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Free allowance: Free monthly requests per API, no credit card: 20K Geocoding, 20K Reverse Geocoding and 20K Routing requests a month, 2.5K Search API and 2.5K Matrix Routing requests a month, 200K vector map tiles a month; unused free amounts do not carry over and expire at the end of each month
Verdict: caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost: free tier
Identity: emailno card, no phone
Binding limit: volume-quota20K Geocoding, 20K Reverse Geocoding and 20K Routing requests a month on the free tier
Evidence: documented45 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04

Free tier	free monthly requests per API, no credit card: 20K Geocoding, 20K Reverse Geocoding and 20K Routing requests a month, 2.5K Search API and 2.5K Matrix Routing requests a month, 200K vector map tiles a month; unused free amounts do not carry over and expire at the end of each month unit requests; metered on request-count; the free use is the evaluation part of a Freemium account, which the FAQ says may be used for commercial applications; Freemium accounts are single-user; the free monthly allowance has no time limit, resets at the start of every billing cycle and is shared across the whole account, so several API keys draw from one pool
Price	none stated
Limits	volume-quota (binding) 20K Geocoding, 20K Reverse Geocoding and 20K Routing requests a month on the free tier source request-rate 5 queries a second by default for Geocoding, Reverse Geocoding, Routing, Search and Batch Search source retention-clamped results cached only for the maximum age of their cache-control headers; no other storing source per-object-cap 10000 items an asynchronous Batch Search request, 100 a synchronous one source
Binding	volume-quota 5 queries a second would pass a monthly 20K within the first day, so the monthly count is met first
Identity	email a MyTomTom account registered and confirmed by email; no credit card. The Register / sign in button of my.tomtom.com opens a hosted sign-in page whose first screen offers 'No account? Create one'; the other fields of the registration form are unverified: behind a sign-up
Egress	not applicable: a query API metered in requests, not bytes
Per-object cap	Batch Search takes up to 100 items a synchronous request and 10000 an asynchronous one; asynchronous results can be downloaded for 14 days
Interface	rest HTTPS to api.tomtom.com (for example /search/2/geocode/QUERY.json) with an API key created in MyTomTom; a keyless geocode answered HTTP 401 'You are missing valid authentication credentials'; the platform FAQ says API requests return 429 when free usage limits are exceeded, while the Geocode docs list 'Rate or volume limit exceeded' under 403 and give 429 for over QPS only, so the status of a request over the monthly free limit is unverified: behind a sign-up. Batch Search takes Geocode, Structured Geocode and Reverse Geocode items endpoint: https://api.tomtom.com/search/2/geocode/
Tooling	any HTTP client; Maps SDK for JavaScript and mobile SDKs
Composes with	20K geocodes, 20K reverse geocodes and 20K routes a month with no card, at 5 queries a second; Bulk path: asynchronous Batch Search of up to 10000 geocode items a request, billed per underlying request, not per call (20 requests sent to a batch endpoint are billed as 20 transactions); which monthly free pool an item draws from is unverified: behind a sign-up
Reliability	the platform FAQ says API requests return 429 when free usage limits are exceeded, and the Geocode docs list rate or volume limit exceeded under 403; which status the monthly free limit answers is unverified: behind a sign-up; access made available for evaluation can be terminated at any time without notice; one evaluation subscription plan per account
Notes	Bulk path: Batch Search, up to 10000 geocode items an asynchronous request (results kept 14 days), billed per underlying request, not per call; which monthly free pool an item draws from is unverified: behind a sign-up. Not listed on free-for.dev.
Evidence note	documented the pricing page and its FAQ script, the terms, the QPS limits page, the platform FAQ, the Batch Search docs and the MyTomTom account docs were quoted on 2026-11-02; a keyless geocode answered HTTP 401. The registration form beyond the first screen of its sign-in page is behind a sign-up; an account would show it and a keyed request would move the record to measured.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 45

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	each API has free monthly requests with no card
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	Geocoding is free for 20K requests a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	Reverse Geocoding is free for 20K requests a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	Routing is free for 20K requests a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	Matrix Routing is free for 2.5K requests a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	the Search API is free for 2.5K requests a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing/price-announcement	vector map tiles are free for 200K a month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	sign-up for the free evaluation needs no card
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	unused free amounts expire at the end of each month
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	one evaluation plan per account
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	not published
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	client caching is limited to the cache-control maximum age
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	no caching to serve multiple clients or users
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	evaluation access can be ended at any time without notice
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/fa	commercial applications are allowed on the free evaluation
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/fa	requests over a free limit answer 429
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/fa	default QPS limits range from 5 to 50
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/fa	Freemium accounts are single-user
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/api-best-practices/qp	Geocoding defaults to 5 queries a second
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/api-best-practices/qp	Reverse Geocoding defaults to 5 queries a second
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/api-best-practices/qp	Routing defaults to 5 queries a second
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/api-best-practices/qp	Batch Search defaults to 5 queries a second
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/asynchronous-	an asynchronous batch takes up to 10000 items
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/asynchronous-	Batch Search supports geocode endpoints
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/asynchronous-	a batch item can be a geocode query
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/synchronous-b	a synchronous batch takes up to 100 items
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/product-infor	asynchronous batch results are kept for 14 days
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/mi	a MyTomTom account is registered with an email address
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/mi	registration confirms the email
2026-10-31	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/my-tomtom/how-to-get-	an API key needs a TomTom account
2026-10-31	my.tomtom.com/	registration starts at my.tomtom.com
2026-10-31	probe: `https://api.tomtom.com/search/2/geocode/Zurich.json`	the geocode endpoint answers HTTP 401 to a keyless request
2026-10-31	probe: `https://api.tomtom.com/search/2/geocode/Zurich.json#body`	the geocode endpoint refuses a request with no key
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/_astro/SectionFAQV2.B4a-TVNA.js	the FAQ of the TomTom pricing page, served in its FAQ script, says a batch endpoint is billed per underlying request, not per call
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/_astro/SectionFAQV2.B4a-TVNA.js	the FAQ of the TomTom pricing page says a batch endpoint is billed per underlying request, not per call
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/_astro/SectionFAQV2.B4a-TVNA.js	the pricing FAQ says the free tier has no time limit, resets each billing cycle and is shared across the account
2026-11-02	oauth.my.tomtom.com/authorize?client_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.tom	the sign-in page behind the Register / sign in button of my.tomtom.com shows 'No account? Create one' on its first screen
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/_astro/SectionFAQV2.B4a-TVNA.js	the batch billing answer of the pricing FAQ is readable in the FAQ script of the pricing page
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/pricing	Geocoding and Routing are each free for 20K requests a month
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/mi	a MyTomTom account is registered with an email address
2026-11-02	docs.tomtom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions	client caching is limited to the cache-control maximum age
2026-11-02	probe: `https://api.tomtom.com/search/2/geocode/Zurich.json#body`	a keyless geocode request is refused with a missing-credentials message
2026-11-03	docs.tomtom.com/geocoding-api/documentation/tomtom-maps/v1/g	part of the text of Reliability, above
2026-11-03	docs.tomtom.com/platform/documentation/status-and-support/fa	the platform FAQ answers 'what happens if I exceed free usage limits' with 429
2026-11-03	docs.tomtom.com/geocoding-api/documentation/tomtom-maps/v1/g	the Geocode docs give 429 only for exceeding queries per second

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bulk path	asynchronous Batch Search up to 10000 items a request, billed per underlying request, not per call; which monthly free pool an item draws from is unverified: behind a sign-up