What we shipped this month: geocoding, IP, time zone and more
A roundup of recent work across the API: new compatibility hosts, faster time zone and elevation lookups, dashboard features, and clearer quota visibility.
Coupon codes for teams moving from a competitor
Switching providers is rarely just a technical decision. There is often a cost question sitting alongside the engineering one, especially for a team that has already invested time integrating against a provider it is now considering leaving. Coupon codes, now supported directly in the dashboard, are aimed at that part of the decision.
A coupon code can be applied to an account from inside the dashboard at /dashboard, where it is tracked alongside the account's usage, invoices, and prepaid credit or Unlimited package status, the same as every other billing detail already handled there. It sits next to the other account tools already available: API keys, the referral program, two-factor authentication, and language and dark-mode settings.
This works especially well alongside the migration guides and compatibility hosts we have published, since the combination addresses both sides of a switch at once. The compatibility hosts at /compatibility/ mean the technical side of a migration is close to free, a changed host name and a new key rather than a rewrite. A coupon code addresses the cost side directly, giving a team an added reason to make that switch now rather than putting it off indefinitely because the current setup, however imperfect, still technically works.
We built coupon codes generally rather than tying them to any single promotion, since the situations that call for one vary. A team migrating a large integration away from a competitor is different from an individual developer trying the platform for the first time, and both are worth supporting with the same underlying mechanism. However a code is issued, applying it is the same simple step inside the dashboard, and its effect shows up directly against prepaid credit or an Unlimited package.
None of this changes the underlying pricing model. Every endpoint and every compatibility host still costs the same: €0.0001 a request in prepaid credit, or €50 a month for an Unlimited package, on top of the free 2,500 requests a day from any address and a further 2,500 per key. A coupon code is applied against that same structure rather than replacing it with something separate or harder to reason about.
If you have a coupon code from us, applying it takes a minute inside the dashboard. If you are considering a migration and think a code might be available, our support team is worth asking before you commit to the switch.