An API that returns points of interest, the named places on a map: shops, restaurants, clinics, gyms, offices. You send an area and a category, and get each place back as a complete JSON record with coordinates.

What fields does each POI include?

Name, category and the full category list, street address broken into parts, latitude and longitude, placeId, phone, website, rating, review count, opening hours, description, and attributes, plus price level when Google lists one and a scrapedAt timestamp.

How fresh is the POI data?

Records are pulled at query time, not read from a stored file, and every record carries a scrapedAt timestamp. What you get reflects the listing as it looked when you asked.

Can I build a full POI database with it?

Yes. Loop the endpoint over your categories and cities to cover a market, or order a ready-made dataset for very large footprints. Both come in the same schema.

What does the POI API cost?

One credit per place returned, and empty searches are free. 3,000 free credits arrive every month with no card, and prepaid packs start at $49 for 25,000 credits. Credits never expire.

How is this different from the Google Places API?

Google's Places API bills per call by SKU tier, with fields gated by tier; its published Text Search Pro rate is $32 per 1,000 calls at the base usage tier. Here every place is one credit with all fields included.

POI API for fresh points of interest

This POI API returns points of interest for any area as clean JSON: name, category, address, coordinates, phone, website, rating, review count, opening hours. One credit per place returned.

Coordinates on every record One credit per place returned 3,000 free credits a month

PULLED LIVE FROM THE API, JULY 27, 2026

One request, real POIs

# 1 credit per place returned; empty searches free curl "https://crustapi.com/v1/search?type=maps&q=coffee+shops+in+seattle" -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

The places as CSV first, ready for a map layer or a database:

Sample rows as CSV, exactly as exported · phones unmasked in the API response

name	category	address	lat	lng	phone	rating	reviews
Storyville Coffee Pike Place	Coffee shop	94 Pike St Top floor Suite 34, Seattle, WA 98101	47.60895	-122.3404309	(206) 780-57••	4.6	3124
Piedmont Cafe	Coffee shop	1215 Seneca St Ste 100, Seattle, WA 98101	47.6115511	-122.3242818	(206) 659-98••	4.8	290
Overcast Coffee	Coffee shop	1517 12th Ave Ste 100, Seattle, WA 98122	47.6146106	-122.3171338	(206) 588-26••	4.7	298
Coffee TAB	Coffee shop	211 Lenora St Suit A, Seattle, WA 98121	47.6125094	-122.3427810	(425) 243-73••	4.7	603
Mintish Coffee House	Coffee shop	515 Harvard Ave E #121, Seattle, WA 98102	47.6236898	-122.3222815	(206) 779-97••	5	1142
Drip Drip coffeehouse	Coffee shop	355 15th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122	47.6058835	-122.3131162	(206) 485-70••	4.5	339

And one point of interest as JSON:

{ "title": "Storyville Coffee Pike Place", "address": "94 Pike St Top floor Suite 34, Seattle, WA 98101", "location": { "lat": 47.60895, "lng": -122.3404309 }, "phone": "(206) 780-57••", "website": "https://storyville.com/pages/pike-place-market", "categoryName": "Coffee shop", "totalScore": 4.6, "reviewsCount": 3124 }

WHAT EVERY POI INCLUDES

The full record, ready to use

Every point of interest comes complete, so you can build a map layer, a directory, or a dataset with no second call.

Identityname · category · full category list Locationaddress parts · lat/lng · placeId Contactphone · website Reputationrating · review count Detailopening hours · description · attributes · price level when listed

Records are pulled fresh at query time, not served from an aging file, and each carries a scrapedAt timestamp so you always know how fresh a row is.

Pull your first POIs free

3,000 credits a month. No card, no contract.

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POI DATA AND POI DATABASES

From one query to a whole market

The same endpoint scales from a single lookup to full POI data coverage of a city or vertical.

Need every coffee shop in Seattle, every pharmacy in Texas, or every gym in the top 50 metros? Loop the endpoint over your categories and cities and you have a POI database that is as fresh as the day you pulled it, in the same schema every time. For very large footprints, ready-made datasets are the bulk lane: the same records, packaged, without running the pulls yourself.

HOW IT COMPARES

vs POI files and the Places API

The classic POI options are a licensed annual file or Google's official Places API. Different trade-offs on both.

	Licensed POI file	Google Places API	CrustAPI
Freshness	Ages between releases	Fresh	Fresh at query time
Pricing shape	Annual license	Per call by SKU tier; Text Search Pro is $32 / 1,000 calls	1 credit per place returned
Fields per record	Varies by vendor	Gated by SKU tier	All fields, every time
Entry cost	Quote	Free monthly threshold, then per call	3,000 free credits / month

The Places API figure is Google's published Text Search Pro rate at the base usage tier, from Google's usage and billing page, checked July 27, 2026. Note it bills per call while we bill per place returned, so compare on your own query shapes.

THE WORKED RECEIPT

A 10,000-place directory

What the classic options cost to even start, against the metered route.

sales call

licensed poi file

pricequote only

freshnessages between releases

buy it today?talk to sales

10,000 POIsa quote

self-serve

crustapi · 10,000 places

10,000 x $1.96 / 1k$19.60

freshnesspulled at query time

buy it today?yes, no card for free tier

10,000 POIs$19.60

FAIR PLAY

When a licensed POI file is the better pick: navigation-grade attributes, building polygons, indoor mapping, or a redistribution license for shipping the data inside your own product. Those are file-vendor strengths. This API is for live, business-level POI data you query on demand.

PRICING

One credit per place

Simple meter, no subscription, no quote call.

Place searches bill 1 credit per business returned, and a search that returns nothing costs nothing. Start free with 3,000 credits every month, no card. Paid packs are prepaid and self-serve: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, ex-tax. That is about $1.96 per 1,000 records at the entry pack, falling to roughly $0.40 per 1,000 at the largest. Credits never expire.

BEFORE YOU ASK

Common questions

WORKS WITH YOUR STACK

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Run one category in one city on the free tier and look at what comes back. 3,000 credits, no card.

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