# GeoGridAPI, free, 500 free credits, POST /v1/grids: Local business search API

> GeoGridAPI is a pay-as-you-go geogrid API: a REST API and an MCP server that measure where a Google Business Profile ranks on Google Maps, point by point, across a grid around it (local rank tracking, geo-grid heatmaps). 1 credit = 1 grid point, no subscription.

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.
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-post-v1-grids
- [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: `POST https://api.geogridapi.io/v1/grids`
- 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 of 3
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: Find a Google Business Profile · List grids · Exact price of a grid · Get a grid · Heatmap image of a grid · Ranking trend of a listing · Get a batch · List repeated grids · Pause or resume a repeated grid · Stop a repeated grid · Credits balance · from the same budget: Run up to 50 grids · Repeat a grid every week or month

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: GeoGridAPI is a pay-as-you-go geogrid API: a REST API and an MCP server that measure where a Google Business Profile ranks on Google Maps, point by point, across a grid around it (local rank tracking, geo-grid heatmaps). 1 credit = 1 grid point, no subscription.

## 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
- Enough for: 500 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: keyword, one of place_id or query. Optional: center.lat, center.lng, shape, size, density, radius_km, language, country, webhook_url, Idempotency-Key
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/grids

## About the plan

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

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

grid ID, status, place ID, name, address, latitude, longitude, keyword, grid shape, grid density, grid size, grid rows, grid columns, grid radius, language code, country code, grid points, credits used, points found, average rank position, average rank with misses, top 3 points, rank matrix, grid point latitude, grid point longitude, rank at point, top listings at point, competitors, change since previous grid, created at, processed at

## GeoGridAPI's plans (5)

- [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): $0.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €20 pack, Starter, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/20-pack-starter-post-v1-grids/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €60 pack, Growth, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/60-pack-growth-post-v1-grids/llms.txt): $0.45 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €120 pack, Scale, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/120-pack-scale-post-v1-grids/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €400 pack, Enterprise, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/400-pack-enterprise-post-v1-grids/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 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, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/free-500-free-credits-post-v1-grids/llms.txt)

## GeoGridAPI: Local business search API alternatives

- [Semscraper, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/semscraper/top-up/llms.txt): $0.034 per 1,000, 63% complete, live
- [Yelp, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/yelp/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.199 per 1,000, 88% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly, Hobby, GET /yelp/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/9-monthly-hobby-get-yelp-search/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [G Maps Extractor, $799 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/g-maps-extractor/799-monthly/llms.txt): $0.266 per 1,000, 100% 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