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Needle pricing: Local business search API

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100% complete: all 8 key fields we checkSee the 8 fields
$0.00per 1,000 placesWe haven't run Needle through our Local business search API benchmark 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 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, ScrapeField and TomTom are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest Needle plan for that many places. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Free Trial one of Needle's 4 plans
Call: POST /api/v1/places/search Needle's only call for this API
API: Local business search API one of Needle's 16 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • All 8 key fields we check. Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number. Unused units expire after 7 days.
  • One call. You call POST /api/v1/places/search. Every input is optional: query, location.latitude, location.longitude, radiusMeters, type, language, region, cursor, limit. The call returns the businesses there.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: with conditions.

Needle: Local business search API alternatives

Needle alternatives: other Local business search API providers by price

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 places.

This planNeedle, freeLocationIQ, freeScrapeField, freeTomTom, free, GET /search/2/categorySearch/{query}.{ext}Azure Maps, free, Gen2 Free, GET /search/poi/{format}
$ per 1,000 places$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness100%38%100%75%75%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough fornot published5,000 pages a dayabout 666 pages2,500 pages a month5,000 pages a month
Freshnessunknownunknown24 hoursunknownunknown
Who can get itanyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connectanyoneanyone who verifies an emailanyone not barred from receiving the Licensed Products under the laws of the United States or other countriesanyone with an Azure Maps account

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.

  1. needle.app/api/v1/openapi
  2. needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile
  3. needle.app/docs/api-reference/search-places
  4. needle.app/pricing
  5. needle.app/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Address
  • Phone
  • Website
  • Category
  • Coordinates
  • Rating
  • Review count
  • Opening hours
Price
$ per 1,000 places$0.00
Perpage, size not stated
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays for112 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchBuild a list of businesses and locations.
Data
Keep datano API terms
Use dataYou may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1 linked account
Expires7 days
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendnothing required. Optional: query, location.latitude, location.longitude, radiusMeters, type, language, region, cursor, limit
MethodPOST
Path/api/v1/places/search
About the plan
PlanFree Trial
Who can get itanyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect
The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

place ID, name, address, city, state, country, postal code, latitude, longitude, Google Maps URL, website, domain, phone, types, primary type, business status, rating, review count, opening hours

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