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

> Local business results for a query.

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](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-post-google-maps-search-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: `POST https://api.serpdata.dev/google/maps/search/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 of 200
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Most per search: 200
- 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 · GET /google/maps/area/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: Local business results for a query.

## 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: q. Optional: lat, lng, limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /google/maps/search/places

## About the plan

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

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

search parameters, result position, name, address, latitude, longitude, rating, review count, category, phone, website, CID, time taken, credits consumed, credits remaining

## SerpData's plans (5)

- [SerpData, free, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [SerpData, $40 pack, Starter, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/40-pack-starter-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt): $0.0005 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [SerpData, $200 pack, Growth, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt): $0.0004 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [SerpData, $600 pack, Scale, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/600-pack-scale-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt): $0.0003 per 1,000, 88% complete
- [SerpData, $900 pack, Volume, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/900-pack-volume-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt): $0.00015 per 1,000, 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, POST /google/maps/search/places](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/free-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt)

## SerpData: Local business search API alternatives

- [HERE, pay as you go, Base plan, 0 to 5,000 requests a month](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-base-plan-0-to-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, 24 hours
- [Foursquare, pay as you go, 0 to 500 calls](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/foursquare/pay-as-you-go-0-to-500-calls/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete
- [LocationIQ, $9,500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/9500-yearly/llms.txt): $0.00053 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [Stadia Maps, $250 monthly, Professional, GET /geocoding/v2/autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/stadia-maps/250-monthly-professional-get-geocoding-v2-autocomplete/llms.txt): $0.001 per 1,000, 13% 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 2026-11-05.

- 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