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Placer

Placer.ai is a location analytics and foot-traffic intelligence platform that measures visits, trade areas, demographics, and consumer behavior for physical points of interest across retail, CPG, commercial real estate, hospitality, and the public sector. Its public developer surface, the Placer API (PAPI, base https://papi.placer.ai), lets developers and data analysts extract Placer's location analytics programmatically to enrich, filter, or combine it with other data sources for custom dashboards, internal reporting, and competitive analysis. The v1 REST API covers entity/POI search, custom POI and tag management, and a suite of report endpoints spanning visit metrics and trends, trade area (true trade area, drive-time, demographics), ranking, loyalty, and retail sales. Authentication is a static API key sent in the x-api-key header.

Placer publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account Info API, Loyalty Reports API, Manage POIs API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, Location Analytics, Foot Traffic, Geospatial, and Retail Analytics.

The Placer catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Placer’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, changelog, support, engineering blog, and 23 more developer resources.

52.6/100 developing ▲ 5.4 Agent 27/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessPaid
1 published contract 3 Agent Skills
CompanyLocation AnalyticsFoot TrafficGeospatialRetail AnalyticsReal EstateConsumer InsightsData

What this lets a business do 3

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Location & Mapping
AE-120
Loyalty ReportsManage POIsRanking ReportsRetail Sales ReportsTrade Area ReportsVisitor Journey Reports
POST /v1/reports/visit-metrics POST /v1/reports/visit-metrics/dwell-time POST /v1/reports/trade-area/drive-time POST /v1/reports/favorites-chains
Retail Site & Network Planning Management
BC-2350
Trade Area Reports
Developer Platform & API Ecosystem Management
BC-4270
Account Info
GET /v1/accounts/keys/usage-status

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
  • Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
Data Marketplaces (data providers on cloud data platforms) standard 29.3 - 1
Surveys, Market Research and Experience Management standard 29.3 - 1

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Placer Account Info API

The Account Info API from Placer — 1 operation(s) for account info.

Placer Loyalty Reports API

The Loyalty Reports API from Placer — 1 operation(s) for loyalty reports.

Placer Manage POIs API

The Manage POIs API from Placer — 6 operation(s) for manage pois.

Placer Ranking Reports API

The Ranking Reports API from Placer — 4 operation(s) for ranking reports.

Placer Retail Sales Reports API

The Retail Sales Reports API from Placer — 5 operation(s) for retail sales reports.

Placer Trade Area Reports API

The Trade Area Reports API from Placer — 3 operation(s) for trade area reports.

Placer Visitor Journey Reports API

The Visitor Journey Reports API from Placer — 2 operation(s) for visitor journey reports.

Placer Visits Reports API

The Visits Reports API from Placer — 7 operation(s) for visits reports.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

papi Account Info API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

Placer API pricing

Prices published by Placer, read 2026-10-28 from www.placer.ai/pricing.

PlanPrice
Customized subscription package Contact Sales

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Placer Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Placer Rate Limits

7 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Placer

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Placer API Rules

57 rules · 50 errors 5 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Placer Papi Overlay

2 actions · documentation · placer-papi-openapi.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Placer Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Placer Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Placer Agentic Access

33 operations · 28 acting

33 operations · 28 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: placer
name: Placer
description: Placer.ai is a location analytics and foot-traffic intelligence platform that measures visits, trade areas, demographics,
  and consumer behavior for physical points of interest across retail, CPG, commercial real estate, hospitality, and the public
  sector. Its public developer surface, the Placer API (PAPI, base https://papi.placer.ai), lets developers and data analysts
  extract Placer's location analytics programmatically to enrich, filter, or combine it with other data sources for custom
  dashboards, internal reporting, and competitive analysis. The v1 REST API covers entity/POI search, custom POI and tag management,
  and a suite of report endpoints spanning visit metrics and trends, trade area (true trade area, drive-time, demographics),
  ranking, loyalty, and retail sales. Authentication is a static API key sent in the x-api-key header.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://files.readme.io/338fd63-small-Placer_logo_ai_308px2x.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/placer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Company
- Location Analytics
- Foot Traffic
- Geospatial
- Retail Analytics
- Real Estate
- Consumer Insights
- Data
tags_raw:
- Company
- Location Analytics
- Foot Traffic
- Geospatial
- Retail Analytics
- Real Estate
- Consumer Insights
- Data
- Real-Estate
apis:
- aid: placer:placer-account-info-api
  name: Placer Account Info API
  description: The Account Info API from Placer — 1 operation(s) for account info.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Account Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-account-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-loyalty-reports-api
  name: Placer Loyalty Reports API
  description: The Loyalty Reports API from Placer — 1 operation(s) for loyalty reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Loyalty Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-loyalty-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-manage-pois-api
  name: Placer Manage POIs API
  description: The Manage POIs API from Placer — 6 operation(s) for manage pois.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Manage POIs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-manage-pois-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-ranking-reports-api
  name: Placer Ranking Reports API
  description: The Ranking Reports API from Placer — 4 operation(s) for ranking reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Ranking Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-ranking-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-retail-sales-reports-api
  name: Placer Retail Sales Reports API
  description: The Retail Sales Reports API from Placer — 5 operation(s) for retail sales reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Retail Sales Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-retail-sales-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-trade-area-reports-api
  name: Placer Trade Area Reports API
  description: The Trade Area Reports API from Placer — 3 operation(s) for trade area reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Trade Area Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-trade-area-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-visitor-journey-reports-api
  name: Placer Visitor Journey Reports API
  description: The Visitor Journey Reports API from Placer — 2 operation(s) for visitor journey reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Visitor Journey Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-visitor-journey-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- aid: placer:placer-visits-reports-api
  name: Placer Visits Reports API
  description: The Visits Reports API from Placer — 7 operation(s) for visits reports.
  humanURL: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
  baseURL: https://papi.placer.ai
  tags:
  - Visits Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/placer-visits-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/placer-capability-edges.yml
  name: Placer Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/placer-plans-pricing.yml
- url: https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- type: Website
  url: https://placer.ai
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.placer.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.placer.ai/docs/welcome-to-placers-feeds
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/welcome-to-papi
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/getting-started
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/placer-authentication.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/placer-papi-openapi.json
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/placer-papi-overlay.yaml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/placer-error-codes.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/placer-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/placer-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/placer-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.placer.ai/reference/versioning
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.placer.ai/changelog
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/placer-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/placer-data-model.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/placer-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/placer-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/placer-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/placer-llms.txt
- type: Support
  url: https://analytics.placer.ai/my-zone/my-requests/support-requests
- type: Login
  url: https://analytics.placer.ai
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.placer.ai/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.placer.ai/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.placer.ai/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.placer.ai/privacy-policy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1

Placer API — frequently asked questions

Does Placer have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Placer, including Placer Account Info API, Placer Loyalty Reports API and Placer Manage POIs API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Placer API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for Placer, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Placer API?

Placer uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Placer Authentication.

How much does the Placer API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Placer, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Placer API ready for AI agents?

Placer has a Kin Score of 52.6 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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