ChargingNear.me - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

ChargingNear.me is a national directory of public EV charging in the United States. It lists 57,000+ charging locations with 270,000+ ports, including 81,000+ DC fast ports, across all 50 states, DC and 98 networks. Station data refreshes daily from the US Department of Energy NREL Alternative Fuel Stations database and is published under CC-BY-4.0 with no network bias.

Drivers search by city, address or ZIP code, filter by charging speed, network, connector type and price on an interactive map, open a page for every station and get directions. A road trip planner, an EV-versus-gasoline cost calculator, cheapest-charging comparisons by city and a Reliability Index that ranks networks and states by 30-day reliability support route and budget decisions. An AI EV concierge answers charging questions in plain language. Driver tools are free. The All-Access Pass ($19 a month or $99 a year, 7-day free trial) adds unlimited multi-stop trips, live availability where the network reports it, unlimited station alerts and connected-car battery and range data.

Businesses that host chargers, such as hotels, retailers and property owners, can list up to 5 stations from $295 a month with a verified-owner badge and a dashboard to keep details current. Property owners also get demand analysis, ROI calculators and site assessments built on anonymized charger-search demand data.

Developers and AI builders reach the catalog through a REST API with a free tier, GeoJSON feeds and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini. MCP tools include search_stations, get_nearest_stations, get_station_details, find_stations_on_route, get_city_charging_stats, get_state_charging_stats, get_charging_gaps and get_nevi_status. Every answer cites a ChargingNear.me page, so results stay verifiable inside AI assistants, in-dash systems and navigation apps.