BestTime API
Real-time and forecasted foot traffic data for smarter location decisions
About BestTime API
BestTime API provides hourly foot traffic forecasts and live busyness data for venues worldwide. Use it to optimize staffing, plan promotions, and help users avoid crowds by identifying peak and quiet hours. The API supports advanced filtering by location, venue type, ratings, and more, making it ideal for travel apps, city guides, and operational planning.
Pricing
Full pricing page Free option
Basic - metered
Custom
Test and discover
- 1 credit / 10 venues
- Venue foot traffic - by filter 2 credits
- Venue foot traffic - by name 1 credit
- Venue foot traffic - by ID X
- Venue live data 5 credits/ 20 venues
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 1 credit/ 20 venues
- Search venues - by query (Normal) X
- CDN caching $0.06 / API credit
- $0.04 / API credit
- Mimimum $29 / month
Popular
Pro - metered
Custom
Pay as you grow
- 1 credit / 10 venues
- Venue foot traffic - by filter 2 credits
- Venue foot traffic - by name 1 credit
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 1 credit
- Venue live data 5 credits/ 20 venues
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 1 credit/ 20 venues
- Search venues - by query (Normal) V
- CDN caching $0.009 / API credit
- $0.006 > 10 K / API credit
- $0.001 > 100 K / API credit
- + $99.00/ month
Pro - Package
Custom
- Max 1 unique venue / month
- Max 50 unique venues / month
- Max 100 unique venues / month
- Max 500 unique venues / month
- Max 1K unique venues / month
- Max 5K unique venues / month
- Max 20K unique venues / month
- Max 100K unique venues / month
- Venue foot traffic - by filter Unlimited *
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 1
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 50
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 100
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 500
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 1000
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 5000
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 20000
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 100000
- Venue foot traffic - by name Unlimited *
- Venue live data 0
- Venue live data 50
- Venue live data 100
- Venue live data 500
- Venue live data 1000
- Venue live data 2000
- Venue live data 5000
- Venue live data 10000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 0
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 500
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 5000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 7000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 10000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 20000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 30000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 100000
- Search venues - by query (Normal) V
- CDN caching $489.00 / month
- $399.00 / month
Basic - Package
Custom
- Max 10K unique venues / month
- Max 100K unique venues / month
- Max 1M unique venues / month
- Venue foot traffic - by filter Unlimited *
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 10000
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 100000
- Venue foot traffic - by ID 1000000
- Venue foot traffic - by name X
- Venue live data X
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 10000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 50000
- Search venues - by query (Fast) 100000
- Search venues - by query (Normal) V
- CDN caching $329.00 / month
- $299.00 / month
Enterprise
$2,000 per month
- SLA/ Unlimited venues
- Dedicated server
- Priority performance
- Custom/ White label (tools)
- Custom integrations
FAQ
You can start by creating a free test account, which provides limited free credits to explore the API and website tools. No credit card is required to start.
BestTime provides relative foot traffic data for public venues, such as bars, restaurants, supermarkets, malls, parks, beaches, and museums. The data is normalized from 0-100% relative to a venue’s peak activity.
Yes, you can try the API for free by creating a free test account. This account provides limited free credits to explore the API and website tools without requiring a credit card.
BestTime provides forecasts and live busyness data for venues across 150+ countries worldwide, where data density allows.
Foot traffic forecasts are based on historical visitor patterns and provide relative percentages (0-100%) for each hour of the day. The accuracy depends on the venue’s visitor volume and data availability.
Live data is available for venues with sufficient visitor volume. Not all venues will have live data, as it typically requires higher data density than forecasts.
Yes, you can integrate BestTime data into your website or apps using the API. The API allows you to make requests for forecasts, live busyness, and venue filtering.
Common use cases include building travel and city guides, optimizing digital outdoor advertising, staffing forecasts, and creating analytics dashboards that incorporate real-world activity data.
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Pricing summary
Free tier available
Starting from
$29 / month
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