# parseaddr vs Google Address Validation API

Source: https://parseaddr.com/parseaddr-vs-google-address-validation
Updated: 2026-10-14

**parseaddr** returns libpostal component fields from free-text with email signup. **Google Address Validation** returns a Google validation verdict (often with geocoding) inside a GCP project.

Pick parseaddr for structured components and agent-simple setup. Pick Google when you need Google's confirmation that an address is valid/complete.