# MapQuest, free, MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions, GET /search/v5/place: Local business search API

> Find places, businesses, and other points of interest around the world

MapQuest's Local business search API on its "MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions" plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 3 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Category, Coordinates.
We haven't run a Local business search API benchmark yet.
This plan is free. We rank 89 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.04 per 1,000 places or less.
[Stadia Maps's $250 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/stadia-maps/250-monthly-professional-get-geocoding-v2-autocomplete/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.001. Stadia Maps charges for each page of results. We count 10 places on each page to get the $0.001 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v5-place
- Get it: https://developer.mapquest.com/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.mapquestapi.com/search/v5/place`
- API key: with the plan, on https://developer.mapquest.com/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/api/place-search-v5/place/get.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: MapQuest (https://developer.mapquest.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 38%
- Address: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 100

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find places, businesses, and other points of interest around the world

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50,000 credits
- Expires: January 1, 2027

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: sort, one of q or category. Optional: location, circle, bbox, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/v5/place

## About the plan

- Plan: MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

search term, search location, sort order, limit, place ID, name, display name, language, address type, street address, city, state, state code, county, country code, postal code, latitude, longitude, SIC code, categories

## MapQuest's plans (6)

- [MapQuest, free, MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [MapQuest, $119 monthly, Basic, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/119-monthly-basic-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [MapQuest, $249 monthly, Plus, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/249-monthly-plus-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [MapQuest, $499 monthly, Business, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/499-monthly-business-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [MapQuest, $949 monthly, Business Plus, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/949-monthly-business-plus-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [MapQuest, contact us, Enterprise, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/contact-us-enterprise-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt): 38% complete

## MapQuest's calls (3)

- `GET /search/v4/place`: [MapQuest, free, MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions, GET /search/v4/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v4-place/llms.txt)
- `GET /search/v5/place`: [MapQuest, free, MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt)
- `GET /search/v2/radius`: [MapQuest, free, MapQuestGO, 50,000 one-time free transactions, GET /search/v2/radius](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v2-radius/llms.txt)

## MapQuest's APIs (1)

- [MapQuest: Local business search API pricing, 6 plans, GET /search/v5/place](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mapquest/free-mapquestgo-50000-one-time-free-transactions-get-search-v5-place/llms.txt)

## MapQuest: Local business search API alternatives

- [Outscraper, free tier, GET /google-maps-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-google-maps-directory/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Ola Maps, free, Tier 1 · Up to 100K, GET /places/v1/nearbysearch/advanced](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-nearbysearch-advanced/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [openrouteservice, free, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/openrouteservice/free-standard/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete, stored
- [MapTiler, free, GET /geocoding/{queries}.json](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/maptiler/free-get-geocoding-queries-json/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://developer.mapquest.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/api/place-search-v5/place/get.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://developer.mapquest.com/legal?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://developer.mapquest.com/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing