All LocationIQ Reviews
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David
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2020
Fast and Accurate
Really easy implementation and very responsive support.
CONSI've been using this software for several months, but I have no complaints to report.
Reasons for switching to LocationIQ
Price
Jordan
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
The best solution for geolocation
Pretty good
PROSSimple to use. Not expensive at all. Does the job.
CONSit's nt easy to determine the city name.
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
cheaper
Reasons for switching to LocationIQ
expensive
İsmail
Verified reviewer
Research, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Recomended Geocoding Software
It is free and easy to use. Also, it is accurately locate postcodes.
CONSIt could find some postcodes geolocation. Also, it could dind open addresses for some country which doesn’t use postcodes such as Turkey.
Maciej
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2020
Good way to know, where things are
I've installed a GPS in my car. To tighten my privacy and security I installed a dedicated server to handle notifications from my GPS. LocationIQ was my choice, because its license is available in various options - for my needs the free one was the best option. The accuracy of address determination it pretty good, although in dense urban areas it sometimes give false results. However, the value for money ($0 in my case) is very, very good. Free license is a good starting point. LocationIQ sends you weekly usage reports, which help you track the moment, when license upgrade is needed.
CONSSometime the accuracy lacks, especially in dense urban areas (in my home town address returned was 2 streets away, while other location services provided accurate location). Also sometimes usage reports can be confusing - especially when minutely limit sees to be reached, and device is configured to send reports twice a minute.
Karsten
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Perfect for finding locations
I use LocationIQ in conjunction with the Wordpress plugin mapsmarker Pro to find locations .
PROSLocationIQ is the perfect solution to search locations for Open Streetmap. I use it in conjunction with the Wordpress plugin mapsmarker Pro.
CONSI can't write anything negative about LocationIQ now. Try it yourself.
Alessandro
Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
A great API for ReverseGeocoding
We are using LocationIQ reverse geocoding with the free plan since a couple of year.Now we are considering upgrading to a paying profile since our demands grew.
PROSEasy to us API, free plan let you deeply test the functionalities, precision of reverse geocoding.Dashboards are great and email reports useful.No spamming, responsive support.
CONSSpeed limits for roads could be integrated and provided as an additional service.
Clifford
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2020
Great Geocoding Tool
LocationIQ is, in my opinion, the best free service for internal geocoding for most companies. Commercialized and high-volume products are priced fairly, and US addresses & lat/lng coordinates have high fidelity. International addresses have improved significantly over time.
PROS- Free version has suited our internal needs for geocoding some of our data, best free service I could find - Paid version is reasonable and straightforward. We would likely use if our usage ever spiked or we needed to offer commercial usage - API queries are flexible and help with Address Validation as well as geocoding
CONS- There used to be significant problems with international addresses (we are a US company, but store some international addresses), but these have been vastly improved in the past few years - We haven't used the map utility in a while, but it was somewhat more difficult to implement and style than other similar tools. This was a couple years ago and may have improved.
Timothy
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Excellent geocoding API for open source project
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.
CONSNone, 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.
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Superb solution for device tracking
I use this for location tracking on mobile phones - so my home automation (Home Assistant) knows where the users are
CONSNone that I can remember
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
Free tier suited my requirements. full address location for my devices
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Good product for less money.
The price vs. features and it just works.
CONSIt takes a little while to setup, but when it setup it works, as it should be.
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
Google api, and other vendors.
Jonathan
Telecommunications, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
Excellent service, ideal for tracking solutions
I use this software for reverse geocoding on private Traccar installation. I have not experienced any down time in the last 2 years.
CONSThe the returned addresses are not as detailed as other options and the post codes are not always correct.
Reasons for switching to LocationIQ
Google switched to a pricing model that is not suitable for small business use.
Eddie
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2020
Reliable, affordable and fast geocoder for big and small companies
The overall experience has been great from day one. We have not looked back since adopting LocationIQ.
