What is a good, unlimited alternative to Google Places API?

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RogerWang picture RogerWang · Jul 31, 2013 · Viewed 44.7k times · Source

For my project I've been relying on the Places API to search for POI's based on a desired query string and distance from a given point. As things are scaling up, however, I'm hitting the usage limits for Places really fast. Does anyone know of another API that doesn't have usage limits (or significantly more uses) that could substitute for the Places API?

Thanks

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lambshaanxy picture lambshaanxy · Dec 16, 2013

First up, I hope you know that you can bump your Places API quota from 1,000 queries/day up to 100,000 queries/day just by verifying your identity? This doesn't cost anything. And if even 100,000 QPD are not enough, you can purchase a Google Places API for Business license.

But to actually answer your question, I'm not aware of any alternative that's both good and unlimited. The main competitors with worldwide coverage are:

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