Official Google APIs
Places API (New), Business Profile API, pricing, field masks

Places API (New) — Overview & Pricing
Places API (New)
The current-generation API replacing the legacy Places API. Uses a mandatory field mask in every request — omitting it returns an error. Billing is determined by the highest-tier field requested.
Three-Tier SKU Billing
Tier
What's Included
Cost
Essentials
Place ID, name, address, location, types, business status
Lowest
Pro
Phone, website, opening hours, price level, photos
Medium
Enterprise
Reviews, ratings, userRatingCount, editorial summary, atmosphere data
Highest (~$17-35/1K requests)
Subscription Plans
Plan
Cost
Calls
Savings
Pay-as-you-go
Variable
Unlimited
Baseline
Starter
$100/mo
50K
Moderate
Pro
$1,200/mo
250K
Up to $5,000 vs PAYG
Enterprise
Custom
Custom
Negotiated
Key API Operations
Place Details — full data for a known place_id
Text Search — search by query string (e.g., "restaurants in Berlin")
Nearby Search — search within a radius of coordinates
Autocomplete — predictive place suggestions
Place Photos — retrieve photos by reference
Rate Limits
Enforced per API method per project (unlike legacy API which aggregated all methods). Default ~600 requests/minute; increases require contacting Google support.
Free Tier Status (2026)
Warning: The previously documented "$200 monthly credit" and "10,000 free calls" claims were both refuted during adversarial verification. Verify directly at mapsplatform.google.com/pricing.
Data Fields (50+)
Name, formatted address, address components, phone, international phone, website, opening hours (regular + secondary), business status, price level, rating, user rating count, reviews (text/author/rating/time/language — max 5 per place), photos, types, coordinates, viewport, place ID, URL, UTC offset, plus 20+ boolean amenities (delivery, dineIn, takeout, outdoorSeating, liveMusic, allowsDogs, etc.).
New-Only Fields (Not in Legacy API)
regularSecondaryOpeningHours, 
paymentOptions, 
parkingOptions, 
subDestinations, 
fuelOptions, 
evChargeOptions, 
shortFormattedAddress, 
primaryType, 
primaryTypeDisplayName
Sources
Usage and Billing
Data Fields Reference
Operations Overview
Maps Platform Pricing

Google Business Profile API
Google Business Profile API
Access all reviews (not limited to 5) — but only for locations you own or manage. Requires OAuth2 authentication.
Key Endpoints
Endpoint
Purpose
accounts.locations.reviews.list
All reviews for one location
accounts.locations.batchGetReviews
Batch review extraction across locations
Returns: reviewId, starRating, comment text, creation/update timestamps. Free for business owners.
Google Takeout Alternative
Business owners can download all reviews from their GBP as JSON via Google Takeout (free, official).
Source: Business Profile API — Review Data