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Placekey

Placekey is a free, universal identifier for any physical place, designed to make it easy to join and match address and point-of-interest data across disparate datasets. The Placekey API resolves an address or latitude/longitude into a single Placekey, supporting both single and bulk (up to 100 per batch) lookups for address matching, deduplication, and data enrichment.

Placekey publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Bulk API and Lookup API. Tagged areas include Location, Geocoding, Address Matching, Identifiers, and POI.

Placekey’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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39.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
LocationGeocodingAddress MatchingIdentifiersPOI

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Composite quality — 39.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.6 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18
Access Clarity 7.1 / 18
Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Placekey Bulk API

The Bulk API from Placekey — 1 operation(s) for bulk.

Placekey Lookup API

The Lookup API from Placekey — 1 operation(s) for lookup.

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Placekey Bulk API

OPEN COLLECTION

Placekey Bulk Lookup API

OPEN COLLECTION

Placekey API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Placekey Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Placekey Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Placekey Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Placekey Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Placekey Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Placekey Agentic Access

2 operations · 2 acting

2 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: placekey
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/placekey/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Placekey
kind: company
description: Placekey is a free, universal identifier for any physical place, designed to make it easy to join and match address
  and point-of-interest data across disparate datasets. The Placekey API resolves an address or latitude/longitude into a
  single Placekey, supporting both single and bulk (up to 100 per batch) lookups for address matching, deduplication, and
  data enrichment.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/placekey.png
tags:
- Location
- Geocoding
- Address Matching
- Identifiers
- POI
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: placekey:placekey-bulk-api
  name: Placekey Bulk API
  description: The Bulk API from Placekey — 1 operation(s) for bulk.
  humanURL: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/quick-start
  baseURL: https://api.placekey.io/v1
  tags:
  - Bulk
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placekey-bulk-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/quick-start
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/response
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/placekey.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/placekey.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/bulk-api
- aid: placekey:placekey-lookup-api
  name: Placekey Lookup API
  description: The Lookup API from Placekey — 1 operation(s) for lookup.
  humanURL: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/quick-start
  baseURL: https://api.placekey.io/v1
  tags:
  - Lookup
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placekey-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/quick-start
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/response
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/placekey.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/placekey.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.placekey.io/documentation/placekey-api/bulk-api
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/placekey-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/placekey-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/placekey-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Placekey
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/placekey
- type: Website
  url: https://www.placekey.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.placekey.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/placekey-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/placekey-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/placekey-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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