# WebScrapingAPI, free: Company discovery API

> Scrape Google Maps results and receive structured local search data.

WebScrapingAPI's company discovery API on its Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Headquarters, Locations.
The cheapest of the 152 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.
[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/webscrapingapi/free
- [Best company discovery API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.webscrapingapi.com/pricing/serp-api
- Request: `GET https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v2`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.webscrapingapi.com/pricing/serp-api
- Its API docs: https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/google-search-api/google-search-engines/google-maps-api
- Sold by: WebScrapingAPI (https://www.webscrapingapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 15%
- Headquarters: ✓
- Locations: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Scrape Google Maps results and receive structured local search data.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: engine "google_maps", q. Optional: place_type, device, hl, gl, ll
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2

## About the plan

- Plan: Trial
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

result position, name, rating, review count, address, page title, language code, detected location, engine used

## WebScrapingAPI's plans (5)

- [WebScrapingAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [WebScrapingAPI, $28 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/28-monthly/llms.txt): 15% complete, live
- [WebScrapingAPI, $130 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/130-monthly/llms.txt): 15% complete, live
- [WebScrapingAPI, $550 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/550-monthly/llms.txt): 15% complete, live
- [WebScrapingAPI, $1,600 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/1600-monthly/llms.txt): 15% complete, live

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

- `GET /v2`: [WebScrapingAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/free/llms.txt)

## WebScrapingAPI's APIs (2)

- [WebScrapingAPI: company discovery API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/webscrapingapi/free/llms.txt)
- [WebScrapingAPI: SERP API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v2, Google Search API](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/webscrapingapi/free/llms.txt)
- [WebScrapingAPI: SERP API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v2, Google Search Async API](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/webscrapingapi/free-trial-get-v2-google-search-async-api/llms.txt)

## WebScrapingAPI: company discovery API alternatives

- [Findymail, free, Trial, POST /api/intellimatch/search, Search leads](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/findymail/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, free, Free, POST /indeed/v1/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-indeed-v1-company-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [Clair, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/clair/free-free-get-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [Captapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/captapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% 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 2026-10-27.

- https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/current-api-reference/searchdata-and-serp
- https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/google-search-api/google-search-engines/google-maps-api
- https://www.webscrapingapi.com/legal/service-agreement
- https://www.webscrapingapi.com/pricing
- https://www.webscrapingapi.com/pricing/serp-api
- https://www.webscrapingapi.com/serp-api