The best Google Maps scraper for an agency in 2026 is not the one that pulls the most records — it is the one that fits what happens after the scrape. Outscraper is the cheapest pay-as-you-go raw data puller at $3 per 1,000 records with no monthly fee. Scrap.io offers the deepest filtering on a pre-indexed database, letting you filter by ad-pixel presence and claimed status. Apify's Google Maps Scraper gives developers the most programmatic control. Lobstr.io is the simplest no-code option at $25 per month. CloseFast (closefa.st) — our product, grain of salt — is the only one that audits each prospect's ad spend and tracking pixel and writes the pitch for you, at a flat €49 to €99 per month. DemandSage's 2026 lead generation statistics show 61% of marketers rank lead generation as their number one challenge, so the tool you pick must produce leads you can act on, not just a spreadsheet.
What agencies actually need from a Maps scraper
Most agencies do not need "a scraper." They need one of three things:
- Raw data at scale — a flat CSV of business name, address, phone, and website, to feed into a separate outreach tool. Outscraper, Apify, and Lobstr.io do this.
- Filtered data with buying signals — results pre-filtered by ad-pixel presence, claimed status, or rating, so you are not calling businesses with no budget. Scrap.io, G Maps Extractor, and D7 Lead Finder do this.
- An end-to-end pipeline — scraped, audited, ranked, and pitched in one tool, so the output is a ready-to-send email rather than a spreadsheet. CloseFast does this, and is the only tool here that does.
If you already have an outreach tool like Instantly or Lemlist and just need raw data to feed into it, the first group is your lane. Our broader lead generation tools comparison covers how these categories overlap.
The comparison at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Differentiator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outscraper | Raw PAYG data at scale | $0 (500 free), then $3/1K | No monthly fee, pay only for what you export |
| Scrap.io | Deep filtering on a pre-indexed DB | $49/mo (10K credits) | Filter by ad-pixel presence, claimed status, rating |
| Apify Google Maps Scraper | Developer control + custom data | $0 (Free plan), $49/mo+ | 30+ data fields, reviews, competitor analysis, API |
| PhantomBuster | Multi-platform automation | $56/mo (annual) | Google Maps + LinkedIn + Instagram in one platform |
| Lobstr.io | Simplest no-code scraping | $0 (100 credits), $25/mo | No-code, CSV in minutes, 7-day data retention |
| Lead Scrape | Desktop, perpetual license | $79/yr (Standard) | One-time payment, no subscription, no VPS needed |
| G Maps Extractor | Browser-based bulk extraction | $0 (1K/mo), $29/mo | Chrome extension, up to 1M records/mo |
| D7 Lead Finder | All-in-one with email + reviews | $44.99/mo (Starter) | Daily search caps, pixel detection on Agency+ |
| LeadsGorilla | Maps + email + PDF reports | $67/mo (Basic) | Built-in mass email, branded client reports |
| CloseFast (closefa.st) | Audited leads + written pitches | €0 (10 leads), €49/mo | Ad-spend audit, A/B/C/D ranking, generated pitch |
Pricing verified August 2026 against each tool's live pricing page. CloseFast is our product — disclosed plainly.
Outscraper — raw data at the lowest cost
Outscraper is a cloud-based, pay-as-you-go data extraction platform. You search by keyword and location, it pulls business listings from Google Maps, and you pay per record exported. No monthly subscription, no credits that expire — you are billed for what you use.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at outscraper.com/pricing): Free for the first 500 businesses per month. After that, $3 per 1,000 records up to 100,000, dropping to $1 per 1,000 after 100,000. Email enrichment is $3 per 1,000 domains, phone enrichment is $5 per 1,000 phones, both as separate add-ons. Tiers reset every 30 days.
Best for: Agencies that want raw data at the lowest possible cost and already have a downstream tool for email finding and outreach. A 10,000-business scrape costs roughly $30.
Honest limitation: Outscraper gives you a spreadsheet, not a prospect. No ad-spend auditing, no tracking-pixel detection, no urgency ranking, no pitch generation. Email enrichment is a paid add-on, and emails are often generic role addresses (info@, contact@), not decision-maker contacts.
Scrap.io — the deepest filtering on a pre-indexed database
Scrap.io maintains a pre-indexed database of Google Maps businesses that you search, filter, and export from — think of it as a local-business version of Apollo.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at scrap.io/pricing): Basic $49/month (10,000 export credits), Professional $99/month (20,000 credits), Agency $199/month (40,000 credits), Company $499/month (100,000 credits). Annual billing reduces effective cost. Credits do not carry over month to month.
Best for: Agencies that need advanced filtering — claimed vs. unclaimed listings, price range, rating thresholds, ad pixels, social media presence. Reddit threads on r/sales and r/coldemail praise the email quality.
Honest limitation: No pay-as-you-go option. If your usage is irregular, the credit system punishes you — credits do not roll over, so a quiet month is wasted budget.
Apify Google Maps Scraper — developer control with per-event pricing
Apify is a cloud platform for web scrapers (called "Actors"). Its Google Maps Scraper by Compass has 547,000+ users, 4.7 stars from 1,703 reviews on the Apify Store, and extracts 30+ data fields per place — name, address, phone, website, categories, opening hours, reviews, images, popular-times histograms, and competitor analysis.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at apify.com/pricing): Platform plans: Free ($5/month prepaid usage), Starter $49/month, Scale $199/month, Business $999/month. The Google Maps Scraper Actor charges per event: roughly $4 per 1,000 places for the base scrape, plus $2 per 1,000 for contact details. Reviews and social-media enrichment are extra add-ons. A 10,000-place scrape with reviews and contacts costs approximately $80 on the Free plan.
Best for: Developers and technical teams who want maximum control over data fields, custom search geometry, API access, and scheduling.
Honest limitation: The per-event pricing model is unpredictable. Reviews are the largest cost driver. If you just want a CSV of plumbers in Chicago, Apify is overkill — the platform assumes you can read an Actor input schema.
PhantomBuster — multi-platform automation
PhantomBuster is a cloud automation platform running "Phantoms" — individual automations for specific tasks. Its Google Maps Phantom extracts business listings, but the same subscription covers LinkedIn, Instagram, email enrichment, and CRM export.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at phantombuster.com/pricing): Free trial. Starter $56/month billed annually ($672/year, 1,000 URL-finder credits, 80 hours execution). Pro $128/month billed annually ($1,536/year, 10,000 credits, 300 hours). Team $352/month billed annually ($4,224/year, 20,000 credits). Monthly billing is 20% higher.
Best for: Agencies that scrape from multiple platforms — Google Maps, LinkedIn, Instagram — and want one subscription covering all of them.
Honest limitation: PhantomBuster is a generalist, not a Maps specialist. Its Google Maps Phantom is less configurable than Apify's Actor. The execution-time model means you budget time, not records — a complex scrape can burn through hours faster than expected. At $56/month entry, it is more expensive than dedicated Maps scrapers.
Lobstr.io — the simplest no-code option
Lobstr.io is a no-code scraping platform with pre-built "Squids" — ready-made scrapers for Google Maps, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other platforms. You select the Google Maps Squid, enter a location and keyword, and get a CSV in minutes. No API keys, no proxy setup, no code.
Pricing (verified August 2026 via lobstr.io/pricing and SyncGTM review): Free plan (100 credits/month, 30-row export cap, 7-day data retention). Starter $25/month (2,500 rows). Pro $75/month (10,000 rows). Business $150/month (25,000 rows). Credits equal rows and refresh monthly.
Best for: Non-technical agency owners who want a Google Maps scraper running in under 30 minutes with zero configuration. At $25/month, it is one of the most affordable options.
Honest limitation: Lobstr.io returns raw data — no email enrichment, no ad-spend signals, no pitch generation. Email fill rates from Maps listings are typically under 20%, so you need a separate email finder. The output requires manual cleanup, and data retention is only 7 days on the free plan.
Lead Scrape — desktop, perpetual license
Lead Scrape is a desktop application for Windows that scrapes local business data from Google Maps and other directories. Unlike every other tool here, it uses a perpetual one-year license — you pay once, get the software for a year, no monthly subscriptions or credit systems.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at leadscrape.com/pricing): Standard $79/year (was $97, summer sale) — extracts from 3 sources, 1-year license with free updates. Business $199/year (was $247) — extracts from 7 sources, adds bulk searches, review scores, advanced SEO data, revenue and SIC/NAICS codes. 14-day money-back guarantee. Each license installs on two computers.
Best for: Agencies that want a one-time payment with no cloud dependency. The Business version's bulk-search feature (multiple cities or entire states) is useful for large territory coverage.
Honest limitation: Desktop-only — no cloud scheduling, no API, no team collaboration. The Standard version extracts from only 3 sources and returns fewer results per search. Runs only on Windows — no macOS or Linux support.
G Maps Extractor — browser-based bulk extraction
G Maps Extractor is a Chrome extension and cloud platform for extracting Google Maps data. It runs in your browser, scraping results as you see them on Maps, and exports to CSV. The cloud version adds multi-keyword scraping.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at gmapsextractor.com/pricing): Free $0/month (1,000 records/month). Starter $29/month (was $49, 80,000 records/month). Pro $149/month (was $179, 300,000 records/month). Business $359/month (was $429, 1,000,000 records/month).
Best for: Agencies that want to scrape directly from the browser without setting up a separate tool or platform. The extension is the fastest path from "I see a Google Maps search" to "I have a CSV."
