HERE Routing API

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)

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

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Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]here.com/learn/blog/how-to-get-started-with-here-platform“Base Plan: pay-as-you-grow transaction pricing for all HERE Location Services requests. Users will not be charged unless they exceed the free tier of any Platform Resource.”here.com/pricing/commercial-terms“Standard Routing (Car, Bicycle, Pedestrian): $0.000830 or €0.000660 per transaction. Asset Plans (per asset per month) and MAU Plans (per Monthly Active User per month) also available.”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]here.com/pricing/commercial-terms“Standard Routing (Car, Bicycle, Pedestrian): $0.000830 or €0.000660 per transaction. Scooter/Taxi/Truck/Bus/Time Aware Routing: $0.002750 or €0.002200 per transaction. EV Routing/Matrix/Isoline/Route Matching/Waypoints Sequencing: $0.005500 or €0.004400 per transaction.”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“The HERE Base Plan includes free monthly service transaction thresholds and simple, pay-as-you-grow pricing.”here.com/learn/blog/april-2025-platform-release-notes“Once the payment method is provided, customers will automatically gain access to the Base plan and the included free monthly transactions. Your account won't be charged until you go over the free transaction limits for individual services or products.”

Free tier details

Base Plan (credit card required, no charge until free monthly thresholds exceeded): includes free monthly service transaction thresholds per service. The former Limited Plan (1,000 daily requests, no CC required) was retired August 31, 2025. Specific per-service free monthly transaction amounts are set in the platform but not publicly listed on the pricing page; routing is included in the Base Plan free allowance. RPS limits apply: Routing 10 RPS, Isoline Routing 1 RPS, Waypoints Sequencing 1 RPS. [5]here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“The Limited Plan was officially retired on August 31, 2025. The HERE Base Plan replaced it with free monthly service transaction thresholds and simple, pay-as-you-grow pricing.”here.com/get-started/pricing/rps-limits-excluded-use-cases“Routing (Car, Bicycle, Pedestrian, Scooter, Taxi, Truck, Bus, EV): Max RPS 10. Isoline Routing: Max RPS 1. Waypoints Sequencing: Max RPS 1. Intermodal Routing: Max RPS 5.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]here.com/learn/blog/april-2025-platform-release-notes“New customers must sign up for the Base plan, which requires entering a payment method during the onboarding process to access the platform.”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [7]here.com/pricing/commercial-terms“Asset Plans (per asset per month): Asset Management, Optimization, UBI/Telematics, HERE SDK (Navigate). Monthly Active User (MAU) Plans (per MAU per month): HERE SDK (Explore), HERE SDK (Navigate).”

• Distance matrix
• Route optimization
• Isochrones
• Traffic-aware
• Truck / HGV routing
• Transit / multimodal
• Map matching

Supported actions

directions, route, distance_matrix, isochrone, isoline, map_matching, waypoint_optimization, eta, tolls, snap_to_road, route_optimization [8]here.com/developer/rest-apis“Routing API – Offers advanced routing algorithms including truck routing with routing instructions in over 108 languages. Matrix Routing API – Calculates routing matrices of travel times or distances for up to 10,000 origins and destinations. Isoline Routing API – Generate isolines polygons which represent the area of reach from a given point. Waypoints Sequencing API – Computes optimal sequence of waypoints for a single vehicle. Route Matching API – Match GPS traces to the HERE road network.”

Regions

Global coverage with navigable, intermediate, and entry-level country tiers, Offline maps for 190+ countries via HERE SDK, Car routing, Truck routing (HGV parameters and network restrictions), Pedestrian routing, Bicycle routing, Scooter routing, Bus routing, Taxi routing, Electric vehicle (EV) routing, Public transit routing, Live traffic, Historical traffic, Predictive traffic (time-dependent routing) [9]docs.here.com/routing/docs/routing-intro“Global coverage with detailed breakdowns: Navigable countries lists, Intermediate and entry-level coverage areas, Country-specific exceptions, Transport-mode-specific coverage (car, EV, scooter, truck)”here.com/platform/here-sdk“Preinstalled maps for 190+ countries; search and route generation work offline”

Languages

108 languages for turn-by-turn routing instructions [10]here.com/developer/rest-apis“routing instructions in over 108 languages”

Input types

origin/destination coordinates, waypoints (up to 200 without traffic, up to 70 with traffic), addresses, vehicle profile (car/truck/pedestrian/bicycle/scooter/bus/taxi/EV), departure/arrival time (ISO 8601), avoid options (toll roads, motorways, ferries, areas, segments, territories), truck parameters (weight, height), EV consumption model parameters, region definition for matrix routing (bounding box, polygon, circle, world)

Output types

route geometry/polyline (flexible-polyline), distance, duration, turn-by-turn steps, toll cost, traffic incidents, matrix (2D array of travel times and/or distances), isochrone polygon, GeoJSON, JSON, ETA, alternative routes, route sections/legs, EV charging stops

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [11]here.com/learn/blog/april-2025-platform-release-notes“New customers must sign up for the Base plan, which requires entering a payment method during the onboarding process to access the platform.”

SDK languages

JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, TypeScript

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [12]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“SOC 2 Type 2 is a report based on the Auditing Standards Board – Available for HERE Platform Foundation and Workspace”

HIPAA

✗ No [13]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates that the organization's Location Services meets key regulations. HIPAA is not listed on the certifications page.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [14]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“GDPR EU 2016/679 – Requirements described in Chapter II through Chapter V met through Type 1 attestation”

ISO 27001

✓ Yes [15]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – Information Security Management System. ISO/IEC 27017:2015 – Security Controls for Cloud Services. ISO/IEC 27018:2019 – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.”

