# Local business reviews API: best providers in 2026 > We score 4 local business reviews APIs. 2 of them leave out each review's date. [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149), [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack) are the best local business reviews API providers in the Datacircle benchmark. On accuracy alone, [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews) scores highest: 84 out of 100. For the three we score highest, we show each one's top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 reviews cost. [CrustAPI's top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149) costs the least per 1,000 reviews of any provider in our ranking: $0.015. To buy local business reviews API calls, start with [CrustAPI's top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149). You pay at least $149 before your first result. 1. [CrustAPI, top-up from $149: Local business reviews API](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149): Overall score 87.9 (Price 94, Accuracy 81, Cost to get started 74, Bundle 94, Performance 100), $0.015 per 1,000 reviews - CrustAPI's docs list 3 of the 8 fields on our checklist: Rating, Text, Reviewer. - On 8 November 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 places as every other provider in our benchmark. 2. [Stophy, top-up from $500, Pay as you go, $500 in top-ups: Local business reviews API](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews): Overall score 80.0 (Price 73, Accuracy 84, Cost to get started 65, Bundle 99, Performance 87), $0.12 per 1,000 reviews - Stophy's docs list 6 of the 8 fields on our checklist: Rating, Text, Date, Reviewer, Photos, Reply. - On 8 November 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 places as every other provider in our benchmark. 3. [ScrapeField, $149 pack: Local business reviews API](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack): Overall score 68.2 (Price 62, Accuracy 66, Cost to get started 74, Bundle 98, Performance N/A), $0.18 per 1,000 reviews - ScrapeField's docs list 6 of the 8 fields on our checklist: Rating, Text, Date, Reviewer, Photos, Reply. - On 8 November 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 places as every other provider in our benchmark. ## Best local business reviews API for each need Of the 4 local business reviews API providers ranked in the Datacircle benchmark: - Best for the lowest price per 1,000 reviews: [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149). - Best for the most accurate answers: [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews). - Best for the lowest cost to get your first result: [BRONTIR](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/brontir/20-pack). - Best for the most endpoints on one plan: [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews). - Best for the fastest answers: [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149). ## How we tested On 8 November 2026, we sent 4 providers the same list of 20 places. Price and Accuracy weigh most in each plan's Overall score. We score all 4 providers and rank them by their top plan's Overall score. [How we score each plan](https://datacircle.dev/faq#how-do-you-score-each-plan) ## Questions about local business reviews APIs ### What is a local business reviews API? A local business reviews API takes a business on a map. The API returns the business's reviews. Our price sheet lists 274 local business reviews API plans from 41 providers. ### What is the best local business reviews API? [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149) is the best local business reviews API in the Datacircle benchmark. CrustAPI's top-up from $149 has an Overall score of 87.9 out of 100. [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews) is second at 80.0 and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack) third at 68.2. ### What is the cheapest local business reviews API? [CrustAPI's top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149) costs the least per 1,000 reviews of any provider in our ranking: $0.015. CrustAPI charges for each page of results. We count 50 reviews on each page to get the $0.015 price. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly) costs the least for 10,000 reviews a month: about $2.72. We rank 63 plans for local business reviews APIs by price. Half of the 63 plans cost $0.225 or less per 1,000 reviews. ### Is there a free local business reviews API? Yes: 38 local business reviews API plans on our price sheet are free. [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/free) has a free plan with 6,000 pages of reviews a month. CrustAPI is the best local business reviews API in our benchmark. [Ola Maps's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-details-advanced) has the most calls of any free plan: 100,000 a month. ### Which is better, CrustAPI or Stophy? [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149) scores higher overall, at 87.9 against [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews)'s 80.0 in our benchmark. Stophy scores higher on Bundle, at 99 against CrustAPI's 94. ### Can I use local business reviews API data? Each provider's terms decide what you can do with local business reviews API data. We rank 4 local business reviews API providers. All 4 have API terms. All 4 set no time limit on keeping the data. All 4 set conditions on how you use the data. Each plan's page shows what the provider's terms say about keeping and using the data. ### How did you test local business reviews APIs? On 8 November 2026, we sent 4 providers the same list of 20 places. The Accuracy score on local business reviews APIs: The score runs from 0 to 100. A higher score shows a fuller first page of Google reviews. For each place, we count how many reviews the call returned, out of 10. We also check which scored fields those reviews fill in. Each place's score has two parts. One part is the share of 10 reviews that came back. The other part is the share of scored fields filled in on those reviews. We average the place scores to get the call's score. When the call returned no review for a place, that place scores 0. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer places than the benchmark has. ## Top local business reviews API alternatives by score 1. [CrustAPI, top-up from $149](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149): Overall score 87.9, Accuracy score 81, $0.015 per 1,000 reviews 2. [Stophy, top-up from $500, Pay as you go, $500 in top-ups](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews): Overall score 80.0, Accuracy score 84, $0.12 per 1,000 reviews 3. [ScrapeField, $149 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack): Overall score 68.2, Accuracy score 66, $0.18 per 1,000 reviews 4. [BRONTIR, €20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/brontir/20-pack): Overall score 33.0, Accuracy score 49 We haven't benchmarked 35 other local business reviews API providers yet: - [API for