Honest limitation: The free tier says "1,000 records per month" but limits you to 10 exportable leads per keyword search — a gap between marketing and reality. The browser-extension model means scraping speed depends on your local connection, not a cloud server.
D7 Lead Finder — all-in-one with email and review data
D7 Lead Finder is a Maps-based lead generation tool returning business name, email, phone, social links, and postal address per search. Higher tiers add pixel detection, review scores, Google ranking data, and website-platform detection. Each search returns 200–1,200 leads with a daily search cap.
Pricing (verified July 2026 via cross-source verification — D7 uses Paddle JS for checkout): Free (5 guest searches/day, no export). Starter $44.99/month (10 searches/day, ~3,500 daily leads). Agency $54.99/month (30 searches/day, adds pixel detection, review scores). Professional $119.99/month (API access, bulk search, 5 sub-accounts, ad detection). Our detailed D7 comparison covers the trade-offs in depth.
Best for: Agencies that want a daily lead pipeline with email addresses included as a default field. The daily-search-cap model is predictable.
Honest limitation: Emails are generic role addresses (info@, contact@). D7's own help docs state they do not verify whether a user exists at the domain. No CRM integrations. API only on Professional. ~65M contacts. ~3 min search latency.
LeadsGorilla — Maps data with email sending and client reports
LeadsGorilla combines Google Maps and Facebook lead extraction with built-in mass email automation, branded PDF reports (GBP, Facebook Reputation, SEO, Citations, Core Web Vitals), and a DFY WordPress theme on Explorer+. It is the only tool here with email sending infrastructure alongside Maps scraping.
Pricing (verified August 2026 at leadsgorilla.com/pricing via r.jina.ai): Free trial (7 days, 10 leads/day). Basic $67/month (list $83, 5,000 FB+Google leads/month, 1,000 business leads/month, 1,000 emails/month). Explorer $87/month (list $149, 7,500 leads, 2,500 business leads). Professional $107/month (list $176, 10,000 leads, 5,000 business leads). Annual billing reduces effective cost to ~$51–$75/month. Our LeadsGorilla comparison covers the feature trade-offs.
Best for: Agencies that want Maps scraping, email sending, and client-facing PDF reports in one platform. The branded report-generation suite (GBP, Facebook Reputation, SEO, Citations, Core Web Vitals) is unique in this lineup.
Honest limitation: The "Adwords Pixel" report detects pixel presence but does not cross-reference live ad spend from Meta Ad Library or Google Ads Transparency Center. No A/B/C/D prospect ranking — leads come as a flat list. The built-in email sender is basic compared to dedicated cold-email tools.
CloseFast (closefa.st) — audited leads with written pitches
Disclosure: CloseFast is our product. We include it because it pulls businesses from Google Maps — but we rank it honestly, not claiming it is the best at everything.
CloseFast pulls businesses from Google Maps by niche and location, then does something no other tool in this roundup does: it audits each result for ad activity on Meta and Google, checks whether the business website has a tracking pixel, ranks prospects A through D by marketing urgency (Segment A = ads running with no pixel), and generates a personalized outreach pitch citing the specific gap it found.
Pricing (verified July 2026 at closefa.st): Free (10 leads/month, full audit and generated pitch, no credit card). Starter €49/month (~250 leads, full audit, ads segments, CSV export, EU data sources, GDPR-ready). Pro €99/month (~600 leads, up to 100 per search, priority support). Flat fee, no consumable credits, no per-seat charges.
Best for: Agencies that sell to local businesses and want a ready-to-send pitch rather than a spreadsheet. The ad-spend audit is the same methodology explained in our Facebook ads prospecting guide and our Meta Pixel detection walkthrough.
Honest limitation: CloseFast has no answer for agencies prospecting SaaS companies, enterprise accounts, or anything without a Google Maps listing. Lead volume per search (up to 100 on Pro) is lower than what Outscraper or Scrap.io deliver in a single batch, because the audit and pitch generation run on every prospect — depth over volume. Our broader lead generation comparison covers where CloseFast fits alongside database tools.
How to choose
1. Raw data or actionable pitch? Raw CSV → Outscraper, Apify, Lobstr.io, Lead Scrape, or G Maps Extractor. Filtered data with buying signals → Scrap.io or D7 Lead Finder. End-to-end pipeline with a written pitch → CloseFast. Email sending alongside scraping → LeadsGorilla. Multi-platform scraping → PhantomBuster.
2. What pricing model fits? Pay-as-you-go → Outscraper. Monthly credits → Scrap.io, Lobstr.io, G Maps Extractor, D7, LeadsGorilla. Per-event → Apify. One-time license → Lead Scrape. Flat fee → CloseFast.
Read next
- Best lead generation tools for marketing agencies — the broader comparison including Apollo, Clay, and Instantly.
- How to find local business clients — the four-signal qualification framework.
- Try CloseFast free — 10 audited leads with pitches, no credit card.