We are looking for a free or paid version of a Geocoding API that will allow us to use it for commercial purposes that is as good as google. Google's api starts at $10,000 a year which is too much. We expect to do 1000-5000 geocodes per month.
I have tried Cloudmade, but have had problems geocoding some addresses that google can do.
Does anyone have any recommendations based on experience?
Here is how I am using the Cloudmade API:
We did a comparison of geocoding vendors recently, and came up with this:
Geocod.io is the cheapest, but their geocoder is based on Tiger data, and is probably incorrect in many places. The others are comparable to the Google API in terms of accuracy, but may have various restrictions in their Terms Of Use or levels of customer service that may make them unsuitable for your use. As always, you get what you pay for.
Update, 2016: Geocodio has added a significant number of additional datasets and reduced their pricing to $.0005 per lookup after the initial 2,500 free per day. They have also created a tool so you can compare their accuracy and pricing to other prodivers: http://geocod.io/compare/
locationiq.com - 10k geocodes/ day for free. LocationIQ is based on data from OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, WhosonFirst, Polylines, TIGER & Geonames.
Disclaimer: I work for Unwired Labs, which owns locationiq.org
This question is over 4 years old and a lot has changed since. Geocode.xyz is a two year old startup that does both address cleanup/standardization, geoparsing and geocoding. Provides elevation too.
I work for TomTom. Have you checked our TomTom Maps APIs?
The Search API provides for Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding and the free tier account is probably enough for your needs.
Take a look at our tutorials. The API KEY registration is free (no credit card needed)
More information in the Search API documentation.
