# Outscraper vs Apify: Google Maps Pricing and Features

URL: https://leadraft.co/blog/outscraper-vs-apify
Summary: Outscraper vs Apify for Google Maps data: price per 1,000 places, emails and verification, area search, limits and a worked 10,000-place cost. November 2026.

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# Outscraper vs Apify for Google Maps leads: price, features and real costs

Outscraper vs Apify for Google Maps data: price per 1,000 places, emails and verification, area search, limits and a worked 10,000-place cost. November 2026.

The Leadraft teamLeadraft

Published

November 3, 2026

Updated

November 3, 2026

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10 min

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Comparison

Outscraper and Apify both pull business data from Google Maps, and for a plain list of places they cost about the same. **Outscraper** is the simpler one: a fixed price per 1,000 records for each task, a free allowance every 30 days, and prepaid credits that never expire. **Apify** is the more flexible one: polygon and radius search, a lower place price on its bigger plans, and thousands of other scrapers on one account, but its costs are spread across a monthly plan and per-event add-ons. Neither verifies the business emails it finds as part of the place price. If what you're building is a list of local businesses to email, we recommend a third option, Leadraft, which includes email finding and verification in one plan; it's covered at the end.

_Disclosure: Leadraft wrote this. We make a third tool in the same space, covered fairly at the end. Prices and features come from each vendor's own pages, checked in November 2026 and linked in the Sources. Prices change, so check them before you buy._

## What is the difference between Outscraper and Apify?[#](#what-is-the-difference-between-outscraper-and-apify)

Outscraper is a data company that sells ready-made scrapers as services, priced per record. Apify is a cloud platform where independent developers and Apify itself publish "actors" (scrapers and automations) that you run on Apify's servers.

That difference shapes everything else:

-   **On Outscraper**, "Google Maps Scraper", "Emails & Contacts Scraper" and "Email Address Verifier" are separate services, each with its own free tier and price per 1,000. You chain them.
-   **On Apify**, the most used Maps actor is the Google Maps Scraper by Compass (46,183 monthly users as of November 2026). One run can switch on add-ons like company contacts enrichment, reviews or business leads, and each add-on is billed per event. Your plan's discount tier decides the price of each event.

## How much do Outscraper and Apify cost per 1,000 places?[#](#how-much-do-outscraper-and-apify-cost-per-1000-places)

Outscraper charges $3 per 1,000 places after the first 500, and $1 per 1,000 past 100,000. Apify's Google Maps Scraper charges between $4 and $1.50 per 1,000 places depending on your plan, and the plan itself has a monthly fee.

As of November 2026:

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|  | Outscraper | Apify Google Maps Scraper |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Billing model | Pay as you go, prepaid or postpaid | Monthly plan with included usage, then pay as you go |
| Monthly fee | None | Free $0 · Starter $19 · Scale $199 · Business $999 |
| Free allowance | 500 places every 30 days | $5 of usage a month on Free |
| Places, per 1,000 | $3 (501 to 100k), then $1 | $4 Free · $3 Starter · $2 Scale · $1.50 Business |
| Emails from websites, per 1,000 | $3 per 1,000 domains after 500 free, then $1 past 100k | Company contacts enrichment: $2 Free and Starter · $1.50 Scale · $1.05 Business, per 1,000 places |
| Email verification, per 1,000 | Separate verifier: $3 after 25 free, then $1 past 100k | Add-on for business-leads emails only: $4 Starter · $3 Scale · $2 Business (decisive results only) |
| Reviews, per 1,000 | $3 after 500 free, then $1 past 100k | $0.50 Free and Starter · $0.37 Scale · $0.26 Business |
| Filters | Advanced filters listed on paid tiers, no separate price | $1 per 1,000 places per filter on Free and Starter, $0.75 on Scale |
| Do unused credits carry over? | Prepaid credits never expire | No, included usage expires each cycle |

A few details matter when you read that table:

-   **Apify's plan fee is prepaid usage.** Starter's $19 a month buys $19 of usage, so the first $19 of events cost nothing extra. Above that, you pay the overage up to a usage limit you set. Apify's pricing page says that limit is at most $100 on Starter.
-   **Apify's place price includes platform usage.** The actor page says you're "not charged for the Apify platform usage", only the events.
-   **Outscraper's tiers reset every 30 days.** The 500 free places and 500 free contacts come back each period.
-   **Apify's Free plan stops when the $5 is spent.** Its pricing FAQ says free accounts are blocked until the next monthly cycle.

## How do they compare on emails and verification?[#](#how-do-they-compare-on-emails-and-verification)

Both find emails by visiting each business's website, and both charge for it separately from the place. Neither checks those company emails against the mail server as part of that price.