Agents](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/api-for-agents/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-google-maps) - [Browsable](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/browsable/19-monthly-starter-post-v1-googlemaps-reviews) - [Crawio](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crawio/99-monthly) - [Datashake](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/datashake/99-monthly-plans-from-99-a-month-post-api-v2-profiles-add) - [ExportComments](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/exportcomments/220-monthly-business-post-api-v1-batch-export-create-batch-google-maps) - [G Maps Extractor](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/g-maps-extractor/365-monthly) - [GMapsScraper.AI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/15-monthly) - [Google Maps Lead Finder](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/google-maps-lead-finder/199-monthly) - [Google Maps Platform](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/google-maps-platform/pay-as-you-go-1001-100000-monthly-events) - [LeadX](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/leadx/contact-us) - [Local Dominator](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/local-dominator/97-monthly) - [LurkAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/lurkapi/9-pack) - [Marketplace for AI Agents](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/marketplace-for-ai-agents/10-pack) - [Mindcase](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/mindcase/249-99-pack-249-99-20-bonus-post-v1-data-google-maps-reviews-run) - [Outscraper](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/outscraper/pay-as-you-go-business-tier) - [Outsend](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/outsend/top-up) - [Pleper](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/pleper/10-monthly) - [Pullbay](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/pullbay/9-monthly-hobby-get-yelp-place-id-reviews) - [Reviewflowz](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/reviewflowz/80-monthly-premium-location-based-monthly-1-to-3-locations-get-api-v2-accounts-account-id-reviews-list-reviews-google-maps) - [Roketfy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/roketfy/269-pack) - [Scale SERP](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scale-serp/29-monthly) - [ScrapeNest](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapenest/249-monthly-pro-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews) - [Scrapewise](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapewise/top-up-from-5) - [ScrapingBot.io](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapingbot-io/99-99-monthly) - [ScrapingDaddy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapingdaddy/15-monthly) - [Semust](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/semust/top-up) - [serp402](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serp402/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-with-x402-post-api-v1-google-maps-reviews) - [SerpData](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serpdata/40-pack) - [SerpWow](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serpwow/155-monthly) - [Shout About Us](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/shout-about-us/contact-us-developer-post-api-v1-partner-report-review-response-feed-get-reviews-for-a-location-google) - [Unstuckapi](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/unstuckapi/10-pack) - [upAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/upapi/499-monthly) - [Yelp](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/yelp/299-monthly) - [YepAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/yepapi/top-up) - [Zapi](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/zapi/rp129000-monthly) We don't rank 2 other local business reviews API providers yet. We list their plans: - [Ola Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/ola-maps/pay-as-you-go-tier-2-100k-5m-get-places-v1-details-advanced) - [Scrapeak](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapeak/99-monthly) ## Local business reviews API calls by name ### Local business reviews API batch and bulk calls 2 local business reviews API providers have a call named for batches or bulk: - [Datashake: Add review pages in bulk](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/datashake/99-monthly-plans-from-99-a-month-post-api-v2-profiles-add-bulk) - [ExportComments: Create batch, Google Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/exportcomments/220-monthly-business-post-api-v1-batch-export-create-batch-google-maps) ## Local business reviews API comparison: how we tested each provider, and what each one costs ### [CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149), #1 of 4 We tested CrustAPI on 8 November 2026 with all 20 places in our test. CrustAPI scored 87.9 out of 100 overall and 81 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest price per 1,000 reviews. Price on the cheapest plan for each number of reviews: - 1,000 to 10,000 reviews: $10 paid once, enough for 24 months ($0.42 a month), with CrustAPI's $10+ deposit top-up - 100,000 reviews: $10 paid once, enough for 5 months ($2 a month), with CrustAPI's $10+ deposit top-up - 1,000,000 reviews: $149 paid once, enough for 9.8 months ($15.20 a month), with CrustAPI's $149+ deposit top-up ### [Stophy](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500-pay-as-you-go-500-in-top-ups-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews), #2 of 4 We tested Stophy on 8 November 2026 with all 20 places in our test. Stophy scored 80.0 out of 100 overall and 84 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the most accurate answers. Price on the cheapest plan for each number of reviews: - 1,000 reviews: $10 paid once, enough for 24 months ($0.42 a month), with Stophy's Pay as you go top-up - 10,000 reviews: $10 paid once, enough for 5 months ($2 a month), with Stophy's Pay as you go top-up - 100,000 reviews: $100 paid once, enough for 6.7 months ($14.93 a month), with Stophy's Pay as you go, $100 in top-ups top-up - 1,000,000 reviews: $2,000 paid once, enough for 22.2 months ($90.09 a month), with Stophy's Pay as you go, $2,000 in top-ups top-up ### [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack), #3 of 4 We tested ScrapeField on 8 November 2026 with all 20 places in our test. ScrapeField scored 68.2 out of 100 overall and 66 out of 100 for accuracy. ScrapeField's best rank is #2, for cost to get started. Price on the cheapest plan for each number of reviews: - 1,000 reviews: $39 paid once, enough for 24 months ($1.63 a month), with ScrapeField's 50,000 credits pack - 10,000 reviews: $39 paid once, enough for 16.7 months ($2.34 a month), with ScrapeField's 50,000 credits pack - 100,000 reviews: $149 paid once, enough for 8.3 months ($17.95 a month), with ScrapeField's 250,000 credits pack - 1,000,000 reviews: $2,199 paid once, enough for 16.7 months ($131.68 a month), with ScrapeField's 5,000,000 credits pack ### [BRONTIR](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/brontir/20-pack), #4 of 4 We tested BRONTIR on 8 November 2026 with all 20 places in our test. BRONTIR scored 33.0 out of 100 overall and 49 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest cost to get your first result. BRONTIR's plans don't say what 1,000 to 1,000,000 reviews cost. By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. First published November 8, 2026. Last updated: November 8, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-reviews-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.