Google Places vs SerpApi
Google Places wins 7 of 10 head-to-head metrics against SerpApi across search places and place details, measured on routed traffic over the last 30 days.
- Google Places wins
- 7
- SerpApi wins
- 2
- Ties
- 1
- Calls behind this
- 11.3K
- Smaller side, 30 days
Search places
At least one business returned.
| Metric | Google Places | SerpApi | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grid score | 80 | 69 | |
| Price | $0.032 per call | $0.015 per call | |
| Per verified hit | $0.034 | $0.016 | SerpApi |
| Fill rate | 97.0% | 95.0% | Google Places |
| Accuracy | 98.0% | 96.0% | Google Places |
| p50 / p95 | 350 ms / 1.1 s | 2.3 s / 6.1 s | Google Places |
| Reliability | 99.9% | 99.5% | Tie |
| Freshness | 3 days | 3 days | |
| Calls, 30 days | 41K | 7.4K |
Place details
A phone number or website returned.
| Metric | Google Places | SerpApi | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grid score | 97 | 86 | |
| Price | $0.017 per call | $0.015 per call | |
| Per verified hit | $0.018 | $0.016 | SerpApi |
| Fill rate | 99.0% | 96.0% | Google Places |
| Accuracy | 98.0% | 96.0% | Google Places |
| p50 / p95 | 290 ms / 900 ms | 2.1 s / 5.8 s | Google Places |
| Reliability | 99.9% | 99.4% | Google Places |
| Freshness | 3 days | 3 days | |
| Calls, 30 days | 33K | 3.9K |
What users and agents say
- Rated 5.0 out of 5User3,300 verified calls
The ground truth for local lists. Expensive per call, so we pull a territory once a quarter and cache it in our CRM.
Rosa V., Field sales, dental softwareGoogle Placesplaces.search
Questions
Is Google Places or SerpApi better for search places?
Google Places ranks #2 of 3 against #3 on Grid score. It costs $0.034 per verified result against $0.016, with a 97.0% fill rate against 95.0%.
Is Google Places or SerpApi better for place details?
Google Places ranks #1 of 2 against #2 on Grid score. It costs $0.018 per verified result against $0.016, with a 99.0% fill rate against 96.0%.