**Outscraper** sells the Emails & Contacts Scraper as an enrichment you select when you run a Maps task. It adds a domain, up to three emails, social links and up to three phones from the site, about 18 extra columns. Its Email Address Verifier is a third service. The FAQ describes four checks: format, blacklists, DNS records and an SMTP request to see if the mailbox exists. The verifier's API page lists four results: RECEIVING, INVALID, BLACKLISTED or UNKNOWN. It doesn't name a separate catch-all status, which matters for local businesses because many small-business mail servers accept every address ([why that's a problem](https://leadraft.co/blog/catch-all-emails-explained)).

**Apify** has two email layers. Company contacts enrichment visits the business website and extracts emails and social profiles, charged per place. Business leads enrichment is different: it returns named people (name, job title, work email, LinkedIn) at $5 per 1,000 leads on Starter. The email verification add-on only works on those business-leads emails. It charges for decisive results (valid, invalid, disposable) and not for catch-all, unknown or error results.

So with either tool, if you want to verify the `info@` and `office@` addresses found on business websites, budget for a verifier. Our [best email verifiers](https://leadraft.co/blog/best-email-verifiers) guide compares prices per 1,000.

The six steps behind a list you can send to. Skipping any one of them shows up later as missed businesses, wasted credits or bounces.

## How do they handle area search?[#](#how-do-they-handle-area-search)

Apify takes a location as text, structured fields or a GeoJSON shape. Outscraper takes locations from a list.

-   **Apify** accepts a free-text location, structured fields (country, state, county, city, postal code) or a custom GeoJSON shape: Polygon, MultiPolygon or Point (a circle, 5 km radius by default). Its docs say it splits a large location into subregions on its own and that searching with a location gets past the roughly 120-place limit. Searching with only a term like "restaurants in Berlin" caps you at 120.
-   **Outscraper's** Maps scraper page says to "select locations from the dropdown". It doesn't describe polygons, a radius, or how it handles the result cap.

Of the two, only Apify describes polygon input; Leadraft offers polygon, radius and KML areas on every plan. Why the cap exists and how splitting works is covered in [why Google Maps stops at 120 results](https://leadraft.co/blog/google-maps-120-results-limit).

## What do you get in the export?[#](#what-do-you-get-in-the-export)

Both export to CSV, Excel and JSON. Outscraper lists 64 default columns plus 18 from contact enrichment, and also offers Parquet. Apify's output includes the place fields, plus whatever add-ons you switched on, viewable in separate tabs (places, contacts, reviews, leads).

Integrations differ in scope:

-   **Outscraper:** API with docs, Zapier, and a direct send to HubSpot, as listed on its scraper page.
-   **Apify:** API, webhooks, Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, Google Drive, HubSpot, plus an Apify MCP server and AI-agent integrations (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and others), per its integrations docs.

## What does 10,000 Google Maps leads cost on each?[#](#what-does-10000-google-maps-leads-cost-on-each)

About $66 on Outscraper and about $61 on Apify Starter, once you add a verifier to Apify. The two are close at this size. Here's the arithmetic.

Assumptions (ours, for the math): 10,000 places in one month, 8,000 of them with a website, and 5,000 emails found and verified.

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| Step | Outscraper | Apify (Starter plan) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Places | 9,500 paid × $3/1,000 = **$28.50** | 10,000 × $3/1,000 = **$30.00** |
| Website emails | 7,500 paid domains × $3/1,000 = **$22.50** | 8,000 places × $2/1,000 = **$16.00** |
| Verify 5,000 emails | 4,975 paid × $3/1,000 = **$14.93** | Not covered by the add-on. With Outscraper's verifier: **$14.93** |
| Plan fee | $0 | $19, used up by the first $19 of events |
| **Total** | **about $66** | **about $61** |

On Apify, $46 of events minus the $19 included leaves $27 of overage, so the bill is $46 plus your verifier. Add one Apify filter, such as "skip closed places", and it's another $10 per 10,000 places.

At 100,000 places a month the gap widens. Outscraper comes to about $687 for places, 80,000 domains and 50,000 checks. Apify needs the Scale plan, since Starter's usage limit tops out at $100. On Scale, places are $200 and contacts $120, so $320 of usage (your $199 fee plus $121 overage), plus about $150 to verify with a $3-per-1,000 verifier: around $470. Business's lower rates only pay off once your monthly usage passes its $999 fee.

## How do Outscraper and Apify differ, in short?[#](#how-do-outscraper-and-apify-differ-in-short)

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|  | Outscraper | Apify |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing | Fixed price per task, no monthly fee | Monthly plan plus per-event usage |
| Unused money | Prepaid credits never expire | Included usage expires each cycle |
| Area input | Locations from a list | Text, structured fields or GeoJSON polygon and radius |
| Other data | Reviews, photos, "50+ sources" per its home page | Thousands of actors; named people through business leads enrichment |
| Website emails verified in the price | No | No |

## Is there a better option for local lead lists?[#](#is-there-a-better-option-for-local-lead-lists)

Yes. If what you want from either tool is a list of local businesses with emails that pass a mailbox check, we recommend Leadraft. We make it, so weigh that, but the arithmetic is below.

