Place Search Modes - Parallel

Place Search offers two modes. Use fast for the lowest latency and cost, and advanced for more complete results. If mode isn’t set, requests default to advanced.

Available modes

Mode	What it does	Cost	Best for
`fast`	Fast and low cost. Typically under 1 s.	$1 per 1,000 requests	Interactive and high-volume workloads
`advanced` (default)	More complete results. Typically 3 to 5 s.	$5 per 1,000 requests	Workloads where finding every matching place matters more than latency

Both modes return up to 20 places per request.

Example

Switching modes is a single parameter change. The rest of your request stays the same:

{
  "mode": "fast",
  "query": "tacos",
  "location": "Mission District, San Francisco"
}