# G2 Category API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/g2/category)

> Returns one page of G2 products in a software category, 15 per page: name, slug, rating, review count, seller, and logo. Sort by G2 score, popularity, or satisfaction. Get a category slug from GET /v1/g2/categories.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/g2/category` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `category` | yes | G2 category slug or full category URL, for example marketing-automation or https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing-automation. |
| `page` | no | Page number, starting at 1. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. |
| `sort` | no | Product order in the category. Default g2-score. (g2-score \| popularity \| satisfaction) |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/g2/category" \
  --data-urlencode "category=marketing-automation" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### Where do I get a G2 category slug?

From GET /v1/g2/categories, which returns the full taxonomy as URL plus slug rows. Category slugs also appear in G2 URLs, for example g2.com/categories/marketing-automation.

### How many products come back per page?

Fifteen per page. Pass the returned cursor back until has_more is false. Sort with g2-score (default), popularity, or satisfaction.

### Does a category row include the full product record?

No. Each row is a listing card: name, slug, rating, review count, seller, and logo. Feed the slug into GET /v1/g2/product or GET /v1/g2/reviews to deepen it.

### Can I filter a category by price or vendor?

Not on this endpoint. G2's category surface accepts a category slug, a page, and a sort. Filter in your code after the rows arrive. Every row carries a stable slug, so de-duplication is cheap.

### How much does a G2 category listing cost?

Each live miss costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. Cache hits cost 0. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required.

See the full G2 API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/g2

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to list G2 products in a software category with an API
- How do I find a G2 category slug?