Can I Use the Address Autocomplete API for Free?

Using an address autocomplete API for your website can significantly improve user experience. It allows the end-user to enter their address with fewer keystrokes and reduces shopper fatigue, effectively increasing conversion rates and decreasing cart abandonment.

However, it’s crucial that you choose the right address autocomplete API for your application. The data used to create the autocomplete needs to be clean and accurate. If it isn’t, the results could be inaccurate or even harmful. In addition, the API should be able to filter results and provide an optimal outcome for each lookup.

For example, many address autocomplete APIs (including Google’s) aggregate information from volunteers without any training in the correct format for business, residential or street addresses. This can lead to erroneous data in your autocomplete form at the cost of accuracy.

Another consideration is whether the API provides the full address or only the primary unit of the location. If the primary unit is an apartment, for example, then it’s important that you consider how this will affect your users and if you need the Secondary address unit designator completed as well.

Smarty US Autocomplete Pro returns a full address including separate address components like house number, street, postcode (or zipcode), city and country. This is the best solution for any website or online form that requires an accurate, reliable and streamlined address collection process. We also offer geolocation filters and biases to limit search results to only those closest to the user’s actual geographic location.