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Foursquare Places API pricing
Foursquare Places API publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Foursquare Places API pricing is free across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Foursquare Places API plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Pro Endpoints | $0.00375/per call | 2 | +$0.00375/per call, 2 more features |
| Premium Endpoints | $18.75/per 1000 calls | 4 | +$18.74625/per 1000 calls, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free Tier
FreeThe entry tier. It covers $200 monthly free credits, 500 free pro endpoint calls, access to standard place data.
Pro Endpoints
$0.00375/per callOver Free Tier, this tier adds:
- Basic place search
- Details and photos
Premium Endpoints
$18.75/per 1000 callsOver Pro Endpoints, this tier adds:
- Photos
- Tips
- Hours
- Ratings
Where Foursquare Places API stops being free
Free Tier, Free
- $200 monthly free credits
- 500 free Pro endpoint calls
- Access to standard place data
Pro Endpoints, $0.00375/per call
The first thing you pay for:
- Basic place search
- Details and photos
What the product covers
The full Foursquare Places API feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Core Functionality
- User Interface
How that compares in Maps
Too few maps tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foursquare Places API (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Leica Infinity | On request | quote | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
| ArcGIS Survey123 | On request | Per user per year by ArcGIS user type | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
| Potree | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
| Cesium ion | Free, then $149/month | Per month by storage, streaming and gigapixels | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
| onX Maps | On request | Separate per-product subscriptions, per user per year | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
| Fused | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute tier | - | vs Foursquare Places API |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Foursquare Places API badges page.
Before you pay for Foursquare Places API
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $18.75/per 1000 calls, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Foursquare Places API runs on web, ios, android. The full record is on the Foursquare Places API review, and the rest of the category is under best maps tools.
Foursquare Places API pricing questions
- How much does Foursquare Places API cost?
- Foursquare Places API publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free Tier up to $18.75/per 1000 calls for Premium Endpoints. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Foursquare Places API have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free Tier tier costs nothing and covers $200 monthly free credits, 500 free pro endpoint calls, access to standard place data. Paying starts at $0.00375/per call for Pro Endpoints.
- What is the difference between Free Tier and Pro Endpoints on Foursquare Places API?
- Pro Endpoints costs $0.00375/per call against Free, and adds basic place search, details and photos.
- Is the Premium Endpoints plan on Foursquare Places API worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is photos, tips, hours, ratings. It costs $18.75/per 1000 calls against $0.00375/per call for Pro Endpoints. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which maps tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 maps tools listed alongside Foursquare Places API have a free tier: Potree, Cesium ion, Fused, GRASS GIS.
- What am I actually paying for with Foursquare Places API?
- The record lists 2 features across 1 area: core.
- Does Foursquare Places API charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Foursquare Places API prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Foursquare Places API against before paying?
- The closest maps tools in this directory are Leica Infinity, ArcGIS Survey123, Potree, Cesium ion. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Foursquare Places API covering price, platforms and features.