# Outscraper, free tier, GET /google-maps-directory: Local business search API

> Returns Google Maps places located in a parent place (mall, food court, etc.)

Outscraper's Local business search API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns all 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.
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/outscraper/free-tier-get-google-maps-directory
- Get it: https://outscraper.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.outscraper.cloud/google-maps-directory`
- API key: with the plan, on https://outscraper.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://app.outscraper.cloud/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#tag/google/GET/google-maps-directory
- Sold by: Outscraper (https://outscraper.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Address: ✓
- Phone: ✓
- Website: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓
- Opening hours: ✓

## Price

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

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns Google Maps places located in a parent place (mall, food court, etc.)

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit in its public terms (the Global Services Agreement that governs them is given only at sign-up or on request)
- Use data: You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws). In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site, its content, or content obtained via the site: (a) for any unlawful purpose, (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts, (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances, (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others, (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability, [...] (i) against Outscraper or in a way that can harm Outscraper.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 results a month
- Enough for: 500 results a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 20
- Batch: 1,000

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: query, async. Optional: perQuery, coordinates, language, region, fields, ui, format, webhook
- Method: GET
- Path: /google-maps-directory

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Tier
- Who can get it: anyone who adds a payment method

## The 78 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, name, name for emails, place ID, Google ID, address, county, street, postal code, pure service area business, country code, country, city, US state, state, plus code, latitude, longitude, H3 index, time zone, popular times, typical time spent, website, phone, primary type, types, category, logo, description, containing places, containing place Google ID, posts, review tags, rating, review count, reviews per score, photo count, main photo URL, Street View URL, CID, reviews URL, reviews tab URL, reviews ID, Knowledge Graph machine ID, opening hours, opening hours text, secondary opening hours, business status, about, accessibility options, payment options, delivery, takeout, dine in, outdoor seating, curbside pickup, restroom, reservable, serves beer, serves cocktails, serves coffee, serves wine, serves brunch, serves lunch, serves dinner, serves dessert, serves vegetarian food, price range, prices, reservation links, booking appointment link, menu link, order links, verified, owner ID, owner title, owner profile URL, Google Maps URL

## Outscraper's plans (3)

- [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
- [Outscraper, pay as you go, Medium Tier, GET /google-maps-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/pay-as-you-go-medium-tier-get-google-maps-directory/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Outscraper, pay as you go, Business Tier, GET /google-maps-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/pay-as-you-go-business-tier-get-google-maps-directory/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Outscraper's calls for this API (5)

- `GET /bing-maps`: [Outscraper, free tier, GET /bing-maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-bing-maps/llms.txt)
- `GET /yellowpages-search`: [Outscraper, free tier, GET /yellowpages-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-yellowpages-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /google-maps-directory`: [Outscraper, free tier, GET /google-maps-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-google-maps-directory/llms.txt)
- `GET /google-maps-search`: [Outscraper, free tier, GET /google-maps-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-google-maps-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /google-maps-search`: [Outscraper, free tier, POST /google-maps-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-post-google-maps-search/llms.txt)

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- [Outscraper: Amazon product API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: Local business search API pricing, 3 plans, GET /google-maps-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/outscraper/free-tier-get-google-maps-directory/llms.txt)
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- [Outscraper: image search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: SERP API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: Local business reviews API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: news API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: Google Play review API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: email verification API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: Trustpilot review API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/trustpilot-review-apis/outscraper/free/llms.txt)
- [Outscraper: email finder API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/outscraper/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Outscraper: Local business search API alternatives

- [Yelp, $643 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/yelp/643-monthly/llms.txt): $0.429 per 1,000, 88% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly, Hobby, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/9-monthly-hobby-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [YepAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/yepapi/top-up/llms.txt): $3.50 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 2026-11-04.

- https://app.outscraper.cloud/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://app.outscraper.cloud/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#tag/email-related/GET/email-validator
- https://app.outscraper.cloud/api-docs-data.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/bulk-email-list-cleaning-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/email-address-validator-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/email-address-validator/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/faq/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/google-maps-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://outscraper.com/terms-of-service/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing