Outscraper alternatives: 7 options compared (2026)

If you use Outscraper to build local lead lists with emails, the best alternative is Leadraft (we make Leadraft). Outscraper prices places, email finding and verification as three separate tasks; Leadraft includes all three in one plan and charges once per business. At 50,000 businesses and 25,000 checked emails, that's $149 on Leadraft's Scale plan against about $372 for Outscraper's chain. Below are the facts on Leadraft and six other alternatives, and what a finished list costs in each.

Disclosure: Leadraft wrote this. Prices and features come from each vendor's own pages, checked in October 2026 and linked in the Sources. Last checked: November 3, 2026 (Outscraper, Apify and Scrap.io prices re-checked). We haven't run a speed or coverage test of these tools, so there are no speed or coverage claims here.

Why do people look for Outscraper alternatives?#

Mostly because of how the cost of a finished list adds up, not because the data is poor. Outscraper is well rated: 4.6 on Trustpilot from 342 reviews as of October 2026, with frequent praise for support and ease of use. The reasons people compare it come down to four things.

• A sendable lead is three line items. Places, Emails & Contacts and the Email Verifier are each priced per 1,000. That's clear per task, but a verified email costs the sum of all three, about $9 per 1,000 places taken through every step under 100,000.
• Billing and refunds. A few Trustpilot reviewers in October 2026 describe refund requests that went unanswered. Outscraper's pricing page offers a full refund within 3 days only if its tools fail to retrieve data.
• Data gaps. One October 2026 reviewer said results for their search "had more holes than hits." Others report the opposite, so test your own market.
• Area targeting. The scraper page describes choosing locations from a dropdown. If you sell inside a drawn territory, you'll want polygon or radius search.

How do the Outscraper alternatives compare?#

Here's the comparison at a glance, as of October 2026.

The alternatives, one by one#

1. Leadraft: one plan for businesses and checked emails#

Leadraft finds every business of a trade inside a place you choose, finds emails on each business's own website, and checks each one against the mail server before it counts. Plans run from Free (500 businesses, 50 checked emails a month, no card) to Scale at $149 (600,000 businesses, 30,000 checked emails). Unused credits roll over while your plan is active. You're charged once per business, ever, and businesses outside your area or trade are shown free.

It's built for a list you can push to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot without chaining three tasks. It doesn't pull review text or photos; that's a different job. Full detail in Leadraft vs Outscraper.

2. Apify Google Maps Scraper: a developer platform#

Apify's most popular Maps actor charges per event: $4 per 1,000 places on the Free plan down to $1.50 on Business, plus add-ons such as company contacts enrichment ($2 per 1,000 places on Free and Starter), reviews and images. It supports polygon and radius search and claims to bypass the 120-place limit. The trade-off is cost you have to model: reviewers on Trustpilot (4.8 from 817 reviews) note that usage adds up at scale. See Leadraft vs Apify.

3. G Maps Extractor: low cost per record, plus an extension#

Plans run from Free (1,000 records a month) to Professional at $149 for 500,000 records, about $0.30 per 1,000. There's a Chrome and Edge extension that can extract saved place lists, an API and an MCP server. Business emails are described as "scraped from the internet", so plan to verify them yourself. See Leadraft vs G Maps Extractor.

4. Scrap.io: three map platforms#

Scrap.io covers Google Maps, Apple Maps and Bing Maps, with filters before export (website, phone, mobile, email, rating, Facebook, Instagram). As of November 2026, plans are $49 to $499 a month billed monthly, or $35 to $350 a month billed yearly, for 10,000 to 100,000 export credits a month. Radius search starts on Professional ($99 monthly, $69 yearly) and polygons on Company ($499 monthly, $350 yearly). Credits don't carry over. See Leadraft vs Scrap.io.

5. Lobstr.io: pay per result#

Lobstr's Google Maps Leads Scraper costs one credit per result, and its email add-on charges one more credit only when it finds an email. Starter is $20 for 10,000 credits. It runs one search per ZIP code for full-area coverage and has a Verify Emails option, though the page doesn't price it. Credits don't roll over.

6. Octoparse: a visual scraper for every site#

Octoparse is a point-and-click scraper with templates. Its advanced Google Maps template is $2 per 1,000 lines and says it can exceed the 120-result limit by splitting the map. Emails come from a separate Email Finder template at $0.50 per 1,000 lines. Paid plans start at $69 a month billed annually. It's a general scraper for many kinds of websites, not just Maps.

7. Bright Data: raw data at scale#

Bright Data's Google Maps scraper API gives 5,000 records a month free, then $1.50 per 1,000 pay as you go, or $499 a month for 384,000 records on Scale. It also sells a ready-made Google Maps dataset. The page doesn't describe email finding or verification, so those are separate steps.

What would a finished list cost in each?#

For 5,000 businesses, about half with a findable email (an assumption for the arithmetic), every email checked, the totals as of October 2026 come out like this. Where a tool doesn't verify, we add Outscraper's own verifier at $3 per 1,000 so every row ends at the same place.

At this size, Outscraper is competitive. It gets more expensive per list as volume grows: at 50,000 businesses and 25,000 emails, the same chain is about $372, against $149 for Leadraft's Scale plan, which includes 30,000 checked emails. The best Google Maps scrapers guide shows the full working, and the lead list calculator runs it with your own numbers.

Outscraper vs Apify: which is cheaper for a lead list?#

At small volumes they cost about the same; the difference is in how unused money behaves and how the price changes with your plan. Both prices below are from each vendor's pricing as of November 2026, with a separate verifier added to Apify at Outscraper's rate so both lists end with checked emails.

Outscraper's prepaid credits never expire; Apify's per-place price falls to $1.50 on its Business plan. Neither includes verification of website emails in the scraper price, so both lists need a third step before you send. In Leadraft that step is included, and 5,000 businesses with checked emails fit in the $49 Growth plan.

Where does Leadraft fit?#

Leadraft is built for local business lists with checked emails, and it's the Outscraper alternative we recommend for that job.

• One price for the whole list. Businesses, emails from each business's own website, and a mailbox check on every email, all in the plan. Catch-all servers get their own Accept-all grade, and Invalid addresses never export.
• Your exact area. City, county, ZIP, polygon, radius or KML file on every plan, searched in tiles past the 120-result cap. Rows outside the area or in the wrong trade are shown free and never charged.
• Pay once per business. Re-running an area next month only charges for new businesses, and unused credits roll over while your plan is active.
• What it doesn't do. Review text, photos, or scrapers for other Google products and websites. It searches Google Maps only.

How do you switch from Outscraper?#

Switching takes an afternoon if you test on your own market first.

1. Pick one real search. Same keyword, same city, one you've run in Outscraper before.
2. Run it on a free tier. Count unique businesses inside the area, not raw rows.
3. Count checked emails. Compare addresses that pass a mailbox check. Treat catch-all addresses as a maybe (why).
4. Add up the whole bill. Include every task, add-on and verifier.
5. Map your columns. Name, phone, website, address, rating and review count exist almost everywhere; reviews text and owner fields don't.
6. Reconnect your stack. Rebuild Zapier or HubSpot steps, or use a native push.

FAQ#

What is the best Outscraper alternative?#

For local business leads, Leadraft. Businesses, website emails and a mailbox check on every email come in one plan, instead of three line items. At 50,000 businesses and 25,000 checked emails, Outscraper's chain is about $372 and Leadraft's Scale plan is $149 with 30,000 checked emails included. Other tools people compare are Apify, G Maps Extractor, Scrap.io, Lobstr.io, Octoparse and Bright Data; their prices are on this page.

How much does Outscraper cost?#

As of October 2026, Outscraper's Google Maps scraper is free for the first 500 places, then $3 per 1,000 up to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after. Emails & Contacts and the email verifier are priced separately on the same tiers, with 500 and 25 free. Tiers reset every 30 days.

Is there a free Outscraper alternative?#

Several have free tiers: Leadraft gives 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month, G Maps Extractor 1,000 records a month, Bright Data 5,000 records a month, and Apify $5 of usage a month. Open-source scrapers on GitHub are free to run but need your own servers and upkeep. See free Google Maps scrapers.

How do Outscraper and Apify differ?#

Outscraper charges fixed per-task prices, and its prepaid credits never expire. Apify charges per event, with prices that fall on higher plans, plus add-ons and polygon search. Neither includes verification of website emails in the scraper price. For local business lists, Leadraft includes email finding and verification in every plan.

Does Outscraper verify emails?#

Yes, as a separate product. Its Email Address Verifier is free for the first 25 emails, then $3 per 1,000 up to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after, as of October 2026. It is billed on top of places and email finding.

Sources#

All pages checked in October 2026; Outscraper, Apify and Scrap.io pricing re-checked November 3, 2026.

1. Outscraper, Pricing and Google Maps Scraper.
2. Trustpilot, Outscraper reviews and Apify reviews.
3. Leadraft, Pricing.
4. Apify, Google Maps Scraper actor and platform pricing.
5. G Maps Extractor, Pricing and home.
6. Scrap.io, Pricing and home.
7. Lobstr.io, Pricing and Google Maps Leads Scraper.
8. Octoparse, Pricing and Google Maps scraper templates.
9. Bright Data, Google Maps Scraper.