6 free alternatives to Geoapify Location Platform

Geocodify's free plan includes 30,000 calls per month, 1 request per second, commercial use, attribution required, and community support. That makes it a straightforward geocoding API option if you want a monthly allowance instead of a daily credit pool. It is strongest when your workload is modest but steady, because the monthly cap is much easier to reason about than a per-day credit budget. It falls short of Geoapify on request rate, since Geoapify allows up to 5 requests per second, and it does not advertise Geoapify's broader maps, routing, or reachability toolset. Switch if you mainly need geocoding and want a bigger monthly envelope.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: 30,000 calls per month and commercial use on the free plan
• Falls short: Lower throughput at 1 request per second and a narrower geocoding-only focus
• Who should switch: Switch here if your app is mostly geocoding and you need more monthly usage than Geoapify's daily cap allows.

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IPGeolocation.io's free plan includes $0/month pricing, 1,000 API credits per day for life, no credit card required, no overages on the free plan, and core IP lookup data such as country metadata, currency, ASN basics, and time zone data. It also includes standalone Time Zone, Astronomy, and User Agent API access. This is a good fit when your product needs IP geolocation rather than map search or routing. It beats Geoapify on simplicity for IP lookup work, because the plan is clearly perpetual and explicitly overage-free. It falls short on Geoapify's broader location platform features and on the higher daily allowance. Switch if your main job is IP intelligence, not maps or routing.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: Perpetual free IP geolocation with no overages
• Falls short: Much narrower scope than Geoapify's maps, geocoding, routing, and reachability APIs
• Who should switch: Switch here if you need a free IP geolocation API and do not need Geoapify's broader mapping stack.

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Geolocated.io's free tier includes 2,000 API requests per day, a 100 requests per minute rate limit, API server locations in the US and Asia, essentials geolocation data, standard IP lookup, self IP lookup, batch IP lookup, and several modules for currency, location, language, time, and connection data. It also supports CORS domains. That is useful if you want more than basic IP lookup and need module-based responses. It beats Geoapify on IP geolocation specialization and batch-oriented lookup behavior, but it falls short on Geoapify's request rate ceiling and its broader map and routing APIs. Switch if you want an IP-focused free tier with multiple lookup modules.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: IP geolocation modules and batch lookup features
• Falls short: Lower overall daily volume and no maps or routing platform breadth
• Who should switch: Switch here if your use case is IP geolocation with module-based enrichment and batch lookups.

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GraphHopper Directions API's free plan includes 0€ per month, 500 credits per day, up to 5 locations per Routing API request, up to 1 vehicle per Route Optimization request, forum-only support, non-commercial use only, and no credit card required to sign up. It is best for routing and route optimization rather than general map services. It beats Geoapify on having explicit routing-oriented limits and on no-card signup, but it falls short on commercial use and on free capacity, since the daily credit allowance is much smaller. Switch if you are prototyping routing logic for non-commercial use and want a simple free entry point.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: Routing-specific free limits with no credit card required
• Falls short: Non-commercial use only and a much smaller daily credit pool
• Who should switch: Switch here if you are building a routing prototype and commercial use is not required.

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Mapbox's free tier spans several products, including up to 100,000 monthly requests for Directions, Map Matching, Optimization, and Temporary Geocoding, 100,000 monthly requests for Tilequery, 50,000 monthly loads for Mapbox GL JS, 3 free seats for Mapbox GL JS Seats, and other free allowances across tiles, search, and navigation. It is a broad platform if you want maps plus search plus navigation in one place. It beats Geoapify on overall breadth and on some much larger monthly request caps, but it falls short because a credit card is required and the pricing model is usage-based rather than a simple free credit pool. Switch if you need a wide location platform with large free usage ceilings.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: Broader product coverage and much larger monthly request allowances
• Falls short: Card required and usage-based pricing rather than a simple free daily quota
• Who should switch: Switch here if you need maps and navigation breadth more than Geoapify's simpler free-plan structure.

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IP2Location.io's free plan includes 50K IP Geolocation API queries per month, 500 Domain WHOIS queries per month, 50 Hosted Domain queries per month, 11 IP attributes, daily database updates, standard support, basic geolocation data, and basic proxy detection with open proxy detection. Attribution is required. This makes it a good fit when you need IP geolocation plus domain-related lookups from the same account. It beats Geoapify on breadth for IP and domain intelligence, but it falls short on Geoapify's request rate and broader map and routing APIs. Switch if you want a free monthly quota for geolocation and domain lookup combined.

• Beats Geoapify Location Platform: More IP and domain lookup coverage in one free plan
• Falls short: Lower overall scope for maps, routing, and reachability workflows
• Who should switch: Switch here if your app needs IP geolocation plus WHOIS or hosted-domain lookups.

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