# Pullbay, free, GET /google-maps/place/search: Local business search API

> Search Google Maps for places by free-text `query`. Use `offset` (a numeric string) to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive). Optional geo filters: `latitude`, `longitude`, `zoom`.

Pullbay's Local business search API on its Free 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/pullbay/free-get-google-maps-place-search
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/google-maps/place/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/google-maps?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#search-google-maps-places
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.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

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Google Maps for places by free-text `query`. Use `offset` (a numeric string) to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive). Optional geo filters: `latitude`, `longitude`, `zoom`.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: 1,000 results
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: countryCode, languageCode, latitude, longitude, zoom, maxItems, offset
- Method: GET
- Path: /google-maps/place/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

Google Maps URL, name, description, address, neighborhood, street, district, postal code, city, country, latitude, longitude, website, phone, price level, rating, place ID, feature ID, review count, category, opening hours, additional info, has more, next cursor, request ID, success, status, message, amount charged, currency, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [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
- [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
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly, Builder, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/49-monthly-builder-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly, Scale, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/199-monthly-scale-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Pullbay's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /google-maps/place/search`: [Pullbay, free, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /yelp/search`: [Pullbay, free, GET /yelp/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-yelp-search/llms.txt)

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- [Pullbay: App Store API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: App Store search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: image search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/news](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-news/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: news API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-news/search](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-news-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: SERP API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-search/search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-search-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /duckduckgo/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-duckduckgo-videos/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: video search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-maps/place/reviews](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-maps-place-reviews/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans, GET /yelp/place/{id}/reviews](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/pullbay/free-get-yelp-place-id-reviews/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /google-maps/place/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/pullbay/free-get-google-maps-place-search/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play review API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-review-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Google Play search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-play-search-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)
- [Pullbay: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

## Pullbay: 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
- [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
- [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://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/google-maps?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing