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Yelp API Pricing
The Yelp API costs $229 a month on the Base plan, $299 on Enhanced and $643 on Premium, plus $5.91, $6.57 or $14.13 per extra 1,000 calls, after a 30-day trial with 5,000 free calls. There is no free plan, and review excerpts start at Enhanced: $299 a month buys up to 3 excerpts per business. This guide is part of our Yelp API guide.
Prices from Yelp’s Places API page and plan details, checked November 10, 2026. Yelp’s FAQ also says it bills a minimum of 1,000 calls a day on paid plans.
How much does each Yelp API plan cost?
| Base | Enhanced | Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $229 | $299 | $643 |
| Extra calls, per 1,000 | $5.91 | $6.57 | $14.13 |
| Free trial | 30 days, 5,000 calls | 30 days, 5,000 calls | 30 days, 5,000 calls |
| Review excerpts per business | None | Up to 3 | Up to 7 |
| Photos per business | None | Up to 3 | Up to 12 |
| Review Highlights | No | No | Yes |
| Over 150,000 calls a month | Contact sales | Contact sales | Contact sales |
Is there a free Yelp API plan?
No. The only free usage is the 30-day trial with 5,000 calls. Yelp’s rate-limiting docs add that trial daily caps depend on the trial you pick. If an article tells you the Yelp API is “free for standard access”, it’s out of date.
Why do some articles say $7.99 per 1,000 calls?
In 2024 Yelp announced per-call plans named Starter, Plus and Enterprise, at $7.99, $9.99 and $14.99 per 1,000 calls. Those names and prices are no longer on Yelp’s pages; Yelp now sells Base, Enhanced and Premium with a monthly fee. Some of Yelp’s own FAQ answers still use the old names, which adds to the confusion.
What does a Yelp API integration really cost?
Worked examples, assuming the monthly fee covers the plan’s included calls and extra calls are billed at the plan’s rate. Yelp’s calculator is the final word for your numbers.
| Scenario | Plan | Monthly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show Yelp ratings next to 500 venues, no reviews | Base | From $229 | Ratings and review counts come with business details |
| Show 3 review excerpts per business in an app | Enhanced | From $299 | Excerpts only, with a link to Yelp |
| Richer listings with 7 excerpts and highlights | Premium | From $643 | Extra calls cost $14.13 per 1,000 |
| Monitor every new review of your 10 restaurants | None fits | — | The API never returns the full review history |
The last row is the one that surprises businesses. No plan returns all your reviews in full, so the API is not a monitoring tool at any price.
What do you get per dollar?
At list price, the cheapest way to see any review text from Yelp’s API is $299 a month for 3 excerpts per business. Excerpts are short: Yelp’s FAQ describes them as the first 160 characters of a review. Details on why the cap exists in Yelp API review limit, and on the endpoints in our Yelp Fusion API developer’s guide.
How does Yelp API pricing compare with reading your own Yelp reviews in Prisma?
Prisma reads the full public reviews of Yelp listings you own or manage, through a data provider, and charges 1 paid read per review read. From our plan configuration:
| Yelp Places API | Prisma | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price for review text | $299/mo (Enhanced) | €6/mo read pack on the free plan (250 reads), or Beam €49/mo (2,500 reads) |
| Reviews per business | 3 excerpts (7 on Premium) | All public reviews of your listings |
| Full review text | No | Yes |
| Whose businesses | Any | Only listings you own or manage |
| Reply | No | No (each review links to reply on Yelp) |
| Other platforms included | No | Google Maps, Trustpilot, Tripadvisor and 80+ more |
Different tools for different jobs: Yelp’s API is for apps that display Yelp content about many businesses; Prisma is for businesses and agencies that want their own reviews in one place. See pricing.
curl "https://api.prismareviews.com/v1/reviews?platform=yelp&since=2026-11-01" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer pk_test_YOUR_KEY"FAQ
How much does the Yelp API cost per month?
$229 on Base, $299 on Enhanced and $643 on Premium, plus extra calls at $5.91, $6.57 or $14.13 per 1,000, after a 30-day trial.
Is the Yelp API free?
No. There’s a 30-day trial with 5,000 calls and no free plan after it.
Which Yelp API plan includes reviews?
Enhanced (up to 3 review excerpts per business) and Premium (up to 7). The Base plan has no access to review excerpts.
What happened to the Yelp API Starter and Plus plans?
They were the 2024 per-call plans ($7.99 and $9.99 per 1,000 calls). Yelp now lists Base, Enhanced and Premium with monthly fees instead.
Can I pay Yelp to get all reviews of my business through the API?
Not on any listed plan: the Places API returns excerpts only. For larger data needs Yelp points to its sales team and its Insights API, which is for internal analytics.
Every review of your Yelp listings, from €6 a month
Read the full public reviews of your own Yelp listings next to Google Maps, Trustpilot and 80+ more. Read only on Yelp, with a link to reply there.
Test keys (pk_test_) return sample data from the first minute.