# SerpData, free, GET /google/maps/area/places: Local business search API

> Businesses inside a map viewport.

SerpData's Local business search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. It returns 7 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count.
We haven't run SerpData through [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 129 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.096 per 1,000 places or less.
[SerpData's $200 pack (/google/maps/search/places)](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.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [TomTom](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/tomtom/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-grow-tier-1-get-search-2-poisearch-query-ext/llms.txt) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places
- [Local business search API: 16 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.serpdata.dev/google/maps/area/places`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: SerpData (https://www.serpdata.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 88%
- Address: ✓
- Phone: ✓
- Website: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: GET /google/search/web · POST /google/search/videos · POST /google/search/images · POST /google/search/news · POST /google/search/shopping · GET /google/maps/place · GET /google/maps/place/reviews · GET /google/maps/place/photos · POST /google/maps/search/places · POST /google/trends · POST /google/autocomplete · POST /google/search/patents

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Businesses inside a map viewport.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Acceptable use: "Do not use the service to break the law, to infringe others' rights, or to send traffic on behalf of third parties in a way that disguises its origin. Do not attempt to circumvent credit limits, rate limits, or authentication." (Terms of service, last updated 25 July 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,500 credits
- Enough for: 2,500 pages, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query, lat, lng. Optional: zoom, offset, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /google/maps/area/places

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address, no card required

## The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

CID, feature ID, name, rating, review count, latitude, longitude, address, categories, website, phone, neighborhood, place ID, street, city, postal code, state, country, main photo URL, photos, has more, time taken, credits remaining

## SerpData's plans (5)

- [SerpData, free, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [SerpData, $40 pack, Starter, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/40-pack-starter-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt): 88% complete
- [SerpData, $200 pack, Growth, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt): 88% complete
- [SerpData, $600 pack, Scale, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/600-pack-scale-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt): 88% complete
- [SerpData, $900 pack, Volume, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/900-pack-volume-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt): 88% complete

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

- `GET /google/maps/area/places`: [SerpData, free, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt)
- `POST /google/maps/search/places`: [SerpData, free, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt)

## SerpData's APIs (8)

- [SerpData: image search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: news API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: search autocomplete API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: SERP API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: video search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business reviews API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Google Shopping search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/serpdata/free/llms.txt)
- [SerpData: Local business search API pricing, 5 plans, GET /google/maps/area/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-get-google-maps-area-places/llms.txt)

## SerpData: 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
- [TomTom, free, GET /search/2/categorySearch/{query}.{ext}](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/tomtom/free-get-search-2-categorysearch-query-ext/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [ScrapeField, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, 24 hours
- [LurkAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/lurkapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete, 12 hours
- [SearchApi, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/searchapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://www.serpdata.dev/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://www.serpdata.dev/terms/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing