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openrouteservice pricing: Local business search API

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$0.00per 1,000 placesWe haven't run a Local business search API benchmark yet.Half of the 89 plans we rank by price cost $0.04 per 1,000 places or less. This plan and 3 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 places of the 89 plans.
Plan: Standard one of openrouteservice's 2 plans
Call: POST /pois openrouteservice's only call
API: Local business search API openrouteservice's only API

About this item

  • Stored. You get places from openrouteservice's database. openrouteservice doesn't say how old the data is.
  • 5 of the 8 key fields we check. Address, Website, Category, Coordinates, Opening hours.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 requests a day, enough for 500 pages. Calls stop once your requests run out.
  • One call. You call POST /pois with the inputs in Product details. The call returns the businesses there.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a HeiGIT account. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

openrouteservice: Local business search API alternatives

openrouteservice alternatives: every Local business search API plan compared

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

This planopenrouteservice, free, StandardOutscraper, free tier, GET /google-maps-directoryPullbay, free, GET /google-maps/place/searchDatafiniti, freeFactori, free, POST /v1/poi/by-address
$ per 1,000 places$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness63%100%100%75%75%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay€0$0$0$0$0
Enough for500 pages a day500 results a month1,000 results1,000 resultsnot published
Freshnessstoredlivelivestoredstored
Who can get itanyone with a HeiGIT accountanyone who adds a payment methodanyonelegal entities capable of entering contracts, and individuals who are either 18 years old or have legal parental or guardian consent (terms of use, "1. Acceptance of Terms")business and enterprise users

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.

  1. account.heigit.org/info/plans
  2. account.heigit.org/info/tos
  3. giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/api-reference/endpoints/poi/
  4. github.com/GIScience/openpoiservice
  5. raw.githubusercontent.com/GIScience/openpoiservice/main/openpoiservice/server/api/pois_post.yaml

Product details

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

  • Address
  • Phone, not in the answer
  • Website
  • Category
  • Coordinates
  • Rating, not in the answer
  • Review count, not in the answer
  • Opening hours
Price
$ per 1,000 places$0.00
Perpage, size not stated
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forDirections V2: 2,000 a day, 40 a minute · Export V2: 100 a day, 5 a minute · Isochrones V2: 500 a day, 20 a minute · Matrix V2: 500 a day, 40 a minute · Snap V2: 2,000 a day, 100 a minute · Elevation: 2,000 a day, 40 a minute · Geocoding: 3,000 a day, 100 a minute · Optimization: 500 a day, 40 a minute
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe openpoiservice is a stand-alone service from HeiGIT that returns points of interest in the area surrounding a geometry.
Data
Freshnessstored
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may not use the Services for any unlawful purpose. Your use of the Services must comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage or overburden the Services or interfere with any other party’s use of the Services. You may not engage in other unacceptable use of the Services, which includes: Disseminating material that is abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening, or malicious, Aiding or implementing practices violating basic human rights or civil liberties, Disseminating or storing material that infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of any person, Creating a false identity or otherwise attempting to mislead others as to the identity or origin of any communication, Exporting, re-exporting, or permitting downloading of any content in violation of any export or import law, regulation, or restriction of the European Union and its agencies or authorities, or without all required approvals, licenses, or exemptions, Interfering with or attempting to gain unauthorized access to any computer network, Transmitting viruses, trojan horses, or any other malicious code or program, Engaging in any other activity deemed by HeiGIT to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of these Terms, Transmit personal data (apart from the data required by the HeiGIT account management). For any OpenStreetMap data you obtain through our services, you have to comply with the Terms of Use by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, especially but not limited to the “Additional limitations on use of personal data” [...]. When using services provided by HeiGIT make sure to have the proper attribution in your API implementation, site, or other properties (either displayed in the map image itself or elsewhere). [...] Any person is permitted one single account for all HeiGIT APIs and services. [...] If you repeatedly exceed the limits, your access to the API will be temporarily blocked and we reserve the right to disable and/or remove your account without prior notice.
Plan
Pay€0
You get500 requests a day
Enough for500 pages a day
Rate limit
Per day500
Per second1
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendContent-Type header "application/json", request "pois", at least one of geometry.bbox or geometry.geojson. Optional: geometry.buffer, filters.category_group_ids, filters.category_ids, filters.name, filters.wheelchair, filters.smoking, filters.fee, limit, sortby
MethodPOST
Path/pois
About the plan
PlanStandard
Who can get itanyone with a HeiGIT account
The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, address, latitude, longitude, categories, category group, detail features, website, opening hours, distance, OSM type, OSM ID

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