# GMapsScraper.AI, free: Local business search API

> Search Google Maps businesses by keyword, language, and geo params.

GMapsScraper.AI's Free plan for the Local business search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. GMapsScraper.AI's docs list 6 of the 8 fields on our checklist: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Rating, Review count.
In [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt), the best plan from GMapsScraper.AI scores 34.9 out of 100. GMapsScraper.AI ranks 16th of 34 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 301 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.45 per 1,000 places or less. [See the best free local business search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
[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.
[LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/leadswift/24-99-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of places. LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan costs less up front than SerpData's $200 pack.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [HERE](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-base-plan-0-to-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt) and [CityBotMagic](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/citybotmagic/free-preview-get-api-v1-search-json/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/free
- [Local business search API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://gmapsscraper.ai/google-maps-scraper-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://gmapsscraper.ai/api/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://gmapsscraper.ai/google-maps-scraper-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://gmapsscraper.ai/google-maps-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: GMapsScraper.AI (https://gmapsscraper.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Reviews API · Photos API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Google Maps businesses by keyword, language, and geo params.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the service only for lawful purposes and to comply with applicable laws, privacy rules, and platform terms.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 requests a month
- Enough for: 20 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.80 s

## The call

- You send: q, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: page, ll, hl, gl, extra
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, description, address, street, categories, phone, review count, rating, website, domain, Google Maps URL, Knowledge Graph machine ID, CID, feature ID, place ID, search parameters, total results

## GMapsScraper.AI's plans (4)

- [GMapsScraper.AI, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [GMapsScraper.AI, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/15-monthly/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [GMapsScraper.AI, $65 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/65-monthly/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [GMapsScraper.AI, $115 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/115-monthly/llms.txt): $0.575 per 1,000, 75% complete

## GMapsScraper.AI's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/search`: [GMapsScraper.AI, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/free/llms.txt)

## GMapsScraper.AI's APIs (2)

- [GMapsScraper.AI: Local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/free/llms.txt)
- [GMapsScraper.AI: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/gmapsscraper-ai/free/llms.txt)

## GMapsScraper.AI: Local business search API alternatives

- [APICK, top-up from ₩55,000](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/apick/top-up-from-55000/llms.txt): $0.563 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [G Maps Extractor, $115 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/g-maps-extractor/115-monthly/llms.txt): $0.575 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [G Maps Crawl, $115 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/g-maps-crawl/115-monthly/llms.txt): $0.575 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [Hubertino, $29 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/hubertino/29-pack/llms.txt): $0.58 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 2026-11-07.

- https://gmapsscraper.ai/blog/google-maps-scraper-api-guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://gmapsscraper.ai/google-maps-scraper-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://gmapsscraper.ai/google-maps-scraper-api/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://gmapsscraper.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing