HERE Geocoding & Search API (Discover & Browse)

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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  80 / 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

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]here.com/get-started/pricing“pay-as-you-grow Transaction pricing for all HERE Location Services”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.”

Published pricing

✗ No [3]here.com/get-started/pricing/supplemental-pricing“Updated: April 1, 2026”here.com/get-started/pricing/supplemental-pricing“The information included on this page constitutes 'Confidential Information'”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]here.com/about/press-releases/2018-01-08“Freemium is available without entering your payment information … free access to the HERE platform … with a limit of 250,000 platform transactions, 5,000 SDK active users and 250 managed assets per month”here.com/learn/blog/july-2025-platform-release-notes“The HERE Base Plan includes free monthly service transaction thresholds, simple, pay-as-you-grow pricing, and continued access to HERE's latest platform capabilities.”

Free tier details

Base Plan includes free monthly service transaction thresholds (up to 250,000 platform transactions per month per the 2018 freemium announcement) with a credit card required for registration but no charges until the free tier is exceeded; pay-as-you-grow thereafter. The Limited Plan (1,000 daily requests, no credit card required) was decommissioned for new customers on March 27, 2025 and fully retired on August 31, 2025. [5]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.”here.com/learn/blog/april-2025-platform-release-notes“New customers must now sign up for the Base plan if they want to test HERE services and SDKs. Once customers provide a payment method during onboarding for the Base plan, they will automatically gain access to the Base plan and the included free monthly transactions.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]here.com/get-started/pricing“Get started for free”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [7]docs.here.com/policies/docs/here-service-level-agreement“Sections covering the following topics only apply to enterprise customers who have been explicitly granted these capabilities through their purchased support package”

• POI search
• Nearby / radius
• Autocomplete
• Place details

Supported actions

discover, geocode, autocomplete, autosuggest, browse, lookup, revgeocode, multi-reverse-geocode, signals, batch-geocode [8]docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/here-geocoding-and-search-api-v7-endpoints“Base URL: https://discover.search.hereapi.com/v1/ — endpoints: /discover, /geocode, /autocomplete, /autosuggest, /browse, /lookup, /reverse, /multi-reverse, /signals”

Regions

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

Languages

BCP 47 language codes accepted via lang parameter; defaults to official or regional country language when not specified

Input types

free-form text query, structured address query (street, city, state, country, postal code), lat/lon coordinates, place ID, phone number, category ID, chain ID, bounding box, circle (lat/lon + radius), ISO country code filter, flexible polyline corridor

Output types

JSON

Webhooks

✗ No [10]docs.here.com/geocoding-and-search/docs/here-geocoding-and-search-api-v7-endpoints“Endpoints: /discover, /geocode, /autocomplete, /autosuggest, /browse, /lookup, /reverse, /multi-reverse, /signals — no webhook/callback endpoints listed”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [11]here.com/get-started/pricing“Get started for free … pay-as-you-grow — no dedicated sandbox environment mentioned; production API keys issued directly”

SDK languages

JavaScript, Python [12]here.com/platform/here-sdk“HERE SDK is available for native iOS and Android. You can also simplify cross-platform development with Flutter.”here.com/developer/javascript-api“HERE Maps API for JavaScript”

MCP server

✗ No [13]registry.modelcontextprotocol.io

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [14]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“SOC 2 Type 2 – HERE Technologies has achieved SOC 2 attestation for HERE Platform Foundation and Workspace.”

HIPAA

✗ No [15]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“The page does not list HIPAA or PCI DSS certifications.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [16]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“GDPR EU 2016/679 – General Data Protection Regulation compliance with Type 1 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“The page does not list HIPAA or PCI DSS certifications.”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [19]docs.here.com/policies/docs/service-availability“HERE maintains a target of 99.9% monthly uptime for … Geocoding & Search API v7, Places API v2”

Rate limits

Base Plan: free monthly transaction thresholds apply per service group; above-threshold usage is pay-as-you-grow. Per-service RPS limits are not publicly documented for Base Plan. (Limited Plan - 1,000 daily requests total, 5 RPS for Discover/Search/Geocode/Autocomplete/Autosuggest - was retired August 31, 2025.) [20]here.com/get-started/pricing/limited-plan-restrictions“In addition to a limit of 1,000 daily Requests, the following Requests Per Second (RPS) limits apply … Discover / Search: 5 RPS … Geocode & Reverse Geocode: 5 RPS … Autocomplete: 5 RPS … Autosuggest: 5 RPS”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.”

Known restrictions

Results may not be cached or stored for more than 30 days (24 hours for HERE Positioning services), Caching to serve multiple end-users from a single request is prohibited, Attribution required: must display HERE marks and copyright notices per HERE brand guidance, Cannot modify HERE content or results, Cannot use results for machine learning or AI training, Cannot extract sales lead information, category-specific business listings, or mailing lists, Cannot benchmark or build competitive products using HERE content, Cannot use for automotive system integration (navigation terminals, ADAS/HAD, windshield displays), Each application must use its own unique App ID; sharing across apps prohibited, Cannot use non-HERE datasets combined with HERE content in end-user applications (with limited layering exceptions) [21]here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform-terms-september-2023“Cannot use for machine learning or artificial intelligence … Cannot extract sales lead information, category-specific business listings, or mailing lists”here.com/en-gb/terms/here-platform-terms-september-2023“Cache or store outside of the Platform any Results...for more than 30 days … Cannot Create any Results that contain unenhanced or unmodified HERE Content or scaling one Request to serve multiple End Users”

• Docs
• llms.txt
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

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

Version

v7

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key, oauth2

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

1000 / day

SDKs

• JavaScript @here/maps-api-for-javascript · repo
• Python here-location-services · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Deprecation policy

Launched

2012-01-01

Notable customers

BMW, Urbantz, EROAD, GreenRoad

• Azure Maps Search (POI)

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  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Google Places API

  "The Places API is a service that accepts HTTP requests for location data through a variety of methods. It returns formatted location data and imagery about establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest."

  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• TomTom Search / Places API

  "Search is a RESTful API designed for developers allowing single-line fuzzy search for addresses and POIs. Search assigns a latitude/longitude to a specific address, cross street, geographic feature, or point of interest (POI)."

  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

• Mapbox Search Box API

  "All-in-one location search for addresses, places, and points of interest"

  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Esri ArcGIS Places API

  "a location service hosted by Esri that can search for businesses and geographic locations around the world and return detailed information about each place."

  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

HERE Geocoding & Search API (Discover & Browse) alternatives · HERE Geocoding & Search API (Discover & Browse) vs Azure Maps Search (POI) · All Places & POI APIs APIs

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5. ↑Free tier details: here.com · here.com
6. ↑Self-serve signup: here.com
7. ↑Enterprise plan: docs.here.com
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9. ↑Regions: here.com · here.com · here.com
10. ↑Webhooks: docs.here.com
11. ↑Sandbox: here.com
12. ↑SDK languages: here.com · here.com
13. ↑MCP server: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
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
20. ↑Rate limits: here.com · here.com
21. ↑Known restrictions: here.com · here.com

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: {} → {"nearby":true,"poi_search":true,"autocomplete":true,"place_details":true}
10. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → HERE Geocoding and Search API provides address-to-coordinate conversion, revers…
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) → 80
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: free monthly transaction thresholds apply per service group; above-t…
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
34. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to day
35. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Results may not be cached or stored for more than 30 days (24 hours for HERE Po…
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/
38. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
39. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://discover.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 0.83
49. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to 1,000 requests
50. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 1,000 requests/day (Limited Plan, no credit card) or up to 30,000 requests/mont…

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