# SerpBase, free: Company discovery API

> Find Google Maps places using a query and location, such as coffee in Seattle.

SerpBase's company discovery API on its Free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 5 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Images, Headquarters, Locations, Phones.
The cheapest of the 172 plans we rank by price is [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /google-maps/v1/place/nearby](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-google-maps-v1-place-nearby/llms.txt), at $0.005 per 1,000 companies. ReefAPI charges for each page of results. The $0.005 price is for pages of 200 companies each.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly/llms.txt) and [Skrapp](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/skrapp/349-monthly/llms.txt) are the best cached company discovery API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/free
- [Best company discovery API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.serpbase.dev/google/maps/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://serpbase.dev/docs/google_maps_search
- Sold by: SerpBase (https://serpbase.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 38%
- Description: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Locations: ✓
- Phones: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find Google Maps places using a query and location, such as coffee in Seattle.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use SerpBase only in accordance with applicable law, published documentation, and technical limits. Do not bypass authentication, rate limits, credit accounting, or security controls. Do not disrupt the service, probe vulnerabilities without written permission, distribute malware, or interfere with third-party systems. Do not use the service to violate rights or law, or submit data you are not authorized to process. Do not resell, mirror, reverse engineer, or provide shared access beyond your purchased rights without written approval.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 250 pages

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.30 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: hl, gl, page, lat, lng, zoom
- Method: POST
- Path: /google/maps/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 42 fields the plan's answer can hold

search status, request ID, time taken, credits used, search type, query, page number, result position, name, data ID, place ID, CID, knowledge graph machine ID, Google Maps URL, rating, categories, category, address, street, city, ZIP code, country code, plus code, phone, international phone, phone URI, website, domain, latitude, longitude, image URL, thumbnail URL, photos, opening hours, open state, attributes, related places, description, snippet, timezone, region, language code

## SerpBase's plans (8)

- [SerpBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/50-pack/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/200-pack/llms.txt): $0.035 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/500-pack/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $3 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/3-monthly/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/100-monthly/llms.txt): $0.025 per 1,000, 38% complete, live

## SerpBase's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /google/maps/search`: [SerpBase, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)

## SerpBase's APIs (4)

- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/news/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-news-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/shopping](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-shopping/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/books](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-books/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/image/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-image-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-scholar/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-videos-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, POST /google/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpbase/free-credits-post-google-search/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: job postings API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: company discovery API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpBase: company enrichment API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/serpbase/free/llms.txt)

## SerpBase: company discovery API alternatives

- [PrismCrawl, $5 pack, Micro, POST /v1/google/maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prismcrawl/5-pack-micro-post-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $33.75 quarterly, Pro quarterly, POST /indeed/v1/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/33-75-quarterly-pro-quarterly-post-indeed-v1-company-search/llms.txt): $0.022 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, €1,000 monthly, Ultimate, POST /companies/crunchbase](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/scrapeunblocker/1000-monthly-ultimate-post-companies-crunchbase/llms.txt): $0.025 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [SerpKite, $300 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/serpkite/300-pack/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 23% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

- https://serpbase.dev
- https://serpbase.dev/docs
- https://serpbase.dev/docs/billing-and-credits
- https://serpbase.dev/docs/google_maps_search
- https://serpbase.dev/pricing
- https://serpbase.dev/terms