# PacketStream, top-up from $50: Local business search API

> Up to 10 places from map search

PacketStream's Search API plan for the Local business search API costs $0.25 per 1,000 places. PacketStream's docs list 1 of the 8 fields on our checklist: Address.
We haven't run PacketStream through [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 307 plans we rank by price cost $0.45 per 1,000 places or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 places than 56% of the 307 plans.
[SerpData's $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt) 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. [Amazon Location Service's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/amazon-location-service/pay-as-you-go-on-demand-post-v2-search-nearby-searchnearby/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 places a month: $0.05.
[LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/leadswift/24-99-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of places. LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan costs less up front than SerpData's $200 pack.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [HERE](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-base-plan-0-to-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt) and [Foursquare](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/foursquare/pay-as-you-go-0-to-500-calls/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50
- [Local business search API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.packetstream.io/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/parameters?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: PacketStream (https://packetstream.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 13%
- Address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.25
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Batch searches · Fetch API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $2.50

## In their words

- Their pitch: Up to 10 places from map search

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and only where you have any permission required by law, contract, or the operator of a target system. You may not use or help others use the Services to: commit fraud, deceive others, impersonate a person or organization, or manipulate PacketStream balances, measurements, referrals, trials, payments, or payouts, gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, devices, networks, or data, or defeat access controls or security measures, distribute malware, interfere with services, conduct denial-of-service activity, scan for vulnerabilities without authorization, or compromise credentials, send spam or unlawful communications, harass or stalk others, or collect, use, or disclose personal data unlawfully, infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights, conduct unlawful financial, payment, marketplace, government, or regulated activity, circumvent PacketStream restrictions, monitoring, metering, authentication, or safety controls, or violate applicable law or cause PacketStream, a Packeter, a reseller, or another person to violate applicable law. You may not copy, modify, sell, sublicense, reverse engineer, bypass, or create derivative works from the Services or software except where applicable law expressly permits it.

## Plan

- Pay: $50
- You get: $50
- Enough for: 20,000 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 20
- Concurrent: 32
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, type "places". Optional: country, language
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Search API
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old and legally able to enter the agreement ("You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter this agreement")

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, search parameters, query, country code, map place position, map place name, map place ID, map place address, map place rating, map place review count, map place category, map place categories, map place phone, map place website, map place latitude, map place longitude, map place price level, open state, results returned, credits consumed, credits remaining, time taken

## PacketStream's plans (1)

- [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 13% complete, live

## PacketStream's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/search`: [PacketStream, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)

## PacketStream's APIs (7)

- [PacketStream: Google AI Mode scraper API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: news API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: search autocomplete API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: SERP API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: Local business search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: Google Shopping search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)
- [PacketStream: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/packetstream/top-up-from-50/llms.txt)

## PacketStream: Local business search API alternatives

- [Roketfy, $99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/roketfy/99-pack/llms.txt): $0.247 per 1,000, 25% complete, live
- [FastAF, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/fastaf/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [BestTime, $729 monthly, Pro Usage, POST /api/v1/venues/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/besttime/540-monthly-pro-usage-post-api-v1-venues-search/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [GeoGridAPI, €400 pack, Enterprise, POST /v1/grids](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/geogridapi/400-pack-enterprise-post-v1-grids/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 25% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/errors-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/parameters?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/docs/search-api/responses?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/search-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://packetstream.io/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing