An OpenCage alternative with no monthly plan

OpenCage sells a geocoding API built on OpenStreetMap and other open data, with monthly plans that set a daily request allowance. Mapricot also geocodes on open data, and adds address autocomplete, nearby places, routing, IP geolocation, and free map tiles, at $0.10 per 1,000 requests after 250,000 free every 30 days, with no plan to pick.

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Equivalent APIs

Each Mapricot API next to the OpenCage product that does the same job. Mapricot's API isn't compatible with any other provider's, so switching means changing requests and response handling.

What you need

Mapricot

OpenCage

Forward geocoding

Mapricot GET /v1/search

OpenCage Geocoding API

Reverse geocoding

Mapricot GET /v1/reverse

OpenCage Geocoding API, with coordinates as the query

Autocomplete

Mapricot GET /v1/autocomplete

OpenCage Geosearch, for place names rather than street addresses

Nearby places by category

Mapricot GET /v1/nearby

OpenCage Not listed

Place lookup by ID

Mapricot GET /v1/places/{id}

OpenCage Not listed

Driving, cycling, and walking routes

Mapricot POST /v1/route

OpenCage Not listed

IP geolocation

Mapricot GET /v1/ip/{ip}

OpenCage Not listed

Vector map tiles

Mapricot Free, no API key, for MapLibre

OpenCage Not listed

OpenCage products, from its documentation, checked October 22, 2026.

When to choose each

Where Mapricot is stronger

Pay per request from $0, with no monthly plan. OpenCage's first paid plan is $50 a month.
Free requests you can use in production. OpenCage's free trial is for testing only.
Address autocomplete, nearby places, routing, IP geolocation, and free map tiles under the same key.
Invalid requests aren't billed. OpenCage counts bad requests toward usage.

Where OpenCage is stronger

A flat monthly bill with soft limits: going over now and then costs nothing extra.
Annotations on each result, such as the time zone, currency, and calling code.
Spreadsheet uploads of up to 10,000 rows, and libraries for over 40 languages.

OpenCage pricing

OpenCage sells geocoding in monthly or annual subscriptions with a daily request allowance: X-Small at $50 a month for 10,000 requests a day, Small at $125 for 30,000, Medium at $500 for 125,000, and Large at $1,000 for 300,000. Limits are soft: a short spike costs nothing extra, but a higher daily average means moving up a plan. The free trial gives 2,500 requests a day, for testing only. One-time plans are also sold, with requests that last up to a year.

What you pay for

OpenCage

Geocoding

Forward and reverse: about $0.17 per 1,000 on X-Small, falling to about $0.11 on Large

Places and autocomplete

Geosearch, a place-name autosuggest library, at a separate flat fee

Prices include VAT. The per-1,000 figures are OpenCage's own, for each plan used in full. Source: OpenCage pricing, last checked October 22, 2026. Mapricot charges $0.10 per 1,000 requests after 250,000 free every 30 days, shared by every API, and its map tiles are free with no key.

Differences to plan for

Requests: OpenCage uses one endpoint, /geocode/v1/json, for both directions: a text query geocodes, and a latitude,longitude query reverse geocodes. The key goes in the URL. Mapricot has separate /v1/search and /v1/reverse endpoints, and the key goes in the Authorization header.
Results: OpenCage returns each result's position in geometry with lat and lng, and its address parts in components. Mapricot returns lat and lon on the result, and the address parts in address.
Storing results: Both are built on open data and let you keep results permanently. Mapricot's results name their source and the credit to show.
Autocomplete: OpenCage's Geosearch suggests place names, such as cities and neighbourhoods, through a JavaScript library. Mapricot's /v1/autocomplete is an API that suggests addresses and places as well, with coordinates in each suggestion.

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