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- Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Affordable location API service
Reviewed on 2020/06/30
Pros
Easy to install and to use. A reliable and affordable alternative to Google Maps API.
Cons
The dashboard UI could be improved. We were missing the possibility to adjust subscription payments.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The BEST alternative to Google Maps and Geolocation APIs
Reviewed on 2020/09/08
When Google APIs became too expensive LocationIQ came to the rescue.
When Google APIs became too expensive LocationIQ came to the rescue.
Pros
Easy to set up and integrate, fast, reliable, great support.
Cons
I'd like the ability to insert custom markers (pointers) in the static maps API because it would help with branding.
Alternatives Considered
MapboxReasons for Choosing LocationIQ
Google APIs became expensive.Reasons for Switching to LocationIQ
Better docs, easier to integrate, better for our use case.- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Outstanding
Reviewed on 2023/03/09
Pros
It solved my geocoding issues in a day. I just had to adjust the requests for my needs and it was done
Cons
Unfortunately some addresses couldn't be found
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Reverse Geocoding
Reviewed on 2020/05/11
I am using the Reverse Geocoding feature of LocationIQ to get the city names of some coordinates...
I am using the Reverse Geocoding feature of LocationIQ to get the city names of some coordinates extracted from a GPX file.
Pros
Works great without any problems, just as expected!
Cons
No cons -- never had any downtime or problems, simply works!
Alternatives Considered
Google CloudReasons for Switching to LocationIQ
Most important thing was a good documented API that describes all features -- top!!!- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great product
Reviewed on 2023/02/22
Pros
It’s extremely reliable, more so than we’ve used in the past. Great free and inexpensive options.
Cons
Nothing, we love the product and will use in the future

- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great Alternative to Google for Geocoding & Reverse Geocoding
Reviewed on 2020/05/19
Pros
The API is relatively straightforward and it's nice to not be locked into Google's mapping ecosystem. LocationIQ is saving us quite a bit of money right now.
Cons
The interface for devs could be a little nicer but honestly that's a super minor concern.

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fast and Accurate
Reviewed on 2020/09/15
Pros
Really easy implementation and very responsive support.
Cons
I've been using this software for several months, but I have no complaints to report.

- Industry: Research
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Accurate, quick and robust Geocoding, Maps and Routing API
Reviewed on 2020/09/04
Comparable products are less precise, hard to use or much more expensive. In addition LocationIQ...
Comparable products are less precise, hard to use or much more expensive. In addition LocationIQ documentation is superb.
Pros
It is easy to setup and use. It is very reliable, precise and robust. Its documentation enables us to use it from a Web app in 5 minutes!!!!
Cons
There is nothing wrong with LocationIQ. We had zero problems integrating it with our Web mapping app.

- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Strong alternative to optimize location based apps
Reviewed on 2020/08/27
Pros
Works best with leaflet and response times are good.
Cons
Autocomplete can be more accurate for Indian users

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Cool and high quality service
Reviewed on 2020/05/14
Pros
The service just works. All the time.
And it's blazing fast!
What is cool, is that they have a free tier to try it. You'll not be disappointed.
Cons
Some example projects on Github like for PHP, nodejs etc. would be interesting.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Accurate Geocoding
Reviewed on 2023/03/08
impresive
impresive
Pros
easy to use, free plan, in simple way that not make me confuse
Cons
overall is good, so hard for me to say what least of this product
- Industry: Research
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Location IQ
Reviewed on 2023/03/02
great
great
Pros
Ease of use and integration with our current stack
Cons
reverse geocoding feature optimization soon to be reached through super complex
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Fast and accurate
Reviewed on 2023/02/17
Pros
LocationIQ is very responsive, query results are return instantaneously and more importantly accurately. The LocationIQ database is updated frequently to include new roads\addresses.
Cons
There are no negative features, all the needs of our platform are met by LocationIQ
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Ease of use and accuracy
Reviewed on 2023/02/17
I needed a reliable reverse geocoder and LocationIQ does the job perfectly.
I needed a reliable reverse geocoder and LocationIQ does the job perfectly.
Pros
I have found this software quite easy to implement with helpful support available when needed. The results it gives were also very accurate.
Cons
There was nothing I disliked about the product.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent experience!
Reviewed on 2023/03/03
Pros
As a beginner this software was very approachable and well documented!
Cons
I found no fault with the product but could have done more to throttle my calls
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent geocoding API for open source project
Reviewed on 2020/08/10
Pros
The daily quota of geocoding requests in the free plan (10,000) was the highest I found when researching alternative products. This makes LocationIQ fantastic for an open source project that needs geocoding.
Cons
None, the REST API was very simple to integrate into my app and I have received no complaints from users regarding the geocoding functionality it provides.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good geocoding service at reasonable price
Reviewed on 2020/05/18
Pros
Pretty accurate geocoding service at a reasonable price. Support is quick and helpful. Free tier is generous.
Cons
In the past I've subscribed to a paid plan but then my usage dropped and I'm back on free tier. I've noticed that the price for paid plans is now twice what it was before.
- Industry: Renewables & Environment
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good product with great support
Reviewed on 2020/09/11
Very good experience overall - its done what we need, support has been good when we've needed it -...
Very good experience overall - its done what we need, support has been good when we've needed it - and the free-version is great whilst our product is in it early life.
Pros
It a cloud-based solution, so getting up and running was very straight forward
Good documentation
Great support
Free version for start-ups or smaller use-cases
Cons
Occasionally, the behaviour of the API has subtly changed (e.g. change in HTTP code returns) which we have had to develop around. Not had the problem for 6+ months though, so hopefully their change-control has improved and this won't happen again.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Excellent service, ideal for tracking solutions
Reviewed on 2020/05/08
Pros
I use this software for reverse geocoding on private Traccar installation.
I have not experienced any down time in the last 2 years.
Cons
The the returned addresses are not as detailed as other options and the post codes are not always correct.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great service!
Reviewed on 2020/08/03
Pros
Free and super simple to implement. JSON response is fast and accurate.
Cons
No issues whatsoever, I'm just adding characters to this box to reach the limit.
- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Best alternative to google map api!
Reviewed on 2020/05/28
Pros
LocationIQ has fast responsive time and most importantly... reasonable price, which makes it the best alternative to google map api.
Cons
POI is not as comprehensive as google map's tho, and localization still needs improvement.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to use powerful geocoding engine
Reviewed on 2020/08/28
Acquiring positions for residual waste collection points for optimised route planning
Acquiring positions for residual waste collection points for optimised route planning
Pros
The RestAPI is easy to use and the geocoding interface is the most important for our application.
Cons
The data quality in rural regions is a bit weak, we are constantly working on improvements using other services and feedback from our users.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Very good
Reviewed on 2020/07/30
Pros
Highly available & fast, great replacement for google api
Cons
This software works as expected so no cons for now
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent option
Reviewed on 2020/07/21
Pros
Easy to use, low cost, very goood customer service
Cons
I desired app for statistics and reports
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy and powerful
Reviewed on 2020/08/14
I'm using LocationIQ services for (reverse) geocoding tasks. Requests are very fast and reliable.
I'm using LocationIQ services for (reverse) geocoding tasks. Requests are very fast and reliable.
Pros
It's easy to use, excellent online documentation is very helpful.
Cons
Maybe better adjustments for international / regional particularities.