Foursquare
Foursquare: A broad location data and spatial analysis suite for developers and GIS teams. Ranked #20 of 36 in Location Intelligence Software by our editors (7.3/10); pricing: Free plan · 30-day trial; best for developers needing POI and spatial data tools.
At a glance
- Editor score7.3 / 10
- PricingFree plan · 30-day trial
- Best forDevelopers needing POI and spatial data tools
- Free planYes
- Paid from$25/mo
- Founded2009
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Global POI data with search, details, matching, and geotagging APIs
- Spatial analysis, mapping, 3D visualization, and H3 hex tiles
- Integrations with Snowflake, BigQuery, QGIS, Grafana, and Databricks
Where it doesn't
- Drive-time analysis and territory planning are not verified
- Multiple products and usage tiers require careful plan selection
- Workbench compute and storage usage are billed separately
Our verdict on Foursquare
Foursquare is a location intelligence product suite for developers, marketers, analysts, and GIS professionals. It combines global point-of-interest data, place metadata, APIs, SDKs, mapping tools, spatial workspaces, and curated datasets. Developers can use the Places API Pro for Place Search, Place Details, Autocomplete, Place Match, and Geotagging Candidates, while GIS and analytics teams can work with interactive maps, 3D visualization, spatial joins, suitability analysis, cluster-outlier analysis, and data operations.
Pricing is divided across several products. Spatial Desktop Basic is free per month, while Standard costs $25 per month and Pro costs $100 per month, with higher tiers adding AI assistance, more agent tokens, cloud storage, and shared projects. Spatial Workbench Developer Plan costs $250 per month, with compute and storage usage billed separately. Spatial Studio Community user is always free with 1 GB of cloud storage, limited data catalog access, public map publishing, and Community Slack support. Spatial Studio Enterprise has custom pricing. Places API Pro includes a free tier for 0–500 calls per 1,000 calls, followed by $15 per 1,000 calls for 501–100,000 calls. A 30-day free trial is also available.
Its ecosystem is a strong fit for teams working across data platforms and developer tools. Foursquare supports web and API access, REST API, Python SDK, CLI, and Map SDK integrations, with connections including Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Athena, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Databricks, QGIS, Grafana, and kepler.gl. Import and export support covers CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefiles, and Vector Tiles. Choose Foursquare when POI data, spatial analysis, map publishing, and platform connectivity are priorities. Teams centered on drive-time analysis or territory planning should consider a more specialized alternative.
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Foursquare fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $25/mo |
| Drive-time analysis | Not verified |
| Territory planning | Not verified |
| Demographic data | Yes |
| Data upload formats | CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefiles, Vector Tiles |
| API access | Yes |
| Included user limit | Not verified |
| Free trial | 30 days |
| Deployment | Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Email, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 550+ integrations: Grafana, kepler.gl, QGIS, Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Athena … See all → |
| Pricing | Free plan · 30-day trial (source) |
| Website | foursquare.com |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Foursquare integrations
Foursquare lists 550+ integrations on its own site — the 12 named here are the ones its pages call out.
- Grafana
- kepler.gl
- QGIS
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Amazon Athena
- PostgreSQL
- PrestoDB
- Planet NICFI
- Amazon S3
- Amazon Redshift
- Databricks
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- CARTOBroad spatial analytics, mapping, APIs, and deployment options for cloud-native teams.9.2
- GeoplanA mature web platform for route, territory, site and field-operation planning.9.0
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