What is the best Mapbox API alternative?
Radar is the best alternative to the Mapbox API. Radar supports geocoding, search, and distance APIs with high-quality address and place data. Radar is more affordable than the Mapbox API, free up to 100,000 API requests per month and $0.50 per 1,000 requests thereafter. Radar is also more flexible than the Mapbox API, allowing you to display results on any map with no attribution requirements.
Unlike Mapbox, Radar is also a full-stack platform for location tracking and geofencing, with support for unlimited geofences, polygon geofences, isochrone geofences, and out-of-the-box geofences for places and regions. Finally, Radar supports integrations including mParticle, Segment, Braze, Airship, Amplitude, and Yext.
See a detailed feature-by-feature comparison below. Still have questions? Contact us!
| Feature | Radar | Mapbox API |
|---|---|---|
| Free search requests per month | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Search price | $0.50 per 1,000 requests | $0.75 per 1,000 requests |
| Autocomplete API | Yes | Yes |
| Structured place search API | Yes | No |
| Geofence search API | Yes | No |
| Forward geocoding API | Yes | Yes |
| Reverse geocoding API | Yes | Yes |
| IP geocoding API | Yes | No |
| Distance API with multiple travel modes | Yes | No |
| Matrix API | Yes | Yes |
| Base maps | No | Yes |
| Display on any map | Yes | No |
| Attribution requirements | No | Yes |
| iOS SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Android SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Official React Native SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Official Cordova SDK | Yes | No |
| Full-stack geofencing and location tracking | Yes | No |
| Place, category, and chain detection | Yes | No |
| mParticle integration | Yes | No |
| Segment integration | Yes | No |
| Yext integration | Yes | No |
| Braze integration | Yes | No |
| Airship integration | Yes | No |
| Amplitude integration | Yes | No |
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