Zipcodebase Alternative: zipcodestack vs Zipcodebase (2026)

Monthly list prices from both pricing pages in October 2026 (zipcodebase.com/pricing).

Price per request: zipcodestack vs Zipcodebase

The plan names don’t line up: Zipcodebase calls its plans Developer, Small, Medium and Large, and its Medium plan is the one closest in size to zipcodestack Large. Compared with the Zipcodebase plan of similar size, zipcodestack costs 33% to 49% less per request:

zipcodestack plan	Zipcodebase plan	zipcodestack per 1,000	Zipcodebase per 1,000	zipcodestack costs
Small: $34.99 for 70,000	Developer: $45 for 60,000	$0.50	$0.75	33% less
Medium: $59.99 for 250,000	Small: $75 for 200,000	$0.24	$0.375	36% less
Large: $159.99 for 2,500,000	Medium: $240 for 1,900,000	about $0.064	about $0.126	49% less
Business: $249 for 6,000,000	Large: $800 for 10,000,000	about $0.042	$0.08	48% less

	zipcodestack	Zipcodebase
Free plan use	Testing and personal projects	Private use only
Rate limit on paid plans	None	1 to 50 concurrent requests, by plan
Radius search limit	Up to 500 km or miles on every plan	10 to 500 miles, by plan

zipcodestack paid plans cost $34.99 to $249 a month. Yearly billing gives you 2 months free (pay for 10 months, get 12); Zipcodebase gives 20% off yearly.

All plans

Size	zipcodestack	Zipcodebase
Free	Free: 1,000 requests, for testing and personal projects	Free: 5,000 searches, private use only
Entry	Small: $34.99 for 70,000	Developer: $45 for 60,000
Mid	Medium: $59.99 for 250,000	Small: $75 for 200,000
High	Large: $159.99 for 2,500,000	Medium: $240 for 1,900,000
Top	Business: $249 for 6,000,000	Large: $800 for 10,000,000
Above 6 million	Enterprise: from $500 a month, on request	Very Large: $2,000 for 40,000,000; Premium: $3,000 for 70,000,000

All zipcodestack plans, including yearly billing, are on the pricing page.

Limits

Radius: Zipcodebase limits the radius by plan (10 miles on the free plan, 100 on Developer, 200 on Small, 500 on Medium and up). zipcodestack’s radius endpoint accepts up to 500 km or miles.
Concurrency: Zipcodebase plans list 1 to 50 concurrent requests. zipcodestack paid plans have no rate limit.

Endpoints

zipcodestack offers search (100 codes per request), validate, distance, radius, polygon, match, codes by city and state, provinces, reverse geocoding (coordinates to postal code), autocomplete and coverage, plus an MCP server for AI agents.

Create a free zipcodestack key and compare both APIs with your own data.

Frequently asked questions

Is zipcodestack cheaper than Zipcodebase?

Yes, on plans of similar size, by 33% to 49% per request. zipcodestack Small is $34.99 for 70,000 requests vs $45 for 60,000 searches on Zipcodebase Developer; zipcodestack Medium is $59.99 for 250,000 vs $75 for 200,000 on Zipcodebase Small; zipcodestack Large is $159.99 for 2,500,000 (about $0.064 per 1,000) vs $240 for 1,900,000 on Zipcodebase Medium (about $0.126 per 1,000). zipcodestack Business is $249 for 6,000,000 (about $0.042 per 1,000) vs $800 for 10,000,000 on Zipcodebase Large (about $0.08 per 1,000). Above 6 million a month, zipcodestack prices volume on request (Enterprise, from $500 a month). Monthly list prices, October 2026.

Which free plan is bigger?

Zipcodebase's: 5,000 searches per month, for private use only. zipcodestack's Free plan has 1,000 requests per month, 10 requests a minute and 1 API key, with no credit card, for testing and personal projects. Neither free plan is for commercial use; for that, zipcodestack starts at $34.99 a month for 70,000 requests.

How much do zipcodestack's paid plans cost?

$34.99 to $249 a month: Small $34.99 (70,000 requests), Medium $59.99 (250,000 requests), Large $159.99 (2,500,000 requests), Business $249 (6,000,000 requests). Yearly billing gives you 2 months free.

How hard is migrating from Zipcodebase?

The endpoints map closely: search, distance, radius, match, city and state lookups. Most integrations only need a new base URL, the apikey header and small field-name changes.

Get this data in your app

zipcodestack looks up, validates and searches postal codes in 182 countries: city, state, coordinates, distances and radius search, as JSON.

1,000 free requests every month. No credit card required.

{ "results": { "10001": [{ "postal_code": "10001", "country_code": "US", "latitude": 40.7484, "longitude": -73.9967, "city": "New York", "state": "New York", "state_code": "NY", "province": "New York" }] } }

zipcodestack vs Zipcodebase