Melissa

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/licensing.html“Subscriptions are based on yearly anticipated usage and pricing is based on usage tiers, with lower per record costs for higher usage tiers.”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”

Free tier details

GAV Free: $0 for 250 Records / Month (Global Address Verification free plan) [5]melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]developer.melissa.com“One-stop hub for all Melissa Cloud API specifications, industry leading tools for address cleansing, enrichment, and verification.”melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”

Requires sales call

✗ No [7]developer.melissa.com“One-stop hub for all Melissa Cloud API specifications, industry leading tools for address cleansing, enrichment, and verification.”melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [8]melissa.com/pricing“Pricing for enterprise data quality solutions for U.S., International, & foreign contact data & credits by Melissa.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/rate-limiting.html

• International coverage
• Address autocomplete
• Geocode append
• Bulk / batch

Supported actions

Global Address Verification, Global Express Entry (address autocomplete), Global Email Verification, Global Phone Verification, Global Name Parsing, Global IP Geolocation, Personator Consumer (contact verify), Personator Identity, Personator Search, People Business Search, US Business Coder, SSN Name Match, Property Lookup, Reverse GeoCoder, Street Route, SmartMover US (NCOA), SmartMover Canada, LeadGen Business, LeadGen Consumer, LeadGen Occupant, LeadGen Property, Cicero (legislator lookup), Data Retriever, Contribution, Token Server, Melissa Releases [10]developer.melissa.com/apis/property“Property API by Melissa. Access property records, ownership history, deed data, mortgage details, and valuations across multiple endpoints.”developer.melissa.com“One-stop hub for all Melissa Cloud API specifications, industry leading tools for address cleansing, enrichment, and verification.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-express-entry/global-express-entry-reference-guide.html“Global Express Entry consists of a Cloud API and support code that enable more accurate and convenient entry of address data by checking data as it is typed.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/personator-search/personator-search-reference-guide.html“Welcome to the Personator Search Cloud API. This service is designed to enable the user to perform extremely flexible searches to Melissa's consumer database.”

Regions

240+ countries and territories [11]melissa.com/data-coverage“Melissa's Global Solutions cover 240+ countries and territories. Explore our address, phone, geocoding & identity coverage for Melissa global products.”lookups.melissa.com/home/“Batch Global Address Check. Verifies up to 500 global addresses in a batch from a spreadsheet or text file. Supports all 240 countries.”

Input types

JSON, XML [12]docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/using-cloud-apis.html“Supported Protocols#. The main protocols that Melissa services support are JSON and XML.”

Output types

JSON, XML, JSONP [13]docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/using-cloud-apis.html“Supported Protocols#. The main protocols that Melissa services support are JSON and XML.”

Webhooks

✗ No [14]docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api.html“Development Packages#. If you wish to utilize the Melissa Cloud APIs in your development environment, our Cloud API Packages provide a seamless, easy-to-use”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/using-cloud-apis.html“Once you have a Melissa Cloud API License (Licensing), you can go ahead and start using it. Here are the basics of getting started.”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [15]developer.melissa.com“One-stop hub for all Melissa Cloud API specifications, industry leading tools for address cleansing, enrichment, and verification.”docs.melissa.com/index.html“Using Melissa Cloud APIs · Licensing · Rate Limiting · Retrying · Datacenter Location and IP Information · Basics for Melissa Cloud APIs · Escape Characters”

SDK languages

Python, C#, Java [16]github.com/MelissaData“MelissaData has 212 repositories available.”github.com/MelissaData/GlobalAddress-Java“This is a sample code for Melissa's Global Address API. It is written in JAVA and accesses the API through REST.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-ip/global-ip-packages-and-samples.html“Packages/Samples covers the usage of Melissa Cloud APIs using popular third party tools, platforms, and programming languages.”

