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What it is

Foursquare provides location intelligence tools for marketers, developers, analysts, and machine learning engineers. Attribution measures advertising impact across media plans and platforms. Audience builds customizable targeting groups from real-world behaviors, and Proximity supports real-time geo-contextual targeting with custom geofences. Places APIs supply real-time place data for applications and nearby venue discovery.

For spatial analysis, Spatial Workbench brings SQL workbooks, geospatial computing, dashboards, and interactive maps into a browser workspace. It uses pre-provisioned MotherDuck instances and builds maps with Kepler.gl. Foursquare Studio connects to Snowflake and BigQuery, plus QGIS, Grafana, and kepler.gl. It also offers REST API and Python library access, and supports importing and exporting CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefiles, and Vector Tiles. Places API charges by volume on a pay-as-you-go basis, with up to 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints. Foursquare has free plans, a 30-day trial, and paid plans from $25/mo. The listed platforms are API and web; the company was founded in 2009.

Spec sheet

What it does
Foursquare is a geospatial intelligence platform for marketing, spatial analysis, developer applications and points-of-interest data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Audience
Audience builds segments from real-world visitation behavior and can activate them across more than 550 channels.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Integrations
Foursquare says its data is delivered through more than 550 integrated partners, including AWS and The Trade Desk.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Founded
2009Read 28 Sep 2026 · foursquare.com
Acquisition news (2026-09-18)
Axios reported that Infillion agreed to acquire all of Foursquare, with Foursquare continuing as an independent brand and most of its roughly 150 employees joining Infillion.Read 15 Oct 2026 · axios.com
Advertising measurement
Its Attribution product measures the impact of advertising across a media plan and platforms.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
API authentication
Foursquare requires authentication credentials; service API keys authenticate Developer Console projects and bearer access tokens authenticate userful requests.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
API Explorer
The API Explorer offers authenticated requests, complete responses, live request testing and multiple programming languages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
API limits
Legacy authenticated endpoints generally allow 500 requests per OAuth token per hour, while autocomplete allows 2,000 and user-management service keys allow 3,600.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
API service target
Its commercial Places API SLA specifies 99.90% availability for covered US endpoints, but excludes pay-as-you-go and sandbox customers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Attribution
Attribution measures campaign performance and real-world visits across digital, mobile, TV, connected TV, out-of-home and audio channels.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Audience targeting
Its Audience product creates customizable audiences based on real-world behaviors for targeting across channels.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Company profile
LinkedIn lists Foursquare as privately held, founded in 2009, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 501–1,000 people.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Core data scale
The company says its network contains more than 100 million points of interest in over 200 countries, powered by more than 16 billion human-verified check-ins.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Deprecated API
The developer portal marks the Personalization API as deprecated.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
Desktop requirements
The documented installers require macOS 13 or later, Windows 10 or later, or Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12 or later; Linux AppImage requires FUSE.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
Funding
Crunchbase lists 23 Foursquare investors, including The Raine Group and Union Square Ventures.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Geofencing
Its Proximity product supports real-time geo-contextual targeting with custom geofences.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
iOS app rating
Swarm is rated 4.2 out of 5 from 7.8K App Store ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Limit: missing features
Capterra's Proximity profile says the product includes location tracking and visualization but does not include geocoding or data mapping.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: support complaints
A Trustpilot reviewer reports more than 15 unsuccessful contacts with Swarm support about missing public check-ins and says responses were repetitive and unresolved.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Open-data licence
Foursquare OS Places data is available under Apache License 2.0 with attribution and notice requirements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · opensource.foursquare.com
Open-source code
Foursquare's fsq.io repository contains open-source projects under Apache License 2.0.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com
Places API
Places API provides search, details, autocomplete, geotagging, place matching, transaction matching, partner ingestion and offline jobs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
Places API pricing
Places API pricing is volume-based and pay-as-you-go, with up to 10,000 free calls on Pro endpoints.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Praise: data quality
Gartner reviewers describe Attribution as easy to use and cost-effective with exceptional data quality and actionable insights.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Praise: usability
G2 reviewers describe Spatial Studio as useful, interactive and intuitive, while an Audience reviewer praises accurate targeting and improved engagement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Privacy and audits
The company describes its products as privacy-forward, says consumers control their data, and says partners undergo regular audits.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Proximity
Proximity lets marketers create geofences filtered by categories, chains and localities, using Foursquare data or uploaded coordinates and polygons.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Rating on G2
G2 lists 16 Foursquare product reviews; its visible ratings distribution shows 14 five-star and 2 four-star reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
Foursquare Attribution is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on Trustpilot
Foursquare's Trustpilot profile shows a TrustScore of 1.5 out of 5 from 75 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Rating on TrustRadius
Foursquare Places scores 6.9 out of 10 from 2 reviews and ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
SDKs
Official developer documentation lists Movement SDK for iOS and Android, Studio Data SDK and Map SDK for webpages and Jupyter notebooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
Spatial Desktop
Spatial Desktop combines Kepler.gl visualization with DuckDB queries, supports multi-gigabyte datasets, works offline and is built on SQLRooms plugins.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.foursquare.com
Spatial Studio
Spatial Studio supports 3D, vector, raster and flow layers, spatial analysis modules, charts, data operations, animations, H3 hex tiles and map sharing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Spatial Workbench features
Spatial Workbench combines SQL workbooks, geospatial compute, dashboards, and interactive maps in a browser workspace.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Status today
The official status page reported all listed APIs and developer services operational on October 15, 2026, with no incident reported that day.Read 15 Oct 2026 · status.foursquare.com
Studio API access
Foursquare Studio provides platform access through a REST API and Python library.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Studio integrations
Foursquare Studio has built-in Snowflake and BigQuery connectors, plus integrations for QGIS, Grafana, and kepler.gl.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Studio supported data formats
Studio supports importing and exporting formats including CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefiles, and Vector Tiles.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Who Spatial Studio is for
Spatial Studio describes its Community plan as suitable for people exploring the platform with low data storage requirements.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Workbench integrations
Spatial Workbench uses pre-provisioned MotherDuck instances and builds interactive maps on Kepler.gl.Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com

