LocationIQ

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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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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  45 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  35 / 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

Subscription [2]locationiq.com/pricing“If your account exceeds plan limits often, our team will reach out offering help with optimization or larger plans.”locationiq.com/pricing“Free: $0, Maps Lite: $45 USD, Developer: $100 USD, Startup: $200 USD, Growth Plus: $500 USD, Business Plus: $950 USD — all fixed monthly subscription plans with included request allowances, no per-request overage billing”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]locationiq.com/pricing“Maps Lite Monthly: $45 USD | Yearly: $450 USD; Developer Monthly: $100 USD | Yearly: $990 USD; Startup Monthly: $200 USD | Yearly: $2,000 USD”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]locationiq.com/pricing“Free Plan: Price: $0; Daily limit: 5,000 requests/day; Rate limit: 2 requests/second; Features: Geocoding APIs, Routing APIs, Street & Static Maps”

Free tier details

Free plan at $0: 5,000 requests/day, 2 req/sec, 60 req/min; includes Geocoding, Routing, and Static Maps APIs; commercial use permitted with mandatory attribution link ("Search by LocationIQ.com"); caching limited to 48 hours; 1 access token; best-effort email support. [5]locationiq.com/pricing“Free: 5,000 requests/day, 2 req/sec, 60 requests per minute maximum, limited commercial use (requires attribution link), 1 access token, best-effort email support”locationiq.com/pricing“You can use our free plan in commercial projects if you spread the love by adding a prominent link back to us on your website or app in this format: <a href='https://locationiq.com'>Search by LocationIQ.com</a>”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [6]locationiq.com/pricing“Enterprise: Custom pricing, Up to 10 billion requests/day, Custom rate limits, Dedicated servers, wire transfers, custom SLAs”

• Forward geocoding
• Reverse geocoding
• Address autocomplete
• Timezone lookup

Supported actions

forward_geocode, reverse_geocode, autocomplete, structured_geocode, postal_code_search, nearby_places, lookup, timezone, directions, matrix, nearest, optimize, map_matching, static_maps, balance [7]docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt“Autocomplete, Forward Geocoding (Search), Reverse Geocoding, Structured Geocoding, Postal Code Search, Directions Service, Matrix Service, Nearest Service, Optimize Service, Matching Service, Nearby API, Lookup API, Timezone API, Balance API”

Regions

global [8]locationiq.com“Worldwide coverage spanning from New York to Tokyo, powered by OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, and other sources.”

Languages

multilingual (accept-language parameter supported, defaults to en)

Input types

free-form address, structured address components, lat/lon coordinates, postal code, OSM object ID

Output types

JSON, XML, PNG, JPG

Webhooks

✗ No [9]docs.locationiq.com/llms.txt“No webhook endpoints or event subscription mechanisms mentioned in the API documentation”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [10]us1.locationiq.com/sandbox“The sandbox page at us1.locationiq.com/sandbox is a demo UI for the live production API; no separate test API keys or isolated test environment are provided”

SDK languages

JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP, C#, Rust, Dart [11]docs.locationiq.com/docs/client-libraries“These libraries are user contributed and haven't been tested by the LocationIQ team”github.com/location-iq“All language-specific client repos (C#, Java, PHP, Python, Dart, Rust) are archived as of 2024; liq-cli (Go) is active but is a CLI tool, not a language SDK”

MCP server

✗ No [12]locationiq.com“No MCP server mentioned on the official website, documentation, or GitHub repositories”

SOC 2

– Unknown [13]locationiq.com/privacy“No mention of SOC 2 on privacy page or any other LocationIQ official page found”

HIPAA

– Unknown [14]locationiq.com/privacy“No mention of HIPAA on privacy page or any other LocationIQ official page found”

GDPR

✓ Yes [15]help.locationiq.com/support/solutions/articles/36000172504-is-locationiq-gdpr-compliant-“Yes, please see our Data Protection Agreement. We do not store the content of your API calls. We only store statistics that are required for reporting and enforcing plan limits.”locationiq.com/dpa“DPA / GDPR page available at locationiq.com/dpa”