MCP server

✗ No [17]github.com/MelissaData“MelissaData has 212 repositories available.”developer.melissa.com“One-stop hub for all Melissa Cloud API specifications, industry leading tools for address cleansing, enrichment, and verification.”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [18]melissa.com/company/certifications“SOC 2 examinations are based on standards set forth by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). Melissa has successfully completed both SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2”melissa.com/address-experts/what-is-soc2-system-and-organization-controls-compliance“Melissa continually undergoes independent security audits and has successfully obtained SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 certifications.”melissa.com/govcloud-address-suite“HIPAA / HITrust & SOC2 Certified”

HIPAA

✓ Yes [19]melissa.com/govcloud-address-suite“HIPAA / HITrust & SOC2 Certified”

GDPR

✓ Yes [20]melissa.com/govcloud-address-suite“CCPA & GDPR Compliant”

ISO 27001

– Unknown [21]melissa.com/govcloud-address-suite“- ISO 27001:2022 - No Data Storage.”dataclap.digital/Search“GDPR compliant, ISO 27001 ready.”

PCI DSS

✗ No [22]melissa.com/company/certifications“Melissa continually undergoes independent security audits to reinforce our commitment to data security, privacy, and compliance requirements.”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [23]melissa.com/govcloud-address-suite“99.95% Uptime with”

Rate limits

Pay-as-you-go (Credit) User: ~5 records/second; Self-Service Subscription: ~12 records/second; Business Subscription: ~50 records/second; Enterprise Subscription: ~100 records/second [24]docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/rate-limiting.html“Melissa implements rate limiting (throttling) protections across our Cloud APIs to maintain optimal performance and ensure equitable resource distribution among”docs.melissa.com/melissa/advisory/advisory-20240827-throttling-protections.html“The throttling mechanism performs a check every second to ensure that you are currently not going over the allowed rate limits.”

Known restrictions

US address lookup = 3 credits; Global address lookup = 10 credits, Rate limit figures are subject to change, Requests are throttled across all requests using your subscription, Batch requests should be split into chunks of 100 records, If a 429 error is returned, wait a second and re-send; if repeated, scale down the speed, Unless otherwise specified, you may view and download the materials on this web site only for your personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes [25]docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/rate-limiting.htmlmelissa.com/terms“Unless otherwise specified, you may view and download the materials on this web site only for your personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes.”docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/cloud-api/licensing.html“Subscriptions are based on yearly anticipated usage and pricing is based on usage tiers, with lower per record costs for higher usage tiers.”

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

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SDKs

• Python
• C#
• Java

• Lob Address Verification

  "Avoid mail missteps and make failed deliveries a thing of the past."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Loqate Address Verification

  "Global address verification that ensures you reach your customers, every time."

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• Geocodio

  "The delightfully boring geocoder"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• PostGrid Address Verification

  "Autocomplete, Verify, Validate, and Standardize addresses across 250+ countries & territories to local postal standards"

  Hybrid · public pricing · self-serve

• Smarty (US & International Address Verification)

  "Address data on easy mode"

  Subscription · 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

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14. ↑Webhooks: docs.melissa.com · docs.melissa.com
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20. ↑GDPR: melissa.com
21. ↑ISO 27001: melissa.com · dataclap.digital
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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 Agent Friendliness: 25 → 20
3. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 25 → 45
4. 2026-06-15 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.melissa.com/reference
5. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
7. 2026-06-15 Llms Txt Present: Yes → No
8. 2026-06-15 Changelog URL: (none) → https://docs.melissa.com/changelog
9. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"autocomplete":true,"international":true,"geocode_append":true}
10. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
11. 2026-06-09 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…
12. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
13. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 25
14. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 75
15. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 75
16. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 25
17. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 90
18. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 75
19. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects — free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
20. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
21. 2026-06-08 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.melissa.com
22. 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.melissa.com
23. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://www.melissa.com/llms.txt
24. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
25. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → Melissa provides global data quality APIs to verify, clean, match, and enrich p…
26. 2026-06-07 SDK Packages: (none) → Python, C#, Java

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