Plans and prices

FSQ Spatial Desktop – Basic Free through 2026 3 GB cloud storage · 5 shared projects · $1 agent tokens Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Desktop Basic Free through 2026 render, query and analyze · free preview Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Studio – Community Free Always free 1 GB cloud storage · limited data catalog · public map publishing · Community Slack support Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Studio Community Free always free 1GB cloud storage · limited data catalog · Planet NICFI connector · public maps · community Slack support Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
Places API Pro (0–500 calls) Free $0.00 CPM Place Search · Place Details · Autocomplete · Place Match · Geotagging Candidates Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Desktop – Standard $25 a month monthly 5 GB cloud storage · 15 shared projects · $25 agent tokens per billing period Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Desktop Standard $25 a month monthly render, query and analyze · FSQ Spatial Agent AI assistance Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Desktop – Pro $100 a month monthly 15 GB cloud storage · 50 shared projects · $100 agent tokens per billing period Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Desktop Pro $100 a month monthly full render, query and analysis · FSQ Spatial Agent AI assistance Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Workbench Developer $250 a month monthly SQL workbench · compute and storage usage Read 15 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Workbench – Developer Plan $250 a month plus usage; free 30-day trial with no subscription fee, compute and storage charged as used MotherDuck compute: $0.60–$4.80/hour · storage may cost $0.04/GB Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com
FSQ Spatial Studio – Enterprise Priced on request Custom pricing Custom cloud storage up to 500 GB · full data catalog · all available database connectors · password-protected maps · Slack and email support with 24-hour response time Read 8 Oct 2026 · foursquare.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Measures advertising impact across a media plan.
  • Builds audiences from real-world behaviors.
  • Offers real-time place data through Places APIs.
  • Studio supports REST API and Python access.
  • Imports and exports four listed data formats.

Limits

  • Places API pricing is volume-based and pay-as-you-go.
  • Workbench Developer Plan costs $250 a month plus usage.
  • Enterprise Studio pricing is custom and not listed.

Who it suits

Foursquare suits teams working on location-based advertising, audience targeting, place discovery, or geospatial analysis. Its tools address marketers, developers, analysts, and machine learning engineers.

Verdict

Foursquare combines location-based marketing products with tools for spatial data work. Free plans and a 30-day trial are listed, while costs vary by product and usage.

Where Specifiction places it

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