THE GOOGLE PLACES API ALTERNATIVE

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GET/v1/search?type=places&q=emergency+dentist+of+austin
{
  "searchParameters": {
    "q": "emergency dentist of austin",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "type": "places",
    "num": 10,
    "page": 1,
    "engine": "google"
  },
  "places": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Emergency Dentist of Austin",
      "address": "1030 Norwood Park Blvd #324, Austin, TX 78753",
      "latitude": 30.3406789,
      "longitude": -97.6924276,
      "rating": 4.8,
      "ratingCount": 1505,
      "priceLevel": null,
      "category": "Dentist",
      "phoneNumber": "(512) 961-••••",
      "website": "https://emergencydentistofaustin.com/",
      "cid": "8726852563881499337"
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "Austin Emergency Dental",
      "address": "Austin Emergency Dental, 2500 W William Cannon Dr Ste 103 (Building #1, Austin, TX 78745",
      "latitude": 30.207015799999997,
      "longitude": -97.8135511,
      "rating": 5,
      "ratingCount": 821,
      "priceLevel": null,
      "category": "Dentist",
      "phoneNumber": "(737) 747-••••",
      "website": "https://emergencydentalaustin.com/",
      "cid": "10235853594185523657"
    }
  ],
  "tookMs": 596
}
· THREE REAL RESPONSES, PULLED LIVE 2026-09-05 ·
The problem

Google’s Places API bills per field

Ask for the phone and website and the price goes up. Ask for the rating and it goes up again. And the terms say delete what you got after 30 days.

5
reviews per place, then it stops
30 days
before Google’s own terms say delete the data
What that costs youA bill that grows with every field you need. A record you have to throw away next month.
The fix

A live read of the place does not

CrustAPI reads the place the moment you ask, by name, id or coordinates. Every field comes back together, at one price, in 0.9 seconds. Keep it.

Every field, one price 0.9 seconds Yours to keep Empty lookups are free

You get the whole place. Cheaper. Fresher. Easier.

Live read : noun

We read the page the moment you ask. Not a copy from last month.

Any place on Google Maps, in full, in one request

0.9 seconds. One bill. Nothing to babysit.

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The process

Here’s how you get the place you want

STEP 1
1

Your place in one line. Or no code at all

Paste the business name, its place id or a latitude and longitude, in the playground or in one line of code.

Zero setup. Zero babysitting.
· 0.9 SECONDS LATER ·
STEP 2
2

The whole place. Right now

Name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category, price level and coordinates. Ready for your CRM, your map or your code.

FieldWhat comes back
titleEmergency Dentist of Austin
categoryDentist
rating4.8
ratingCount1505
phoneNumber(512) 961-••••
address1030 Norwood Park Blvd #324, Austin, TX 78753
websitehttps://emergencydentistofaustin.com/
cid8726852563881499337
+ coordinates and price level
A record that is right the day you pull it.
Phone and website are today’sOne price per place, every field includedThe ids you need for reviews come with it
· PAY ONLY FOR RESULTS · EMPTY LOOKUPS ARE FREE ·
STEP 3
3

Go deeper. Every review it has

Ask for the reviews with the id that came back. Every review, page by page. Or run a Maps search for every place like it.

Ask forWhat comes back
reviewsevery review for the place, page by page
mapsevery business for a search, 20 to 100 a call
stars=truethe 1 to 5 star breakdown
+ search, news, shopping and 9 more
Every review. Not five.
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· FREE TO TRY · YOUR BALANCE NEVER EXPIRES ·
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What we do so you don’t

We read Google Maps for you. Live

You get the rows you want. Right today. For less.

PAY ONLY FOR RESULTS. WRONG RESULT, MONEY BACK.
1

We read it live

The moment you ask. One place in full: phone, website, rating, review count, category, coordinates.

2

We keep it working

Google Maps changes its pages all the time. We keep the read working through every change, so you never run, patch or babysit a scraper.

3

We clean it

Phones formatted. Ratings and review counts as numbers. The ids you need for reviews and repeat lookups.

4

Guaranteed right

You pay only when data comes back. Empty results cost nothing. Report a wrong result and the money comes back.

★

BONUS: A data expert on email

Stuck on a field, a filter or a weird result? Email support@crustapi.com and a data expert answers within a day. Not a bot.

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All without

Proxies or browsersnothing to run, patch, or babysit
A vendor per sourceone account, one bill
Paying for failuresempty results come back free
Bonus

Or let your AI do it

Plug in our MCP server. Your agent does the rest, paying per result.

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Pricing

How much does it cost?

Pay as you go. One price per place, every field included, and you pay only when data comes back. Larger deposits get lower rates for those funds until they are spent.

LookupsCostRate
1,000$1.00$1.00 per 1,000, pay as you go
49K$49$1.00 per 1,000 with a $49 deposit
200K$149$0.76 per 1,000 with a $149 deposit
980K$549$0.56 per 1,000 with a $549 deposit
4.9M$1,999$0.41 per 1,000 with a $1,999 deposit
19.7M$6,500$0.33 per 1,000 with a $6,500 deposit
98.2M$27,500$0.28 per 1,000 with a $27,500 deposit
192.3M$50,000$0.26 per 1,000 with a $50,000 deposit
500M$100,000$0.20 per 1,000 with a $100,000 deposit
MoreCustomOngoing feeds, managed delivery, or volume below the ladder. Tell us what you need.

$6 free every month, no card. Empty results cost nothing. Your paid balance never expires.

Reference

What you get per place

FieldWhat it holds
titlethe business name
addressthe full address
latitudelatitude
longitudelongitude
ratingstar rating, 1 to 5
ratingCounthow many reviews
categorythe main category Google lists
phoneNumberthe listed number
websitethe business site
priceLevel$ to $$$$ where Google shows it
cidthe id you need for reviews and repeat lookups
positionits rank in the lookup
How to use

How do I use the Google Places Scraper API?

  1. 1

    Create a free account. No credit card required.

  2. 2

    Paste a business name, a place id or coordinates.

  3. 3

    Add a city or region hint if the name is common.

  4. 4

    Download the list as a spreadsheet, use your API key, or tell your AI tool to pull it.

In code it is one line:

curl "https://crustapi.com/v1/search?type=places&q=emergency%20dentist%20of%20austin" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
Input

What can I set?

ParameterWhat it doesExample
typeplaces for one place. maps for a whole search, reviews for its reviews.places
qThe business name, as you would type it into Google Maps.emergency dentist of austin
locationA city or region hint when the name is common.Austin, TX
placeIdPoint at one exact place by its Google place id.ChIJ...
cidThe same, by Google customer id.8726852563881499337
FAQ

Common questions

One request that returns a place from Google Maps as data: name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category, price level and coordinates. You send a name, an id or coordinates. The place comes back in 0.9 seconds.

Google’s own API prices every field separately, returns at most five reviews, and its terms say delete the data after 30 days. This returns every field at one price, links to every review, and the data is yours.

Add a city or region hint, or pass the place id. You get the best match first, with its rank, so you can see what else matched.

0.9 seconds. That is the median a customer sees, measured through crustapi.com on the day this page was built.

$1.00 for every 1,000 lookups, with lower rates for larger individual deposits. A lookup that finds nothing costs nothing. $6 free every month, no card.

We read the public place page Google shows anyone, logged out, and never use accounts or captcha tricks. Public, logged-out collection has repeatedly defeated computer-fraud and contract claims. Check your own use case. We are not lawyers.

The CrustAPI guarantee

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Every Google endpoint

Search, Maps, reviews and 9 more. One account, one bill.

Google Maps APIExtract every local business on Google Maps: phone, website, rating, reviews, hours, and more. Google Search APIExtract Google results for any query: links, answer box, related searches. Google Places APIExtract one place in full from its name, id or coordinates. Google Reviews APIExtract every review for a place, not just the first five. Google News APIExtract headlines for any topic: source, snippet, picture. Google Shopping APIExtract products with live prices, sellers and links. Google Images APIExtract about 90 images a call, each with its source page. Google Videos APIExtract videos with thumbnails, channels and length. Google Scholar APIExtract papers with authors, citations and PDF links. Google Patents APIExtract patents with assignees, dates and abstracts. Google Autocomplete APIExtract the suggestions Google shows as you type. Webpage APIExtract any page as clean text and metadata, ready for an AI.
Public pages only. No logins. No fake accounts.
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