Top 8 Best Distance APIs & Alternatives (2021)

The API help users to find cities closest to them in seven different languages. The API has a database containing over 275,000 towns and counties. The API allows you to search and get results for cities, countries, divisions, regions, divisions, timezone date and time, currencies, or distance.

Responses allow the user to sort them by name, elevation, demographics, or country codes. You can narrow down your search further by a combination of those parameters.

Languages supported by the API include English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Russian.

It supports REST and GraphQL architectural styles using CURL and Java coding languages. The API utilizes HTTPS request methods and deliver the responses in JSON data format.

The API has three packages. The basic plan is free for 1000 requests per day. The Pro tier costs $10/month for 200000 calls per day, while Ultra costs $25/month for 1000000 queries per day.

Developed by Redline, the Zipcode API is mobile and cloud-based. The API allows users to figure out distances between zip codes, find zip codes based on a radius of another zip code, list codes based on proximity, and display places based on the zip code entered.

The API returns zone details, country, state, city, longitude, and latitude information of a zip code. It provides all zip details of neighboring zip codes within a 5miles radius of a particular zip code.

The API returns results of distances between places in miles or kilometers.

The API relies on JavaScript programming language and uses the HTTPS request models to retrieve data. The API delivers the responses in JSON format.

The API is free for 240 calls per day. It has three paid plans, Pro at $10/month, Ultra at $30/month, and Mega at $100/month.

The API is available in 16 languages, including English, French, Spanish, and German. The API allows users to search by country, city, region, postal address, postal codes, IATA airport codes, longitude or latitude coordinates, and what3words maps.

The API help users to calculate worldwide distances between two coordinates. The results show flight routes in miles and kilometers, bearing, midpoint, driving roads, and the timezones. Additionally, the API provides a list of the most popular ways and featured countries.

You can also retrieve information about the distance and duration between vehicle routes or foot waypoints.

The API has three plans, basic, pro and ultra. The basic tier is free for 100 requests per month. Pro package costs $9/month for 1000 queries per month. Ultra plan costs $80 /month.

The API is web-based and helps users to calculate the air distance between various points of the earth. The API displays the distance in nautical miles or kilometers. Users can get estimated flight times by selecting the aircraft type.

The users type in the ICAO 4 letter code or the IATA 3 letter code for airport search. It is mandatory to put in the speed of the aircraft when calculating the flight time. Otherwise, if you are only computing the distance, the rate is optional.

The API has a limited free package. The paid tiers cost $10 for Pro and $200 for the Ultra version.

Created by Noggle, the API helps to find the bearing and geolocation of different points on earth. This API returns the closest and biggest city within a given radius. The API shows compass directions, country, time zones, city, distance, population, and the GMT offset for any given coordinate.

The API is free with paid versions with additional features. The Pro plan costs $1.99/month while the Ultra tier costs $4.99.

The Google Maps Time Zone API is a product of Google and uses an interactive console URL. Its Rest architectural design allows it to support various formats such as JSON, CRUD, and URI query string.

It is a single purpose and web API that does not limit the user based on the device type. As such, it can be useful on mobile phone devices, desktops, and tablets.

The users can request data for a particular latitude and longitude pair for a specific date and the API. The API returns the time zone results by giving the data, daylight savings offset, and the offset from UTC.

It provides a wide range of languages through which the user can obtain results. However, English is the default language.

The API has a free basic plan that offers 500 requests per month. The pro package goes for $5/month and has 1000requests within that time frame. The ultra-package has 100000 requests and goes for $400 per month.

Developed by 010pixels, this API calculates the distance between locations in nautical miles or kilometers. The parameters are latitude and longitude positions for the first point against those of the second.

The API is easy to use and integrate into your website.

The API has four paid plans. The basic at $0.49/months, Pro for $0.99/months, Ultra for $9.99/months, and $29.99/months.

This API is one of Google maps products and enables the user to calculate the distance between two points. The API allows the user to draw a route on a map built on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

The accuracy of the API is one of the most significant benefits of this API.

This API has three payable plans. The pro package offers 5000 requests and is $5 a month, the ultra package that targets professionals go for $15 a month and contains 20000 requests, and the Megaplan has 100000 requests for $50 a month. The mega package targets businesses that have high production levels.

The API also has a basic plan which is free and contains 100 requests.