HERE Geocoding and Search

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)

Avoid if: You need transparent pricing up front

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  35 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  55 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  85 / 100
  Setup speed
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  35 / 100
  Docs quality
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  80 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  75 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Contact sales [2]here.com/get-started/pricing/supplemental-pricing“The information included on this page constitutes 'Confidential Information' under the HERE Platform Terms or your NDA with HERE.”here.com/get-started/pricing“No specific plan prices, per-transaction rates, or tier breakdowns are displayed on the public pricing page; visitors are directed to 'Get started for free' or 'Contact Us'.”

Published pricing

✗ No [3]here.com/get-started/pricing/supplemental-pricing“The information included on this page constitutes 'Confidential Information' under the HERE Platform Terms or your NDA with HERE.”here.com/get-started/pricing“Tell us your unique needs, we'll help you find a solution [no specific per-transaction prices listed on the public pricing page]”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“The Limited Plan will be officially retired on August 31, 2025. The HERE Base Plan offering includes free monthly service transaction thresholds and simple, pay-as-you-grow pricing.”here.com/learn/blog/july-2025-platform-release-notes“Users on the Limited Plan will no longer be able to use this plan after August 31, 2025.”

Free tier details

Base Plan (requires payment info/credit card): includes complimentary monthly transaction thresholds across HERE Location Services with pay-as-you-grow pricing above the free allowance. Specific monthly free transaction amounts are not publicly disclosed - visible only after account sign-up. The no-credit-card Limited Plan was officially retired on August 31, 2025. [5]here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“The HERE Base Plan offering includes free monthly service transaction thresholds and simple, pay-as-you-grow pricing.”here.com/learn/blog/how-to-get-started-with-here-platform“The Base Plan requires a credit card during registration, but users will not be charged unless they exceed the free tier of any Platform Resource. This plan is pay-as-you-grow Transaction pricing for all HERE Location Services requests.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]here.com/get-started/pricing“Get started for free [self-serve sign-up available without sales contact]”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [7]here.com/pricing/support-plans“HERE explicitly labels Premium Success, Premium, Advanced, and Essential as Enterprise Plans designed to match your specific business need.”

• Forward geocoding
• Reverse geocoding
• Address autocomplete
• Batch / bulk

Supported actions

geocode, reverse_geocode, discover, autocomplete, autosuggest, browse, lookup, multi_reverse_geocode, signals, batch_geocode [8]docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/here-geocoding-and-search-api-v7-endpoints“The documentation lists these endpoint categories: Discover, Geocode, Autocomplete, Autosuggest, Browse, Lookup, Reverse Geocode, Multi-Reverse Geocode, Signals, and Batch API.”

Regions

global, 100+ countries and territories [9]here.com/platform/geocoding“400 million address locations across 100+ countries and territories; 120+ million places in global dataset.”

Languages

BCP 47 language codes supported for response language via lang parameter; returns results in local official language by default

Input types

free-form text address, structured address, lat/lon coordinates, place name, phone number, category, chain name, postal code

Output types

JSON

Webhooks

✗ No [10]docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/introduction-to-here-geocoding-search-api-v7“The Geocoding & Search API is a synchronous REST API; no webhook/callback endpoint is documented in the API reference.”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [11]docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/introduction-to-here-geocoding-search-api-v7“No dedicated sandbox or test-mode environment documented; the Base Plan's complimentary transaction allowance is used for testing in the live production environment.”

SDK languages

JavaScript, C++, TypeScript [12]developer.here.com/plan-features“Base Plan includes access to HERE's language and operating SDKs for Java and Scala, Python, C++, Typescript, Android, iOS, and Flutter.”

MCP server

✗ No [13]mcp.so/server/heremaps-mcp-server/limingchina“HERE Maps MCP Server — community implementation by third party (limingchina), not maintained by HERE Technologies' official GitHub organization.”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [14]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“SOC 2 Type 2 is a report based on the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) existing Trust Services Criteria designed to evaluate security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. HERE Technologies has achieved SOC 2 attestation.”

HIPAA

✗ No [15]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) r2. [HIPAA not listed among certifications; page lists: ISO 42001, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, SOC 2 Type 2, TISAX, CSA STAR Level 2, ENS, GDPR EU 2016/679, HITRUST r2]”

GDPR

✓ Yes [16]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“GDPR EU 2016/679 – General Data Protection Regulation attestation”

ISO 27001

✓ Yes [17]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – Information Security Management System (ISMS)”

PCI DSS

✗ No [18]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“Certifications listed: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, HITRUST r2, CSA STAR Level 2, TISAX, GDPR, ENS. PCI DSS not mentioned.”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [19]docs.here.com/policies/docs/service-availability“The following services have a 99.9% monthly uptime: Batch Geocoding API v6, Geocoder API v6, Geocoder Autocomplete API v6, Geocoding & Search API v7, Places (Search) API v2.”docs.here.com/policies/docs/here-service-level-agreement“This Service Level Agreement (SLA) outlines HERE targets related to service availability and service response times.”

Rate limits

Base Plan: pay-as-you-grow with no published per-plan RPS cap. Geocoding & Search API v7: 99.9% monthly uptime SLA. (The Limited Plan - which had a 5 RPS cap and 1,000 daily request ceiling - was retired August 31, 2025.) [20]docs.here.com/policies/docs/service-availability“Geocoding & Search API v7 has a 99.9% monthly uptime SLA. HERE location services operate on a 24x7 basis, 365 days per calendar year.”here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“The Limited Plan will be officially retired on August 31, 2025.”

