# CrustAPI, free, GET /v1/search, Places: Local business search API

> Local place results in a compact response

CrustAPI's Local business search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. CrustAPI's docs list 6 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count.
We haven't run CrustAPI through [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 239 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.365 per 1,000 places or less.
[SerpData's $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.0004. SerpData charges for each page of results. We count 200 places on each page to get the $0.0004 price.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) and [TomTom](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/tomtom/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-grow-tier-1-get-search-2-poisearch-query-ext/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-places
- [Local business search API: the 19 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://crustapi.com/v1/search`, Places
- API key: with the plan, on https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: CrustAPI (https://crustapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 75%
- Address: ✓
- Phone: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: People refresh · Profile · Company · Jobs · Posts · People search · Maps · News · Shopping · Images · Reviews · Scholar · Patents · Autocomplete · Webpage · Lens · Process a list of LinkedIn URLs

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Local place results in a compact response

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "The Service is for business and professional use only. It is a business-to-business product. It is not a consumer or end-user service, and you may not use it for personal, household, or consumer purposes." "We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Service for your own business purposes" [...] "Do not resell or redistribute the raw data as a competing dataset or API without adding meaningful value." "Do not use CrustAPI for anything illegal, and comply with all laws that apply to you and to your use of the data."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $6 a month
- Enough for: 6,000 pages a month
- Expires: month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: type "places", q. Optional: gl, hl, location, page, fresh
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: businesses and professionals, 18 or older (its terms: business and professional use only)

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

name, address, latitude, longitude, rating, review count, category, phone, result position

## CrustAPI's plans (10)

- [CrustAPI, free, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, $5 pack, Agent pack (x402), GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/5-pack-agent-pack-x402-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $10, $10+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-10-10-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $149, $149+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-149-149-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $549, $549+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-549-549-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $1,999, $1,999+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-1999-1999-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $6,500, $6,500+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-6500-6500-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $27,500, $27,500+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-27500-27500-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $50,000, $50,000+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-50000-50000-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live
- [CrustAPI, top-up from $100,000, $100,000+ deposit, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/top-up-from-100000-100000-deposit-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt): 75% complete, live

## CrustAPI's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /v1/search`, Maps: [CrustAPI, free, GET /v1/search, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-maps/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/search`, Places: [CrustAPI, free, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt)

## CrustAPI's APIs (15)

- [CrustAPI: web scraping API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: image search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: search autocomplete API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Local business reviews API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: news API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Google Shopping search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/crustapi/free/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/linkedin](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 10 plans, POST /v1/linkedin/batch](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Lens](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-lens/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Patents](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-patents/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: SERP API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Scholar](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-scholar/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: Local business search API pricing, 10 plans, GET /v1/search, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-search-places/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET linkedin, People refresh](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin-people-refresh/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST linkedin/batch, Process a list of LinkedIn URLs, profile](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch-process-a-list-of-linkedin-urls-profile/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, POST linkedin/batch, Process a list of LinkedIn URLs, refresh](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-post-v1-linkedin-batch-process-a-list-of-linkedin-urls-refresh/llms.txt)
- [CrustAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 10 plans, GET linkedin, Profile](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustapi/free-get-v1-linkedin-profile/llms.txt)

## CrustAPI: Local business search API alternatives

- [G Maps Extractor, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/g-maps-extractor/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Serply, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serply/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [SERPHouse, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serphouse/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [FlashData, free trial, POST /v1/queries/realtime](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/flashdata/free-trial-post-v1-queries-realtime/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://crustapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/google-places-api-pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/linkedin-profile-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://crustapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing