# GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, GET /v1/places/search: Local business search API

> Search a listing by name and city to get its place_id. Free.

GeoGridAPI's Local business search API on its 500 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 2 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Coordinates.
You get 500 credits. You spend the credits on GeoGridAPI's other calls. This call is free. GeoGridAPI limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run GeoGridAPI through [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 129 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.096 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), [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) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-get-v1-places-search
- [Local business search API: 16 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://geogridapi.io/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.geogridapi.io/v1/places/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://geogridapi.io/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://geogridapi.io/en/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: GeoGridAPI (https://geogridapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 25%
- Address: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: Run a geo-grid · List grids · Exact price of a grid · Get a grid · Heatmap image of a grid · Ranking trend of a listing · Run up to 50 grids · Get a batch · Repeat a grid every week or month · List repeated grids · Pause or resume a repeated grid · Stop a repeated grid · Credits balance

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search a listing by name and city to get its place_id. Free.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may integrate the results into your products, reports and tools, including for your clients. Prohibited: bypassing rate limits, reselling access to the API as such, any unlawful use or use infringing third-party rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: language
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/places/search

## About the plan

- Plan: 500 free credits
- Who can get it: businesses only

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

place ID, name, address, latitude, longitude

## GeoGridAPI's plans (5)

- [GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €20 pack, Starter, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/20-pack-starter-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt): 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €60 pack, Growth, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/60-pack-growth-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt): 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €120 pack, Scale, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/120-pack-scale-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt): 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €400 pack, Enterprise, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/400-pack-enterprise-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt): 25% complete, live

## GeoGridAPI's calls (3)

- `GET /v1/places/search`: [GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/grids`: [GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-post-v1-grids/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/batches`: [GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, POST /v1/batches](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-post-v1-batches/llms.txt)

## GeoGridAPI's APIs (1)

- [GeoGridAPI: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /v1/places/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-get-v1-places-search/llms.txt)

## GeoGridAPI: 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 2026-11-05.

- https://geogridapi.io/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://geogridapi.io/en/docs.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://geogridapi.io/en/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://geogridapi.io/en/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://geogridapi.io/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://geogridapi.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing