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PlacesDataAPI — Local Business Places, Reviews & Contact Enrichment MCP Server

Real-time local business places, reviews, geocoding & contact emails MCP. OAuth or API key.

Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
558 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
8

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
410
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 558 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2024-11-05, serverInfo.name placesdataapi-mcp-server.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 8 tools.

  • Fail
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2024-11-05. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 558 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 558 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    31 of 31 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-07T17:32:01.655967Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using PlacesDataAPI — Local Business Places, Reviews & Contact Enrichment MCP Server

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http placesdataapi-local-business-places-reviews-contact-enrichment-mcp-server https://api.placesdataapi.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 8

geocode_reverse

Convert raw GPS latitude and longitude coordinates into structured street addresses, Plus Codes, neighborhoods, and Google Place IDs. Cost: 5 Credits / call.

Discovered
leads_enrich

Crawl a local business website domain in real time to extract public B2B email addresses, phone numbers, and LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok profile URLs. Cost: 20 Credits when emails or social links are found (0 Credits if empty).

Discovered
places_autocomplete

Real-time typeahead place and street address predictions with optional coordinate and country biasing. Cost: 5 Credits / call (0 Credits if empty).

Discovered
places_details

Retrieve the complete Google Business Profile by place_id, cid, or hex google_id including 1–5 star rating distribution, E.164 phone, website, categories, weekly work hours, and coordinates. Cost: 20 Credits / place (+20 if enrich_contacts=true and contacts found).

Discovered
places_nearby

Discover Google Maps businesses inside a geographic viewport around exact GPS coordinates (lat, lng, zoom). Cost: 5 Credits / place returned (0 Credits if empty).

Discovered
places_photos

Retrieve high-resolution storefront, interior, and menu photo URLs and dimensions for any Google Maps place. Cost: 2 Credits / photo returned (0 Credits if empty).

Discovered
places_reviews

Extract verified customer reviews for any Google Maps business sorted by newest, most_relevant, highest_rating, or lowest_rating, including reviewer profile, star rating, text, owner reply, and review photos. Cost: 2 Credits / review returned ($0.08–$0.20/1K reviews; 0 Credits if empty).

Discovered
places_search

Search Google Maps local businesses in real time by natural-language query (e.g. "HVAC contractors in Austin, TX") and return ratings, review counts, E.164 phone numbers, website domains, street addresses, opening hours, Place IDs, CIDs, and GPS coordinates. Cost: 5 Credits / place returned ($0.20–$0.50/1K places; 0 Credits if empty).

Discovered

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Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected558 ms8