Known restrictions

Caching/storage of results outside the Platform limited to 30 days maximum (Japan content: 24 hours, except Geocoding and Search which is excluded from the 24-hour restriction), Caching to build a location repository or to serve multiple end users from one request is prohibited, Cannot pre-fetch or cache data except as explicitly allowed by HTTP/1.1 caching headers returned by HERE, Attribution required: HERE must be attributed as creator/source; cannot imply non-HERE origin for HERE Materials, Cannot use HERE content to train machine learning or AI systems, Cannot use for benchmarking third-party datasets, Cannot create products competitive to HERE, Cannot reverse engineer or disassemble HERE Materials, Cannot use in autonomous/semi-autonomous vehicle systems (ADAS, highly autonomous driving), Cannot expose HERE Materials to open source licenses that would require disclosure, Asset Management, Usage-Based Insurance/Telematics, and route Optimization use cases require separate sales engagement, Supplemental pricing page is marked as Confidential Information under HERE Platform Terms, Each application requires its own unique App ID, From April 1, 2026, a 6% price increase applies to Base Plan and all pay-per-transaction Location Services for new contracts, renewals, and extensions [21]here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform-terms-september-2023“Cache or store outside of the Platform any Results...for more than 30 days. Caching or storing any location data for the purpose of building a repository of location assets or scaling one request to serve multiple end users is prohibited.”coordable.co/blog/geocoding-prices-2026/“From April 1, 2026, the HERE Base Plan and all pay-per-transaction Location Services and Data IO increase by 6% for new contracts, renewals, and extensions.”

• Docs
• llms.txt
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1

Version

v7

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key, oauth2

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

25000 / 15 minutes

SDKs

• JavaScript @here/maps-api-for-javascript · repo
• C++ here-data-sdk-cpp · repo
• TypeScript here-data-sdk-typescript · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Deprecation policy

Launched

2018-01-01

Notable customers

Lyft, BMW, Holcim, Urbantz, EROAD, GreenRoad

• Geocodio

  "The delightfully boring geocoder"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Melissa

  Global data quality and enhancement solutions to profile, verify, clean, update, match, and integrate People data.

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Azure Maps (Search / Geocoding)

  "Azure Maps is a set of mapping and geospatial services that enable developers and organizations to build intelligent location-based experiences for applications across many different industries and use cases. Use the Azure Maps REST APIs and Web SDK to bring maps, geocoding, location search, routing, real-time traffic, geolocation, time zone information, and weather data into your web and mobile solutions."

  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• LocationIQ

  "Affordable Google Maps alternative for your website or app"

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Google Geocoding API

  "The Geocoding API is a service that accepts a place as an address, latitude and longitude coordinates, or Place ID. It converts the address into latitude and longitude coordinates and a Place ID, or converts latitude and longitude coordinates or a Place ID into an address."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Radar Geocoding API

  "Use Radar's geocoding APIs to convert addresses to latitude and longitude coordinates, or vice versa."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

HERE Geocoding and Search alternatives · HERE Geocoding and Search vs Geocodio · All Geocoding APIs APIs

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2. ↑Pricing model: here.com · here.com
3. ↑Published pricing: here.com · here.com
4. ↑Free tier: here.com · here.com
5. ↑Free tier details: here.com · here.com
6. ↑Self-serve signup: here.com
7. ↑Enterprise plan: here.com
8. ↑Supported actions: docs.here.com
9. ↑Regions: here.com
10. ↑Webhooks: docs.here.com
11. ↑Sandbox: docs.here.com
12. ↑SDK languages: developer.here.com
13. ↑MCP server: mcp.so
14. ↑SOC 2: here.com
15. ↑HIPAA: here.com
16. ↑GDPR: here.com
17. ↑ISO 27001: here.com
18. ↑PCI DSS: here.com
19. ↑Published SLA: docs.here.com · docs.here.com
20. ↑Rate limits: docs.here.com · here.com
21. ↑Known restrictions: here.com · coordable.co

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 35
2. 2026-06-15 Best For: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter… → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
3. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 35
4. 2026-06-14 Changelog URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com/changelog
5. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
7. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com/llms.txt
8. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: No → Yes
9. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"batch":true,"forward":true,"reverse":true,"autocomplete":true}
10. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → HERE Geocoding and Search is a REST API for forward and reverse geocoding, addr…
11. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: 0 → 15
12. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com
13. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
14. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
15. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.here.com
16. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
17. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
18. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You need transparent pricing up front
19. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
20. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 75
21. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 80
22. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 0
23. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
24. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 55
25. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
26. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
27. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to Yes
28. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
29. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
30. 2026-06-14 SLA URL: set to https://docs.here.com/policies/docs/here-service-level-agreement
31. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://legal.here.com/en-gb/privacy
32. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Base Plan: pay-as-you-grow with no published per-plan RPS cap. Geocoding & Sear…
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 25000
34. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to 15 minutes
35. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Caching/storage of results outside the Platform limited to 30 days maximum (Jap…
36. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key, oauth2
37. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.here.com/identity-and-access-management/docs/manage-authentication
38. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
39. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1
40. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v7
41. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
42. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
43. 2026-06-14 Deprecation Policy URL: set to https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/deprecation-and-change-notice
44. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/get-started-with-here-geocoding…
45. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
46. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
47. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
48. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 1
49. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to 1,000 transactions
50. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 250,000 transactions/month

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