Location intelligence that sends TripAdvisor packing
TripAdvisor is helpful, but it's not built for finding places InBetween
TripAdvisor excels at user reviews and ratings, but if you're building a service that needs location intelligence, like finding restaurants InBetween multiple users, matching complex preferences programmatically, or providing personalised recommendations, it falls short.
The status quo
TripAdvisor's focus is on consumer-facing reviews, not developer APIs. As a result, you're left building custom location matching logic. When you need to find venues based on multiple locations, dietary restrictions, or group preferences, TripAdvisor API is limited making it expensive and inconsistent to rely on.
The new standard
Built specifically for developers and businesses that need location intelligence as a service. InBe supports multi-user location matching, and comprehensive preference matching, features TripAdvisor doesn't offer. Allowing you to deliver experiences that are tailored to your customers needs.
Why InBe is better than TripAdvisor for developers
Multi-User Location Matching
TripAdvisor only handles single-location searches. InBe is the first API to support true multi-user location matching, finding venues InBetween multiple users while considering everyone's preferences simultaneously. This is essential for dating apps, group planning, event platforms, and any service where multiple people need to meet.
API-First Design
InBe is built from the ground up as an API for developers. We provide comprehensive REST APIs, clear documentation, and developer-friendly features. Our primary focus is on providing game changing services for businesses and developers to build custom experiences.
Preference-Based Recommendations
While TripAdvisor focuses on reviews and ratings, InBe matches venues against complex preference sets: dietary restrictions, price preferences, cuisine types, accessibility needs, ambiance, and more. Providing recommendations that feel personalised, not just highly-rated.
Structured Data
InBe provides structured, machine-readable data about venues, menus, dietary options, and location relationships. Making it easier to build programmatic features and integrations that scale.
Everything you expect and more
Instantly find the perfect meeting spot for groups of any size. Our algorithms analyse all the locations that fit your criteria, and return results that minimise travel time for everyone.
Transform complex group requirements into perfect venue matches that fit everyone's preferences. This includes dietary restrictions, ambience, location and more.
Access up-to-date menu insights tailored to your customers' needs. We highlight relevant dishes, dietary options, and popular choices that match individual tastes, helping your customers make confident choices.
InBe is the first location discovery service to support multi-user functionality. You can find the perfect meeting point between multiple customers, including travel preferences, dietary and accessibility needs.
Create deep, mutually beneficial partnerships with restaurants, bars and cafés, to offer your customers exclusive benefits and seamless experiences. A win-win for everyone.
Rest easy with 24/7 technical and operational assistance. Your success is our priority, any time, any day.
When to choose InBe over TripAdvisor
Multi-User Applications
If your app needs to find venues InBetween multiple users (dating apps, group planning, event platforms), InBe is the only API that supports this natively.
API-Based Features
If you're building programmatic location features (recommendations, matching, discovery), InBe provides better APIs.
Preference Matching
If you need to match venues against complex preference sets (dietary restrictions, price ranges, cuisine types), InBe provides this out of the box.
Custom User Experiences
If you need flexibility to build custom discovery experiences, InBe provides unparalleled control.
Or, use InBe alongside TripAdvisor
Many businesses use InBe for location intelligence and preference matching, then integrate TripAdvisor reviews for additional context. This gives you the best of both worlds: InBe's advanced location matching and preference-based recommendations, plus TripAdvisor's review data. Our API is designed to work alongside other services.
Get started with InBe today
Integrate InBe's location intelligence API into your application. Our API is designed for developers and provides better features than TripAdvisor for building custom location experiences.
Widget and API pricing
Choose one of our subscription plans to gain access to different features of our service. If you ever run out of monthly credits, you can purchase more.
Builder
The fastest way to kick the tyres. Access in 60 seconds and £10 on us. No card, no strings.
£0mo
What's included
- £10 free credit (one-off)
- Full access to core endpoints: Search, Detail, Events
- Rate-limit: 1 req/sec, 300 calls / 24 hr
- Interactive dashboard and docs
- Community Discord support
Hobbyist
Perfect for projects that need real uptime and features at a reasonable prices.
£25mo
What's included
- £30 monthly credit (20 % extra value)
- Rate-limit: 2 req/sec, 1 000 calls / 24 hr
- 48 h email support from real humans
- Auto top-up option to stay live 24 ⁄ 7
- Cancel-any-time; no lock-in
Startup
Build a standout product with rich, real-time place data, and higher usage limits.
£99mo
What's included
- £120 monthly credit (save 17 %)
- Rate-limit: 5 req/sec, 10 000 calls / 24 hr
- 24 hr email support + basic 99 % uptime SLA
- Usage alerts and cost caps in dashboard
- Eligible for founder success partnerships
Scale
Higher concurrency, faster support, and roadmap influence fit for mission-critical services.
£499mo
What's included
- £700 monthly credit (30 % extra value)
- Rate-limit: 25 req/sec, 100 000 calls / 24 hr
- Priority Discord channel, 4 h response SLA
- Early access to beta endpoints
- Quarterly review with a solutions engineer
Enterprise
Compliance-ready location intelligence for global brands with tailored contracts, iron-clad SLA, and best-in-class support.
What's included
- 15 % bonus wallet credit on every committed £
- Rate-limit: up to 100 req/sec (higher on request)
- 99.9 % uptime
- Dedicated CSM + shared Discord channel
- SSO, IP allow-lists, private replicas and custom invoicing
- Optional on-prem or VPC deployment
| Feature | InBe | Google Places API |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-location search | ||
| Group features | ||
| Dietary needs | Comprehensive | Limited |
| Deep preference filtering | ||
| Rich data in one call | ||
| Custom location weighting | ||
| Images supplied by default | ||
| Menus | ||
| Events | ||
| Bookings | ||
| Results per search | 20 | 20 |
| Good-for contexts (dates, groups, business, etc.) | Comprehensive | Limited |
| Place highlights (reasons to go) |
Real world comparisons
Because the price of a request is tiny, we have scaled the prices. The displayed prices are for 1000 instances of the example.
Let's say you need to find 20 options between two users for a date night. They want pizza, but one is gluten-free. Simple, right?
Requirements:
£6
1 Search Request
InBetween
20 tailored and ranked results
£22
2 Geocode Requests
1 Nearby Search Request
Google Places API
~10 results, after you filter reviews for gluten-free
Built for a new era of location intelligence
Our goal here is not to bash Google Places API, infact, we think it's great for old, traditional services. We are creating a new era of location intelligence.
One that utlises our connected world, to bridge people looking for great places, with venues that offer unique and exciting offerings.
Get started for free
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Our comprehensive docs and guides will get you up and running no matter your experience level.
Examples for common use cases mean it takes minutes to start getting perfect venue recommendations.
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