PROSIt is very easy to setup and works very well. I am impressed at how Reliable LocationIQ has been for us at EnVsion. We have not had any major issue since we started using it. Besides, the responses from our API calls are very swift, helping us provide amazing user experience.
CONSEverything was very straightforward with LocationIQ, so there is nothing major to complain about.
Robert
Telecommunications, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2020
Excellent Geocoding API, for free!
The main purpose for our use of LocationIQ was for geocoding coordinates in our fleet vehicle tracking application, Traccar. This function wasn't essential for us but a 'nice to have' and so the free option was perfect for us. It helped us to view a list of coordinates for where our fleet vehicles had travelled and roughly translate it to a readable address. We had initially tried some of Google's APIs but found them to be fairly expensive for our use of them and then I discovered LocationIQ. The setup process was very simple and our application had support built right in so it iwas just a case of copying the API key and a handful of details to get it up and running.
CONSNothing, it's perfect for our use and we couldn't wish for anything more in a free product.
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
Cost
Reasons for switching to LocationIQ
Cost
Chiel
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2020
Geocoding service
We use LocationIQ for reverse geocoding of our asset tracking and monitorion systems
PROSGreat service with easy integration as is a default nominatim service. Great service and low cost solution as backup for nominatim server.
CONSNone, we have selected this product specifically for our needs
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
Free tear package
Grzegorz
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Great service for reasonable price
Reasonable pricing with awesome free tier. This allows us to use the service and upgrade to paid plan once our product adoption reaches certain threshold.
CONSAt some point the request per minute limit (free tier) was not stated clearly, but it is no longer the case.
Jasper
Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2020
Location IQ
works great
PROSStraight forward JSON API, reliable results
CONSsome confusion about scientific notation for numbers
Mary
Insurance, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2020
LocationIQ provides reliable Reverse Geocoding API data
The API LocationIQ was easy to use, and provides elusive Reverse Geocoding information that I can't find from other sources (I have lat/long and need city/state/zip).
PROSI liked the ease of use the most, as well as the availability of the city/state/zip information for my latitude and longitude data.
CONSI did not find any Cons with this API -- it had the information I needed, and the documentation I needed to get that information.
Andrew
Program Development, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
It is a very good, reliable reverse geocode service with a decent free tier.
We've integrated it with several other geocoders, it is still one of the most reliable ones out there.
PROSIntegration was easy and straightforward, the reliability is excellent.
CONSSorry, but I don't have anything against this service.
Justin
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2020
Best API i use for all clients
Great experience no spammy emails only one asking me to review. I get weekly metrics and analytics which is great to send to customers
PROSWith constant uptime and an insane amount of free calls being allowed this has been a setup and forget its running since the start. Easy to setup and reliable enough to forget about it. Theres probably something wrong with your code, not LocationIQ
CONSNot really any cons, being in a third world country its quite expensive but still very relative to other players in location api market
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
The huge amount of free api calls
Reasons for switching to LocationIQ
A lot easier to setup, a lot less code on the front side, constant monitoring is needed cause sometimes rate limits are hit
Hans
Telecommunications, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2020
Home geofencing and tracking
Really easy to deploy, using it in Traccar
CONSThe free limit that I sometimes come up to, but its really not a dislike since service should cost money!
Mickael
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Really Accurate
Locationiq is very accurate, blazing fast and really easy to implement
CONSNothing, it's perfect and suit all my needs.
Carl
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Great product
It’s extremely reliable, more so than we’ve used in the past. Great free and inexpensive options.
CONSNothing, we love the product and will use in the future
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Very helfpul free geocoding service
The api is easy to use and handle most api requests successfully.
CONSThere is not much I do not loke about the geocoding api.
Nicolò
Information Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Super easy implementation and top notch customer service
Documentation, pricing and customer service have been great
CONSNot much against, we've been able to do everything we needed
Reason for choosing LocationIQ
Pricing and documentation
Geraldine
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Excellent
It's free for te tier and does its job very well
CONSNone so far. It was a shift from an expensive supplier and this does the same job inexpensively.