ISO 27001

– Unknown

PCI DSS

– Unknown

Published SLA

✓ Yes [16]help.locationiq.com/support/solutions/articles/36000216118-what-kind-of-sla-uptime-and-response-times-can-i-expect-“We offer 99.9% uptime guarantee by default. This can be extended with contracts and SLA.”locationiq.com/pricing“Enterprise: Custom pricing, Up to 10 billion requests/day, Custom rate limits, Dedicated servers, wire transfers, custom SLAs”

Rate limits

["Free: 2 req/sec, 60 req/min, 5,000 req/day", "Maps Lite: 15 req/sec, 10,000 map views/day", "Developer: 20 req/sec, 25,000 req/day", "Startup: 22 req/sec, 60,000 req/day", "Growth Plus: 30 req/sec, 7.5M req/month", "Business Plus: 40 req/sec, 30M req/month", "Enterprise: custom rate limits, up to 10B req/day"] [17]locationiq.com/pricing“Free: 2 req/sec, 60 req/min; Maps Lite: 15 req/sec; Developer: 20 req/sec; Startup: 22 req/sec; Growth Plus: 30 req/sec; Business Plus: 40 req/sec”

Known restrictions

Free plan: caching limited to 48 hours, Paid plans: caching permitted for duration of subscription, Server-side caching of map tiles is not allowed, Free plan requires prominent attribution link: 'Search by LocationIQ.com', Soft daily/monthly overage limits on paid plans allow up to 100% over stated limit, Data can be stored permanently (response data), but cached request-response pairs have time limits based on plan, No refunds policy stated on pricing page, Maps Lite plan does not include Geocoding or Routing APIs - map APIs only, Community-contributed client libraries are not officially tested or supported by LocationIQ [18]locationiq.com/static/tos.html“If you have a free account, you can cache request-response pairs from the Service for upto 48 hours. If you are a customer, you can cache request-response pairs for as long as you're a customer. You can store response data forever. We do not allow server-side caching of Map Tiles.”locationiq.com/pricing“Access to only Map APIs (Maps Lite plan limitation — Geocoding APIs and Routing APIs marked as not included)”

• Docs
• API reference
• llms.txt
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://us1.locationiq.com/v1

Version

v1

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

2 / second

SDKs

• JavaScript leaflet-geocoder · repo
• Java com.locationiq:locationiq-java-client · repo
• Python · repo
• PHP · repo
• C# locationiq · repo
• Rust · repo
• Dart · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2013-01-01

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• Esri ArcGIS Basemap Styles & Map Tiles

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6. ↑Enterprise plan: locationiq.com
7. ↑Supported actions: docs.locationiq.com
8. ↑Regions: locationiq.com
9. ↑Webhooks: docs.locationiq.com
10. ↑Sandbox: us1.locationiq.com
11. ↑SDK languages: docs.locationiq.com · github.com
12. ↑MCP server: locationiq.com
13. ↑SOC 2: locationiq.com
14. ↑HIPAA: locationiq.com
15. ↑GDPR: help.locationiq.com · locationiq.com
16. ↑Published SLA: help.locationiq.com · locationiq.com
17. ↑Rate limits: locationiq.com
18. ↑Known restrictions: locationiq.com · locationiq.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, Teams needing broa… → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto…
3. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 45
4. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.locationiq.com/reference
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.locationiq.com/llms.txt
8. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: No → Yes
9. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"forward":true,"reverse":true,"timezone":true,"autocomplete":true}
10. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → LocationIQ is a global geocoding and mapping API that covers forward and revers…
11. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: 0 → 15
12. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.locationiq.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.locationiq.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 have strict compliance requirements
19. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa…
20. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 35
21. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
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) → 100
25. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://locationiq.com/privacy
27. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free: 2 req/sec, 60 req/min, 5,000 req/day, Maps Lite: 15 req/sec, 10,000 map v…
28. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 2
29. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to second
30. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free plan: caching limited to 48 hours, Paid plans: caching permitted for durat…
31. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
32. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.locationiq.com/docs/authentication
33. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
34. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://us1.locationiq.com/v1
35. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v1
36. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
37. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
38. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.locationiq.com/docs/introduction
39. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
40. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
41. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
42. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 45
43. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
44. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 5,000 requests/day
45. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2013-01-01
46. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to (none)
47. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to locationiq
48. 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
49. 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
50. 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

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