# ScrapingBot.io, free, POST /api/v1/google, Maps: Local business search API

> Google Maps results, with phone, opening hours, types and the place IDs.

ScrapingBot.io's Free plan for the Local business search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. ScrapingBot.io's docs list all 8 fields on our checklist: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.
In [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt), the best plan from ScrapingBot.io scores 22.0 out of 100. ScrapingBot.io ranks 33rd of 38 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 307 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.45 per 1,000 places or less. [See the best free local business search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
[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/scrapingbot-io/free-post-api-v1-google-maps
- [Local business search API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapingbot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://scrapingbot.io/api/v1/google`, Maps
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapingbot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapingbot.io/docs/google?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing#google-maps
- Sold by: ScrapingBot.io (https://scrapingbot.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 50 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Google Maps results, with phone, opening hours, types and the place IDs.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: ScrapingBot returns publicly available data. You are responsible for what you collect and how you use it, [...] You agree not to use the service to: Access content behind a login, a paywall or other access controls, or any non-public or private data. Track, monitor, profile or harass individuals, build dossiers on people, or make decisions about people’s eligibility for jobs, credit, housing or insurance. Collect sensitive personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, sexuality or biometrics) or children’s data. Send spam, or collect contact details for unsolicited messages. Break the law, infringe others’ rights, or collect data you have no right to use. Overload or disrupt any website, or our service, or try to get around our limits, billing or security. Resell or give away raw access to the API itself (for example, a public proxy for our endpoints). Building your own product on top of the data is fine.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 10 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.13 s

## The call

- You send: endpoint "/maps", one of params.q or params.cid or params.placeId or params.fid. Optional: params.ll, params.gl, params.hl, params.page
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/google

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone aged 16 or older, and old enough to enter a contract where they live

## The 13 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, address, description, latitude, longitude, opening hours, phone, place ID, price level, rating, review count, types, website

## ScrapingBot.io's plans (6)

- [ScrapingBot.io, free, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/free-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapingBot.io, $49.99 monthly, Starter, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/49-99-monthly-starter-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [ScrapingBot.io, $99.99 monthly, Startup, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/99-99-monthly-startup-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [ScrapingBot.io, $249.99 monthly, Pro, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/249-99-monthly-pro-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [ScrapingBot.io, $599.99 monthly, Business, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/599-99-monthly-business-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [ScrapingBot.io, $999.99 monthly, Business+, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/999-99-monthly-business-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt): 100% complete

## ScrapingBot.io's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /api/v1/google`, Maps: [ScrapingBot.io, free, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/free-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/google`, Places: [ScrapingBot.io, free, POST /api/v1/google, Places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/free-post-api-v1-google-places/llms.txt)

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- [ScrapingBot.io: Local business search API pricing, 6 plans, POST /api/v1/google, Maps](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapingbot-io/free-post-api-v1-google-maps/llms.txt)

## ScrapingBot.io: Local business search API alternatives

- [LocationIQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [HERE, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, 24 hours
- [Foursquare, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/foursquare/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete
- [CityBotMagic, free preview, GET /api/v1/us/{state}/{city}.json](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/citybotmagic/free-preview-get-api-v1-us-state-city-json/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [Scrapewise, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapewise/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete

## 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://scrapingbot.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://scrapingbot.io/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://scrapingbot.io/docs/google?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://scrapingbot.io/google?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://scrapingbot.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://scrapingbot.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing