AddressComplete vs PostalUp
AddressComplete
canadapost-postescanada.caPostalUp
postalup.comSide by side
| Figure | AddressComplete | PostalUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.92/mo | $1.58/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 10 |
| Spec score · Address Verification Software | 8.2 (#6) | 7.8 (#17) |
| Support | Canada Post provides an AddressComplete help centre and setup guide. | The developer page says technical support from its engineering team responds within 24 hours. |
| Use cases | Canada Post describes AddressComplete for registration forms, ecommerce checkouts, and custom office applications such as CRM systems. | The site lists e-commerce, real estate, logistics, marketing, insurance, and healthcare among its use cases. |
Plans
AddressComplete
- 300 lookups$35 a year
- 1,000 lookups$100 a year
- 2,500 lookups$240 a year
- 5,000 lookups$450 a year
- 10,000 lookups$850 a year
- 25,000 lookups$2,000 a year
- 50,000 lookups$3,750 a year
- 100,000 lookups$7,000 a year
- 200,000 lookups$13,000 a year
- 300,000 lookups$16,500 a year
PostalUp
- Free to TryFree
- ZIP Code Database Basic$19 a year
- Starter$29 a month
- ZIP Code Database Standard$39 a year
- ZIP Code Database Deluxe$79 a year
- Professional$99 a month
- ZIP Code Database Business$129 a year
- Scale$299 a month
- ZIP+4 Database Standard$299 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
AddressComplete
AddressComplete has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
PostalUp
PostalUp provides ZIP code databases and an address validation API for U.S. address data. The API supports standardization, verification, geocoding, and bulk processing; PostalUp says its address API uses USPS data refreshed monthly. Submitted addresses are processed in real time and are not permanently stored except as needed to provide the service or as permitted by the Privacy Policy. Developers can use API documentation, code examples, a playground, webhooks, and a Postman collection, with examples or options for JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, cURL, Go, and Java. An OpenAPI specification is also available. Database downloads vary by product and include CSV, JSON, Parquet, GeoJSON, and Shapefile formats; listed data sources include USPS, Census, OMB, HUD, and TIGER. Use cases include e-commerce, real estate, logistics, marketing, insurance, and healthcare. The free API plan includes 1,000 requests and basic validation. Paid API plans start at $29 a month; separate database plans are annual, starting at $19 a year for ZIP Code Database Basic. Internal commercial use is included with downloads, but redistribution to customers requires a redistribution license.