# Google Places API: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/google-places-api

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Address verification tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/address-verification/index.md) | 0% | 69 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Avoid Relying Solely on Google Maps / Google Places API" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Address verification)
- "Great UX for autocomplete, but *not* a substitute for true CASS/postal-certified verification or delivery validation." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Address verification)
- "not a deep database verification (it relies on public map data rather than postal records)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Address verification)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Google Places API, from 4 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 3
- getapp.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- capterra.co.uk: 2
- capterra.com: 2
- postgrid.com: 2
- softwareadvice.co.uk: 2
- apps.shopify.com: 1
- capterra.ca: 1
- capterra.in: 1

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/articles/best-address-verification-software: 3
- https://getapp.com/all-software/address-verification/org/small-business: 3
- https://capterra.co.uk/directory/33215/address-verification/software: 2
- https://softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4463/address-verification/software: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/address-verification/small-business: 2
- https://apps.shopify.com/valider: 1
- https://capterra.ca/directory/33215/address-verification/software: 1
- https://capterra.com/address-verification-software: 1

## The company

Google; https://google.com; Mountain View, California, United States; founded 1998; part of Alphabet Inc.. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.