# SignalShelf, free: Local business reviews API

> Google Maps place reviews (top, guest view).

SignalShelf's Free plan for the local business reviews API costs $0.00 per 1,000 reviews. We check each provider's docs for 8 fields. SignalShelf's docs list 4: Rating, Text, Overall rating, Review count.
We haven't run SignalShelf through [our local business reviews API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-reviews-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 106 plans for local business reviews APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.181 or less per 1,000 reviews. [See the best free local business reviews API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-reviews-api.txt)
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 reviews: $0.00028. Zapi charges for each page of results. We count 80 reviews on each page to get the $0.00028 price. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 reviews a month: about $2.72.
[Reviewflowz's $80 monthly plan (List reviews (Google Maps))](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/llms.txt) covers any number of reviews. Reviewflowz's $80 monthly plan costs more up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[CrustAPI](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149/llms.txt), [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/llms.txt) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/149-pack/llms.txt) are the best local business reviews API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/free
- [Local business reviews API in 2026: the 4 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-reviews-api.txt)
- Get it: https://signalshelf.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://signalshelf.dev/v1/google-maps/reviews`
- API key: with the plan, on https://signalshelf.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://signalshelf.dev/docs/web/google-maps/reviews?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- Sold by: SignalShelf (https://signalshelf.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Rating: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Overall rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 135 other SignalShelf calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Google Maps place reviews (top, guest view).

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Don't use SignalShelf to: Harass, stalk, dox or target individuals, or build profiles of private people. Collect data about children, or sensitive data such as health, religion, politics or sexuality, to make decisions about individuals. Send spam or unsolicited messages to people found through the API. Break the law, including data protection, consumer protection and intellectual property laws. Resell raw API access as a competing API, share your key publicly, or create multiple accounts to collect free credits. Attack, overload or try to bypass the limits of the service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 500 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of place_id or url. Optional: language, region, limit, sort, cursor, source, freshness
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/google-maps/reviews

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where they live, and able to enter a contract

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

text, rating, review count, reviews per score

## SignalShelf's plans (6)

- [SignalShelf, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [SignalShelf, $19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/19-pack/llms.txt): $0.095 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [SignalShelf, $79 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/79-pack/llms.txt): $0.079 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [SignalShelf, $299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/299-pack/llms.txt): $0.06 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [SignalShelf, $499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/499-pack/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [SignalShelf, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/contact-us/llms.txt): 50% complete, stored

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

- `GET /v1/google-maps/reviews`: [SignalShelf, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)

## SignalShelf's APIs (8)

- [SignalShelf: Amazon product API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: App Store API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: App Store review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: local business reviews API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: local business search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: news API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: Google Play API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)
- [SignalShelf: Google Play review API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/signalshelf/free/llms.txt)

## SignalShelf: local business reviews API alternatives

- [CrustAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [Stophy, free, POST /v1/scrape, google-maps-reviews](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/stophy/free-post-v1-scrape-google-maps-reviews/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [ScrapeField, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/scrapefield/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, 6 hours
- [BRONTIR, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/brontir/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://signalshelf.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/docs/batch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/docs/caching?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/docs/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/docs/quickstart?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/docs/web/google-maps/reviews?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/platforms/google-maps?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing
- https://signalshelf.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-reviews-api-pricing