The Outscraper alternative built on the official API

Outscraper is a powerful scraping platform - and that's exactly why people leave it: per-record pricing that's hard to predict, a developer-shaped workflow, and data pulled against Google's terms. Here is the simpler route for lead generation.

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Le Comptoir du Relais

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Brasserie Lipp

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Why people look for an Outscraper alternative

To be fair to Outscraper: it does what it promises. The reasons users switch are structural, not quality complaints:

  • Per-record pricing is unpredictable. As of 2026, Outscraper bills Google Maps data per record, with email enrichment priced separately on top. A big month means a big invoice - the opposite of a budgetable subscription.
  • It scrapes. The data comes from automated extraction of Google's pages, which violates Google's Terms of Service. That is a fragility and compliance question you inherit with every export.
  • It is built for developers. Tasks, queues, API keys, webhooks - great for data engineering, overkill when a salesperson just needs a contact list for one niche in one city.

Outscraper vs. Maps to Lead

Comparison for the Google Maps lead-generation use case, as of 2026
OutscraperMaps to Lead
Data sourceScraped from Google Maps pagesOfficial Google Places API
Google ToSViolates itCompliant
Pricing modelPer record + per enriched emailFlat from $19/mo, credits included
Email enrichmentSeparate paid add-onBuilt in, unlimited on every plan
WorkflowConfigure tasks, wait for job, downloadType a niche and a city, click enrich
AudienceDevelopers & data teamsSales, agencies, freelancers

The cost math for a typical month makes the difference concrete: 1,000 leads with emails costs a two-digit sum in per-record and per-email fees on a scraping platform, every single month. On Maps to Lead, Starter at $19/month covers ~2,000 leads with unlimited enrichment - and the price never surprises you.

When Outscraper is still the right tool

An honest comparison cuts both ways. Choose Outscraper if you need full review texts, photos, or popular-times data- the Places API doesn't expose those, so scraping is the only route. Same if you need its dozens of other scrapers (Amazon, Zillow, YouTube…) or programmatic bulk jobs across thousands of queries. If your job is local businesses + contact data for outreach, you are paying scraping-platform complexity for a two-step task.

Switching in an afternoon

A typical Outscraper "Google Maps + email scraper" task maps one-to-one onto Maps to Lead: type the niche, city, and country; pick coverage (up to 320 businesses per search); click "Enrich all" to pull emails, extra phones, and social profiles from every website; and export the CSV. No task queues, no API keys, no per-record meter running - and every search is saved to history for free re-exports later.

Simple pricing

No hidden fees. Cancel any time.

Starter

$19/month

For solo prospectors getting started.

100
credits / month
  • 100 credits / month
  • Unlimited enrichment
  • CSV export
  • Search history (20 searches)
  • Email support
Get started
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Pro

$49/month

For growing sales teams and freelancers.

500
credits / month
  • 500 credits / month
  • Load more results
  • Unlimited enrichment
  • CSV export
  • Search history (100 searches)
  • Priority support
Get started

Agency

$119/month

For agencies and high-volume prospecting.

2,000
credits / month
  • 2,000 credits / month
  • Load more results
  • Unlimited enrichment
  • CSV export
  • Search history (500 searches)
  • Dedicated support
  • Ideal for teams & agencies
Get started

Frequently asked questions

Is Maps to Lead cheaper than Outscraper?

For recurring lead generation, usually yes: plans are flat ($19, $49, or $119/month) and email enrichment is unlimited, so costs don't scale per record. For one-off bulk jobs of hundreds of thousands of rows, per-record pricing can win - but that isn't the lead-gen use case.

Does Maps to Lead scrape Google like Outscraper does?

No. All Google Maps data comes from the official, paid Places API - stable and ToS-compliant. Only the email-enrichment step crawls, and it reads each business's own public website, not Google.

Can I get review texts and photos?

No - the official API route returns business data (name, address, phone, website, rating, review count), and enrichment adds emails, phones, and social profiles. If you need full review texts or photos, a scraper like Outscraper is genuinely the right tool for that job.

Do I need to write code or configure API keys?

No. Maps to Lead is a web app: type a niche, a city, and a country, and results appear in a table. Enrichment and CSV export are one click each. There is nothing to install, queue, or monitor.

Can I export the same CSV columns?

The export covers what outreach needs: name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, Google Maps link, every extracted email, extra phone numbers, and LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram/X profiles. It imports cleanly into any CRM or cold-email tool.

Trade the meter for a flat plan

Official API data, unlimited email enrichment, predictable pricing. From $19/month.

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