Leadraft finds every business of a trade inside a city, county, postcode, radius, drawn polygon or KML file, finds emails on each business's own website, and checks each against the live mail server. Catch-all servers get their own Accept-all grade, "a maybe, never a yes", and Invalid emails are never exported. For the 10,000-business example above, the Growth plan at $49 a month covers 100,000 businesses and 5,000 checked emails, and you're charged only for Verified emails you take out. Businesses outside your area or trade are shown free, you're charged once per business ever, and unused credits roll over while your plan is active.

Against the 10,000-place example, that's $49 on Leadraft against about $66 on Outscraper and about $61 on Apify Starter, with verification included and nothing to stitch together. Leadraft is built for local business lists with checked emails; it doesn't pull review text or photos, named owner or employee data, or other kinds of web data. Side-by-side detail is in [Leadraft vs Outscraper](https://leadraft.co/compare/leadraft-vs-outscraper) and [Leadraft vs Apify](https://leadraft.co/compare/leadraft-vs-apify), and you can model your own list in the [lead list calculator](https://leadraft.co/tools/lead-list-calculator).

One more thing applies to all three tools: Google's Maps terms restrict scraping and building mailing lists from Maps content. Business facts, personal data and contract terms are separate questions, so read [is scraping Google Maps legal](https://leadraft.co/blog/is-scraping-google-maps-legal) and get legal advice for your use.

## FAQ[#](#faq)

### Is Outscraper cheaper than Apify for Google Maps?[#](#is-outscraper-cheaper-than-apify-for-google-maps)

Per place it depends on your Apify plan. As of November 2026, Outscraper charges $3 per 1,000 places after 500 free (then $1 per 1,000 past 100,000). Apify's Google Maps Scraper charges $4 per 1,000 on Free, $3 on Starter, $2 on Scale and $1.50 on Business, on top of the plan fee. For 10,000 places with website contacts, the two land within a few dollars of each other.

### Which is easier to use, Outscraper or Apify?[#](#which-is-easier-to-use-outscraper-or-apify)

Outscraper is form-based: pick a service, fill a form, pay per record. Apify is a platform of thousands of actors with many input options to set. Both have an API. If what you want is a local business list with checked emails, Leadraft takes a trade and a place, or a drawn area, and does the email finding and checking for you.

### Can Outscraper or Apify get more than 120 results from Google Maps?[#](#can-outscraper-or-apify-get-more-than-120-results-from-google-maps)

Apify's Google Maps Scraper says it bypasses the roughly 120-place limit when you give it a location, because it splits the area into many map searches. Outscraper's scraper page doesn't describe how it handles the limit, so test it on a dense search in your own market.

### Do Outscraper and Apify verify emails?[#](#do-outscraper-and-apify-verify-emails)

Outscraper sells a separate Email Address Verifier at $3 per 1,000 after 25 free. Apify's Maps scraper has an email verification add-on, but it only checks emails from its business-leads (people) enrichment, not the company emails found on websites. Neither includes verification in the place price.

### Do Outscraper or Apify credits expire?[#](#do-outscraper-or-apify-credits-expire)

Outscraper says prepaid credits never expire; its free tiers reset every 30 days. Apify's included monthly usage expires at the end of each billing cycle and doesn't roll over. More on Apify's model in [Apify pricing explained](https://leadraft.co/blog/apify-pricing-explained).

## Sources[#](#sources)

All pages checked as of November 2026.

1.  Outscraper, [Pricing](https://outscraper.com/pricing/): per-service tiers, 30-day reset, "credits never expire", refund terms.
2.  Outscraper, [Google Maps Scraper](https://outscraper.com/google-maps-scraper/): location dropdown, 64 default and 18 enrichment columns, export formats, Zapier and HubSpot.
3.  Outscraper, [Email Address Verifier](https://outscraper.com/email-verifier/) and [Email Address Validator API](https://outscraper.com/email-address-validator-api/): checks and result values.
4.  Outscraper, [home page](https://outscraper.com/): "50+ sources".
5.  Apify, [Google Maps Scraper actor](https://apify.com/compass/crawler-google-places): per-event prices by plan tier, polygon and radius input, 120-place note, monthly users.
6.  Apify, [Pricing](https://apify.com/pricing): plan fees, included usage, Store discount tiers, Starter usage limit, no rollover.
7.  Apify, [Actors in Store](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store): pay-per-event billing.
8.  Apify, [Integrations](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations).
9.  Google, [Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service](https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps/).
10.  Leadraft, [Pricing](https://leadraft.co/pricing).

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