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• Photon vs NominatimNominatim is also an open-source OpenStreetMap geocoder but focuses on structured and bulk address queries with minutely updates, and it lacks Photon's typeahead search with typo tolerance.
• Photon vs PeliasPelias runs on Elasticsearch and combines OpenStreetMap with OpenAddresses, Who's On First and GeoNames data, but it needs several services to run and has no public API listed.
• Photon vs openrouteserviceopenrouteservice bundles geocoding with directions, isochrones and matrices in one open-source API, with a free public API that has daily limits and a self-hosting option.