OpenCage Geocoding 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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  90 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  85 / 100
  Setup speed
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  80 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  30 / 100
  Trust readiness

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Pricing model

Subscription [2]opencagedata.com/pricing“No surge pricing; soft limits allow temporary overages. No setup or hidden fees. Month begins on purchase date. All prices inclusive of VAT. Cancel anytime, no long-term contracts.”opencagedata.com/faq“OpenCage offers transparent, predictable, self-service pricing with no set-up fees, customers can purchase one-time plans or subscriptions”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]opencagedata.com/pricing“X-Small: €45/month, 10,000 requests/day, 15 requests/sec. Small: €110/month, 30,000 requests/day, 20 requests/sec. Medium: €450/month, 125,000 requests/day, 25 requests/sec. Large: €900/month, 300,000 requests/day, 40 requests/sec.”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]opencagedata.com/faq“The free trial is designed to be used as a way to test if our service meets your needs. Please do NOT run production services on a free trial.”opencagedata.com/pricing“2,500 requests/day, 1 request/sec. No credit card required. Testing only, testing purpose. Single API key. Inactive accounts deleted after 3 months”

Free tier details

2,500 requests/day, 1 request/second, no credit card required; explicitly for testing only - production use prohibited; inactive accounts deleted after 3 months of inactivity [5]opencagedata.com/faq“Please do NOT run production services on a free trial. If you want to depend on our service, upgrade to a paid plan.”opencagedata.com/pricing“2,500 requests/day, 1 request/sec. No credit card required. Testing only, testing purpose. Single API key. Inactive accounts deleted after 3 months”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [6]opencagedata.com/pricing“Enterprise: from €1,800/month. Custom limits and pricing. Dedicated support.”opencagedata.com/enterprise“Whether it's a big one-time project, or an on-going mission-critical service, supporting large volumes of geocoding requests 24/7 is business as usual for us.”

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

Supported actions

forward_geocode, reverse_geocode, batch_geocode, geosearch_autocomplete [7]opencagedata.com/api“Forward geocoding: Address/placename to coordinates. Reverse geocoding: Coordinates to address (returns at most one single result). Batch/Bulk geocoding: Available through file/spreadsheet uploads.”

Regions

worldwide

Languages

IETF language tags accepted via language parameter (50+ languages including African, Asian, and European languages), native (returns results in local language)

Input types

free-form address, place name, lat/lon (decimal format), UN/LOCODE code [8]opencagedata.com/api“Reverse geocoding: latitude, longitude in decimal format. Forward geocoding: address or placename. Special support includes UN/LOCODE queries prefixed with LOCODE:.”

Output types

JSON, GeoJSON, XML, Google-v3-json (deprecated legacy format) [9]opencagedata.com/api“Four response format options are available: json (Standard JSON response), geojson (GeoJSON-compliant format), xml (XML structure), google-v3-json (Google Geocoding API compatibility subset, deprecated)”

Webhooks

✗ No [10]opencagedata.com/api“All requests should use the HTTP GET method. Requests that use any other method will receive a response with status 405. No webhook or callback endpoints documented.”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [11]opencagedata.com/pricing“Free Trial: 2,500 requests/day, 1 request/sec. No credit card required. Testing only, testing purpose — this is the live production API, not a dedicated sandbox environment.”

SDK languages

Python, Java, PHP, Ruby, Perl, MATLAB, Scala, JavaScript (Leaflet), R, Go, Rust [12]opencagedata.com/sdks“Officially Supported Languages (by OpenCage): Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, Ruby, Perl, MATLAB, Scala, Leaflet Maps, Command Line Interface (CLI), MCP (Model Context Protocol). 40+ additional community-contributed libraries across Go, Rust, R, C++, and more.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [13]opencagedata.com/sdks“MCP (Model Context Protocol) server — Written and supported by OpenCage. OpenCage geocoding MCP server.”github.com/OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp“MCP server for querying the OpenCage geocoding API from within LLMs”

SOC 2

None [14]opencagedata.com/security-policy“As a small business giving away publicly available open data, we do not believe the burden of ISO 27001 or SOC2 certification would be appropriately proportionate.”

HIPAA

✓ Yes [15]opencagedata.com/hipaa“Our commitment to HIPAA compliance. We are happy to sign a BAA.”opencagedata.com/hipaa“if you use the optional no_record parameter...we will not store your query when we log the request. User queries are not used to train AI or machine learning (ML) systems in any way.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [16]opencagedata.com/gdpr“OpenCage GmbH, an EU-founded business run by German citizens, is fully committed to being compliant with GDPR and all data protection best practices.”opencagedata.com/gdpr“Customers must agree to their DPA unless otherwise explicitly agreed in writing. The agreement is publicly available on their GitHub repository.”

ISO 27001

✗ No [17]opencagedata.com/security-policy“OpenCage explicitly states they do not hold ISO 27001. Their hosting provider Hetzner is ISO 27001 certified: hosted at multiple redundant locations within the EU with Hetzner, which is ISO 27001 certified.”opencagedata.com/gdpr“Hetzner's datacenters are certified in accordance with DIN ISO/IEC 27001”

PCI DSS

✗ No [18]opencagedata.com/security-policy“OpenCage does not process payment credentials directly. They NEVER hold any customer payment credentials and instead use Stripe which handles all payment/billing and maintains PCI compliance.”

