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Same answers. The difference is who holds the keys.
All three run the same geographic analysis on the same authoritative data. What separates them is who manages the provider relationship, and therefore what each road call costs you. That makes the choice a question of volume, not of features.
| Feature | CDXGeoStream | CDXStreamer | CDXZipStream |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Excel, Sheets, LibreOffice, API, Claude | Your browser | Windows Excel |
| Who manages the Google / HERE key | CDX | CDX | You |
| How you pay | Credit plans | Per job, packs or plans | One-time licence |
| Subscription or credits | |||
| Install required | |||
| Refreshes in the sheet | |||
| Callable from your own code | On upper plans | ||
| Real driving distance & time | |||
| ZIP / postal lookup | |||
| Demographics & census | |||
| Canada | Included | Included | Paid add-on |
| Cheapest per road call at volume |
Per-call economics move with the providers and both have free tiers, so treat the order of magnitude as the point rather than any single figure. Current pricing lives on each product's own site.
Which one is right for you?
CDXGeoStream
Numbers that have to stay live.
- Your figures must refresh inside the sheet, not be pasted in.
- You work in Google Sheets or LibreOffice, or across more than one of them.
- You want the numbers callable from your own code or from Claude.
CDXStreamer
A file in, a file out.
- You have a spreadsheet to enrich and no wish to install anything.
- You would rather work in a browser than inside a spreadsheet add-in.
- You want to start per job and move onto a monthly plan if it becomes routine.
CDXZipStream
High volume, your own keys.
- You run tens of thousands of routes a month and per-call cost dominates.
- You are happy to create and manage a Google or HERE key yourself.
- You want a one-time licence with no subscription and no credits.