Google Places vs. Lob

Google Places

Google Places

0 Reviews and Ratings

Lob

Lob

3 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Places	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Google Places data, available on Google Maps Platform, provides businesses with a number of use cases. These include address validation, providing searchable details about places including businesses, geocoding (conversion of addresses to geographic coordinates), geolocation, and various tools to augment the search experience for anyone seeking a location.	N/A
Lob	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Lob in San Francisco provides the building blocks for developers to automate offline correspondences. Enterprise companies use Lob’s suite of APIs to mail fully dynamic and personalized customer communications with print media. Lob also provides insight into deliverability with piece-by-piece tracing and a proprietary Print Delivery Network to streamline production across fully redundant nodes all over the country.	$260 per month 3 users & Up to 3,000 monthly mailings

Pricing

Google Places

Lob

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Startup Plan: $260
per month 3 users & Up to 3,000 monthly mailings
Growth Plan: $550
per month 5 users & Up to 6,000 monthly mailings
Developer Plan: Free
1 user & Up to 500 monthly mailings
Enterprise Plan: Contact Sales

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Google Places	Lob
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

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Community Pulse
	Google Places	Lob
Considered Both Products	Google Places No answer on this topic	Lob SS Salvatore (Sal) Salpietro Chief Experience Officer Chose Lob Google Maps API and Loqate (GBG Matchcode360) Incentivized Helpful? JE JJ Englert Founder & Product Manager Chose Lob LOB was one of the most affordable options when searching for alternatives. They've performed well to date as well. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	Google Places	Lob
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	No answers on this topic	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	No answers on this topic	PFL Direct Mail Platform Score 9.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Google Places	Lob
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Google Places	Lob
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Lob is working well for batched or scheduled jobs where timing isn't as critical. For items that need to be sent quickly, it's still faster to manually produce. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Address Verification and NCOA Cleaning Autocomplete for our forms that allow a user to SKIP typing Printing and mailing documents automatically over API Incentivized Salvatore (Sal) Salpietro Chief Experience Officer Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Speed of mail production Additional options for mail types (envelopes, postcards, etc.) Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Incentivized Salvatore (Sal) Salpietro Chief Experience Officer Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Helped us reduce cost on product being sent to addresses that were invalid. Incentivized JJ Englert Founder & Product Manager Read full review
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