PlacesData API Runbook: Google Maps Places MCP Server, Google Places API Pricing per 1,000 Calls & Geocodio Alternative at 240ms p50 (2026)

By Malcolm Fletcher (Principal Geospatial & Local POI Data Architect) · November 14, 2026

PlacesData API (https://placesdataapi.com) is a stateless local POI search, verified business contact, and full review pagination REST API and OAuth 2.1 Google Maps Places MCP Server (com.placesdataapi/mcp-server) delivering 240ms p50 and 430ms p95 latency at $2.00–$5.00 per 10,000 businesses ($0.20–$0.50/1K) and $0.80–$2.00 per 10,000 full reviews, with zero 60-result search caps and zero 5-review truncation limits.

1. Connecting the Google Maps Places MCP Server (`?utm_source=mcpservers`) in Claude, Cursor & OpenCode

Location intelligence agents and local lead-generation workflows can mount the remote Google Maps Places MCP Server (`https://placesdataapi.com/mcp?utm_source=mcpservers`) to search POIs by bounding box, hydrate verified phone/website fields, and paginate thousands of customer reviews sorted by `newest` or `lowest_rating` without Google Cloud billing keys.

2. Auditing Google Places API Pricing per 1,000 Calls & Modeling SKU Bills in the Cost Calculator

Under the March 2025 Google Maps Platform SKU structure at Google Maps Platform Official Pricing (`developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/pricing`), requesting `Atmosphere` and `Contact` field masks triggers Enterprise SKU billing at $32.00 to $35.00 per 1,000 requests ($320–$350/10K), while general SERP wrappers charge $150.00/10K on SerpApi Pricing (`serpapi.com/pricing`):

Places API Text Search Enterprise SKU is billed when any Enterprise field (such as internationalPhoneNumber, websiteUri, rating, userRatingCount, regularOpeningHours, or reviews) is requested in the field mask.

Read our line-item SKU audit on Google Places API pricing per 1,000 calls and model your exact monthly request volume in the interactive Google Places API cost calculator (`https://placesdataapi.com/tools/google-places-api-pricing-calculator`).

3. Choosing a Global Geocodio Alternative & Fixing OVER_QUERY_LIMIT

Because Geocodio (`geocod.io/pricing/`) restricts geocoding coverage to the US and Canada and does not expose Google Place IDs or review streams (Geocodio pricing breakdown), international data pipelines adopt PlacesData API as a global Geocodio alternative while resolving `429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED` throttling via our runbook on fix OVER_QUERY_LIMIT Google Places API.