GeoNames Alternative

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Reasons to choose GeoPostcodes over GeoNames

Standardized data format

Enterprise-grade support

Official data sources

Data Sources

Commercial Use

Data Quality

Data Structure

Data Coverage

Customer Support

1,500+ official sources

License tailored to your scope

Verified and standardized data from national postal authorities

Standardized & unified

FULL

Dedicated expert service

Crowdsourced data

Source credit is required (Creative Commons Attribution)

Variable quality due to user contributions

Non-standardized

LIMITED

Community forums

Why choose GeoPostcodes as the GeoNames Alternative

Standardized Data

Unlike Geonames crowdsourced approach, GeoPostcodes delivers data in a standardized, unified global structure. The file formats, column titles, attribute naming, and data model are consistent across countries.

Unmatched Data Accuracy

At GeoPostcodes, we focus on delivering highly accurate and granular location data. Our data comes from over 1,500 verified sources worldwide, ensuring superior coverage and accuracy, especially in difficult geographies such as China, the UK, Russia, and Brazil.

Plug and Play Design

Skip the time-consuming data processing required with Geonames. GeoPostcodes provides ready-to-use data in standardized formats for seamless implementation in your software of choice.

Dedicated Expert Service

Instead of depending on Geonames' community forums for assistance, our dedicated team brings deep expertise across data, technology, and strategy to ensure the best fit between geospatial solutions and your business needs.

The #1 global location data partner for Enterprise and product-builders

We’re delighted with GeoPostcodes as our global data partner. Their team is extremely knowledgeable and has helped us throughout every step of the integration.

Nick Beaugié

Senior Software Engineer

While using publicly available data, we realized that data coverage and quality issues were holding us back. GeoPostcodes data has made a huge difference in our ability to reliably geocode and resolve addresses.

David Henslovitz

Data Scientist

I can forget about postal data errors because I know GeoPostcodes is working great. And I can use my time to solve other problems. Having all of this information at our disposal is really important.

William Chao

Product Owner

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is better than the GeoNames API?

The GeoNames API is useful for basic search and query functions but relies on crowdsourced project data with limited country coverage. For enterprise use, GeoPostcodes offers verified code data from 1,500+ sources, with regular date-based updates and structured file formats for easy import into MySQL or other systems.

Is GeoNames accurate for all cities and countries?

GeoNames offers broad global coverage, but due to its crowdsourced nature, the quality of city and country data varies. For consistent, verified data across all locations, commercial providers like GeoPostcodes deliver standardized datasets with full coverage, frequent updates, and reliable search, query, and import options into enterprise systems.