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whichkenyesterday at 1:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

That is a very important point that I also was surprised wasn't mentioned. Google offers amazing APIs regarding locations and places, but they are expensive and prohibit you from storing it in any meaningful way.

I was surprised to see AWS' location service wasn't compared in this write-up. They are unique in that they offer both options. They ask when you provision the service if you plan on storing the data. The service works the same, but the cost is 8x. A fair trade, if your use-case involves referencing that data often.


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n8cpdxyesterday at 2:25 PM

Not quite unique, ArcGIS location platform has similar terms and options.

https://location.arcgis.com/pricing/#geocoding

freyfogleyesterday at 2:56 PM

If you think that is a fair trade I would love the chance to talk with you and save you A LOT of money.

Our experience (10+ years of offering a geocoding service) is that many people (of course depending on exact needs and use case) are significantly over-spending and could be using open data to reduce costs by 80+%.

Happy to chat if interested

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