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑Sandbox: addressfinder.com
- ↑SDK languages: github.com
- ↑SOC 2: addressfinder.com · trust.addressfinder.com
- ↑HIPAA: addressfinder.com · trust.addressfinder.com
- ↑GDPR: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑PCI DSS: addressfinder.com · trust.addressfinder.com
- ↑Published SLA: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
- ↑Known restrictions: addressfinder.com · addressfinder.com
Change history
- 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 30
- 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 35
- 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://addressfinder.com.au/au/docs/api/overview
- 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
- 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"autocomplete":true,"international":true,"geocode_append":true}
- 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → AddressFinder is an address autocomplete and verification platform focused on A…
- 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
- 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
- 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 60
- 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
- 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 60
- 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 60
- 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
- 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 75
- 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
- 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
- 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://addressfinder.com.au/docs
- 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
- 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
- 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
- 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
- 2026-06-14 SOC 2: set to type_2
- 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
- 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
- 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
- 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
- 2026-06-14 SLA URL: set to https://addressfinder.com/au/terms
- 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://addressfinder.com/au/privacy
- 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Australia Post PAF data may not be used for on-selling or creating competing pr…
- 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key, oauth2
- 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://addressfinder.com/au/docs/api/overview
- 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
- 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.addressfinder.io/api/
- 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v2
- 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
- 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
- 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://addressfinder.com/au/docs/getting_started
- 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific JSON: {"completions": [], "message": "...", "error_code": "XXXX…
- 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to Yes
- 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
- 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 30-day free trial with 1,000 lookups (no credit card required)
- 2026-06-14 Slug: set to addressfinder
- 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Les Mills, UDC Finance, Save The Children, Salvos Stores, Consumer NZ, Finance …
- 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to documented_rate_limits, iso_27001, sandbox_available (no explicit test/sandbox …
- 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
- 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
- 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- 2026-06-14 Status: set to published
- 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2010-01-01
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