Published SLA

✗ No [19]opencagedata.com/security-policy“References an independent third party status page at status.opencagedata.com for operational metrics but contains no contractual SLA commitments.”status.opencagedata.com“Status/incident page showing operational metrics measured by StatusCake. No formal SLA or uptime percentage commitment published.”

Rate limits

Free trial: 2,500 requests/day (hard limit), 1 req/sec. X-Small paid: 10,000 req/day, 15 req/sec. Small: 30,000 req/day, 20 req/sec. Medium: 125,000 req/day, 25 req/sec. Large: 300,000 req/day, 40 req/sec. Enterprise: custom. Paid plans have soft daily limits (service continues if exceeded, upgrade requested next month). [20]opencagedata.com/pricing“X-Small: 10,000 requests/day, 15 requests/sec. Small: 30,000 requests/day, 20 requests/sec. Medium: 125,000 requests/day, 25 requests/sec. Large: 300,000 requests/day, 40 requests/sec.”opencagedata.com/api“Free Trial Limits: 2,500 requests per day (UTC timezone, resets at 24:00 UTC); 1 request per second maximum. Subscription customers have no hard limits.”

Known restrictions

Free trial is for testing only; production use explicitly prohibited - FAQ states 'Please do NOT run production services on a free trial', Free trial inactive accounts auto-deleted after 3 months, G-NAF (Australian address) data cannot be used for mail generation without secondary source verification, Geosearch does not support house-level address search, Geosearch has no free trial, API requires HTTPS (TLS 1.2+), HTTP GET method only (other methods return 405), Caching/storage of results explicitly permitted with no restrictions [21]opencagedata.com/faq“Please do NOT run production services on a free trial. If you want to depend on our service, upgrade to a paid plan.”opencagedata.com/api“Feel free to cache, or store, results as long as you like with no restrictions on permanent storage across all account types.”

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

Docs rendering: static · markdown variants served · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1

Version

v1

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

2500 / day

SDKs

• Python opencage · repo
• Java jopencage · repo
• PHP php-opencage-geocode · repo
• Ruby opencage-geocoder · repo
• Perl Geo::Coder::OpenCage · repo
• MATLAB opencage-matlab · repo
• Scala scala-opencage-geocoder · repo
• JavaScript (Leaflet) leaflet-opencage-geocoding · repo
• R opencage · repo
• Go opencage · repo
• Rust geocoding · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server

Launched

2014-01-01

Notable customers

SIXT Share, BigMile, DQC Data Quality Company, Cobalt Intelligence

• 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

OpenCage Geocoding API alternatives · OpenCage Geocoding API vs Geocodio · All Geocoding APIs APIs

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2. ↑Pricing model: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
3. ↑Published pricing: opencagedata.com
4. ↑Free tier: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
5. ↑Free tier details: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
6. ↑Enterprise plan: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
7. ↑Supported actions: opencagedata.com
8. ↑Input types: opencagedata.com
9. ↑Output types: opencagedata.com
10. ↑Webhooks: opencagedata.com
11. ↑Sandbox: opencagedata.com
12. ↑SDK languages: opencagedata.com
13. ↑MCP server: opencagedata.com · github.com
14. ↑SOC 2: opencagedata.com
15. ↑HIPAA: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
16. ↑GDPR: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
17. ↑ISO 27001: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
18. ↑PCI DSS: opencagedata.com
19. ↑Published SLA: opencagedata.com · status.opencagedata.com
20. ↑Rate limits: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com
21. ↑Known restrictions: opencagedata.com · opencagedata.com

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

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 60 → 90
2. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 45 → 80
3. 2026-06-14 Markdown Docs Served: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://opencagedata.com/api
5. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
7. 2026-06-14 Markdown Docs URL: (none) → https://opencagedata.com/api.md
8. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"batch":true,"forward":true,"reverse":true,"autocomplete":true}
9. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → OpenCage Geocoding API is a worldwide forward and reverse geocoding service, in…
10. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: 0 → 45
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: 30 → 60
12. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.opencagedata.com
13. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
14. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://opencagedata.com/llms.txt
15. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
16. 2026-06-14 Openapi Spec URL: (none) → https://opencagedata.com/openapi.yaml
17. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://opencagedata.com/api
18. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 30
19. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
20. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Regulated or enter…
21. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 30
22. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
23. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 0
24. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
25. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
26. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
27. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to No
28. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
29. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to No
30. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://opencagedata.com/gdpr
31. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free trial: 2,500 requests/day (hard limit), 1 req/sec. X-Small paid: 10,000 re…
32. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 2500
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to day
34. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free trial is for testing only; production use explicitly prohibited - FAQ stat…
35. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
36. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://opencagedata.com/api#authentication
37. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
38. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1
39. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v1
40. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
41. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
42. 2026-06-14 MCP URL: set to https://github.com/OpenCageData/opencage-geocoding-mcp
43. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://opencagedata.com/api#quickstart
44. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
45. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
46. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
47. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 50
48. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
49. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 2,500 requests/day
50. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2014-01-01

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