PCI DSS

✗ No [16]here.com/en-gb/certifications-and-attestations“SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HITRUST r2 are listed; PCI DSS is not mentioned on the certifications page.”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [17]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: free monthly transaction thresholds per service; overage billed at published per-transaction rates. RPS limits (Base Plan): Routing (Car/Bicycle/Pedestrian/Scooter/Taxi/Truck/Bus/EV/Time-Aware) 10 RPS; Matrix Routing 1 RPS; Isoline Routing 1 RPS; Route Matching 1 RPS; Waypoints Sequencing 1 RPS; Intermodal Routing 5 RPS; Public Transit 10 RPS. Matrix Routing: up to 10,000 origins × 10,000 destinations; flexible mode with dynamic traffic capped at 15×100 or 100×1; region-based requires all points within 400 km diameter. [18]docs.here.com/routing/docs/matrix-routing-intro“up to 10,000 origins and 10,000 destinations. Custom options with dynamic traffic: 15×100 or 100×1 maximum. Region-based: 400 km diameter maximum.”here.com/get-started/pricing/rps-limits-excluded-use-cases“Routing (Car, Bicycle, Pedestrian, Scooter, Two-Wheeler, Taxi, Truck, Bus, EV): Max RPS 10. Time Aware Routing: Max RPS 10. Isoline Routing: Max RPS 1. Matrix Routing: Max RPS 1. Route Matching: Max RPS 1. Waypoints Sequencing: Max RPS 1. Intermodal Routing: Max RPS 5.”

Known restrictions

Base Plan excludes asset management/tracking, usage-based insurance/telematics, and multi-asset route optimization (requires enterprise/asset plan), Prohibited: caching or storing route results except as permitted by HTTP cache headers; Japan routing results may not be cached more than 24 hours, Attribution required: must display HERE copyright notices per HERE brand guidance, Matrix flexible mode with dynamic traffic capped at 15×100 or 100×1; region-based mode requires all points within 400 km diameter bounding area, Waypoints Sequencing: 1 transaction for up to 100 waypoints; 2 transactions for 101–200 waypoints, Each application requires its own unique App ID; sharing across apps or customers prohibited, Limited Plan (no-CC free daily tier) retired August 31, 2025; Base Plan (credit card required) is now the entry tier [19]developer.here.com/terms-and-conditions“You may not use HERE Materials in a manner that pre-fetches, caches, or stores data or Results, except as explicitly allowed by the caching headers returned by HERE Location Services. You cannot cache or store any Results from HERE Content and Location Services for Japan for more than 24 hours.”here.com/get-started/pricing/base-plan-restrictions“The Base Plan prohibits: Asset Management (locating, tracking and/or displaying on a map of assets, route calculations, analytics, Safety Enhancement Alerts); Usage Based Insurance/Telematics; Optimization (using software to calculate destination orders and routes across multiple assets).”here.com/learn/blog/august-2025-platform-release-notes“Limited Plan was officially retired on August 31, 2025.”

• Docs
• llms.txt
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://router.hereapi.com/v8/routes

Version

v8

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key, oauth2

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific JSON

Rate limit

25000 / 15 minutes (auth token endpoint); per-plan RPS limits apply to routing endpoints

SDKs

• JavaScript HERE Maps API for JavaScript · repo
• Python here-location-services · repo
• Java here-aaa-java-sdk · repo
• C++ here-data-sdk-cpp · repo
• TypeScript here-data-sdk-typescript · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Deprecation policy

Launched

1985-01-01

Notable customers

Urbantz, TIMOCOM, Kovix, Glympse, RouteSmart

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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: here.com
9. ↑Regions: docs.here.com · here.com
10. ↑Languages: here.com
11. ↑Sandbox: here.com
12. ↑SOC 2: here.com
13. ↑HIPAA: here.com
14. ↑GDPR: here.com
15. ↑ISO 27001: here.com
16. ↑PCI DSS: here.com
17. ↑Published SLA: docs.here.com
18. ↑Rate limits: docs.here.com · here.com
19. ↑Known restrictions: developer.here.com · here.com · here.com

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

1. 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…
2. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 35
3. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 35
4. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
5. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: No → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com/llms.txt
7. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
8. 2026-06-14 Changelog URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com/changelog
9. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"truck":true,"traffic":true,"transit":true,"isochrones":true,"map_matching":tr…
10. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → HERE Routing API is a REST-based routing and navigation service covering turn-b…
11. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
12. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
13. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
14. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
15. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
16. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
17. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 75
18. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
19. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
20. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.here.com
21. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.here.com
22. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 SOC 2: set to type_2
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://legal.here.com/en-gb/here-standard-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 per service; overage billed at p…
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 25000
34. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to 15 minutes (auth token endpoint); per-plan RPS limits apply to routing endpoints
35. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Base Plan excludes asset management/tracking, usage-based insurance/telematics,…
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/how-to-authorize-with…
38. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
39. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://router.hereapi.com/v8/routes
40. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v8
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://www.here.com/learn/blog/additional-important-guidance-on-here-location-…
44. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.here.com/routing/docs/routing-v8-get-started
45. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
46. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific JSON
47. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
48. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 0.75
49. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to here-routing
50. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 30,000 transactions/month (Base Plan with payment on file)

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