# Ola Maps, free, Tier 1 · Up to 100K, GET /places/v1/textsearch: Local business search API

> Find places using free-text queries across regions—cafes, landmarks, and services without starting from map coordinates.

Ola Maps's Local business search API on its Tier 1 · Up to 100K plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 3 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Category, Coordinates.
You get 100,000 requests a month. You spend the requests on Ola Maps's other calls. This call is free for up to 100,000 pages a month.
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/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-textsearch
- Get it: https://maps.olakrutrim.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.olamaps.io/places/v1/textsearch`
- API key: with the plan, on https://maps.olakrutrim.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://maps.olakrutrim.com/docs/places-apis/text-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Ola Maps (https://maps.olakrutrim.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
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find places using free-text queries across regions—cafes, landmarks, and services without starting from map coordinates.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: you may [...] ii. use the applicable SDKs, tools, and APIs for the sole purpose of developing Applications and integrating SDKs and APIs within your Applications in accordance with the rights and limitations described in the Commercial Terms, other applicable terms, and Documentation, [...] f) Sublicensing: You shall not sublicense and/or distribute Ola Products unless expressly permitted by Ola in the Commercial Terms or other applicable terms or separate written agreement between you and Ola. [...] 6. PROHIBITED USES a) You shall not engage in any of the following uses of the Ola products and/or Platform: [...] X. Modify Ola Content or provide Ola Content to another person or entity, XI. Use incorrect attribution of any information derived from the Platform, XII. Use outdated versions of the Platform or Ola Products, XIII. Make any derivative works based on or using Ola Products, reverse engineer, reverse compile, disassemble, or attempt to determine the source code of the Ola Products, XIV. Use Ola Products for: (i) benchmarking of third-party data sets, or (ii) a reference to create, enhance, or improve a product or service competitive to Ola, XV. Use Ola Products in connection with a machine learning or artificial intelligence (“AI”) system, including but not limited to, models used in connection with natural language processing, algorithm optimization and training, logical AI/inferencing, machine learning, deep learning, behavioral learning, artificial neural networks, machine perception and motion manipulation, predictive analytics, generative AI, and data extrapolation, XVI. Except as included in an Application, and as permitted in Your license grant from Ola, use Ola Products to create, develop, enhance, test, or evaluate a platform, product or solution regardless of whether such platform, product or solution contains reference to any Ola Products, [...] 2. Attribution Requirements a. Developer Attribution: You agree to prominently display attribution to Ola within any application or product that incorporates or uses the SDK, maps, API, or data. [...] Attribution must be to “Ola Maps”.

## Plan

- Pay: ₹0
- You get: 100,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 100,000 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: input. Optional: location, radius, types, size
- Method: GET
- Path: /places/v1/textsearch

## About the plan

- Plan: Tier 1 · Up to 100K
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

address, latitude, longitude, place ID, name, types

## Ola Maps's plans (4)

- [Ola Maps, free, Tier 1 · Up to 100K, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [Ola Maps, pay as you go, Tier 2 · 100K–5M, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/pay-as-you-go-tier-2-100k-5m-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [Ola Maps, pay as you go, Tier 3 · 5M+, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/pay-as-you-go-tier-3-5m-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [Ola Maps, contact us, Enterprise plan, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/contact-us-enterprise-plan-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt): 38% complete

## Ola Maps's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /places/v1/nearbysearch/advanced`: [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)
- `GET /places/v1/nearbysearch`: [Ola Maps, free, Tier 1 · Up to 100K, GET /places/v1/nearbysearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-nearbysearch/llms.txt)
- `GET /places/v1/textsearch`: [Ola Maps, free, Tier 1 · Up to 100K, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt)

## Ola Maps's APIs (2)

- [Ola Maps: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /places/v1/textsearch](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-textsearch/llms.txt)
- [Ola Maps: Local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans, GET /places/v1/details/advanced](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-details-advanced/llms.txt)
- [Ola Maps: Local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans, GET /places/v1/details](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/ola-maps/free-tier-1-up-to-100k-get-places-v1-details/llms.txt)

## Ola Maps: 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
- [Pullbay, free, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [openrouteservice, free, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/openrouteservice/free-standard/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete, stored
- [Scale SERP, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scale-serp/free/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 2026-11-04.

- https://maps.olakrutrim.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/credit-guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/docs/places-apis/text-search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/legal/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/openapi/ola-maps-apis-oas.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/pricing/details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://maps.olakrutrim.com/pricing/update-2026?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing