Outscraper review

Outscraper collects public business data from Google Maps and more than 50 other sources. Its tools cover location listings, contact enrichment, reviews, company insights and API access, so teams can build lists or feed data into a workflow rather than relying only on manual exports.

The Google Maps scraper can collect business records, while separate products handle reviews, photos, email and contact discovery, and email verification. The pricing page lists CSV, Excel, Parquet and JSON exports for the Maps scraper’s free tier; review and photo tools list CSV/XLSX exports. API access is included on several paid tiers, but not every free tier.

Outscraper uses pay-as-you-go pricing, not a monthly subscription. According to the pricing details, billing periods end automatically after one month or can be closed manually to generate an invoice. That makes it easier to try a small pull, but the cost depends on which data product and volume you need.

The main advantage is breadth: one platform covers Maps listings, reviews, photos and contact discovery, with company insights and APIs also part of the offering. That can reduce the number of separate tools in a prospecting workflow. The pricing page also sets out free starting amounts and volume-based rates instead of requiring a recurring plan.

• Google Maps data: the first 500 businesses are free. The listed rate is $3 per 1,000 records for usage from 501 to 100,000, then $1 per 1,000 after 100,000.
• Reviews: the first 500 are free; the listed rates are $3 per 1,000 from 501 to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after 100,000.
• Contacts: the first 500 domains are free, with email addresses, phone numbers and social profiles listed as included. The rates are $3 per 1,000 domains up to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after that.
• Email verification: the first 25 emails are listed at $0, followed by $3 per 1,000 up to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after that.

A commenter on r/n8n said Outscraper worked well for their app-based test and another recommended its advanced filters to control data pulls. Those are individual reports, not a guarantee of results.

The pricing is flexible, but it is not one simple rate for “a lead.” Listings, reviews, contacts, verification and photos have separate billing units and thresholds. The free Maps tier stops at 500 businesses; the free review tier stops at 500 reviews, and contact discovery is free for the first 500 domains. A larger workflow can cross several product thresholds, so check each rate against the records you actually plan to collect.

The volume discounts also have specific cutoffs. For Maps records, reviews and domains, the listed $1-per-1,000 rate applies after 100,000; for photos, the $2-per-1,000 medium rate applies after 500 images, while the $1 rate applies after 50,000. These are usage-based tiers, not a flat monthly price.

Reliability is the bigger concern in user discussions. Some Reddit commenters report slow runs or periods when the service was nonfunctional; another described Outscraper as working well. Those accounts conflict and are anecdotal, but they make reliability worth checking before building a time-sensitive workflow around the API.

Outscraper charges by product and volume, not by monthly subscription. The Google Maps scraper gives you the first 500 businesses free, then lists $3 per 1,000 records for usage from 501 to 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 after 100,000. Reviews and email/contact scraping use the same free-first-500, then $3 and $1 per 1,000 structure. Email verification is free for 1–25 emails, then $3 per 1,000 through 100,000 and $1 per 1,000 above that. Photos are free before 500 images, then $2 per 1,000; the listed rate drops to $1 per 1,000 after 50,000 images.

There are no add-ons listed, but these are separate scrapers, not one bundled price. The pricing page says there are no monthly fees or recurring billing. Billing periods end automatically after one month, or you can close one manually to generate an invoice. Check which product and usage threshold applies before a large pull; costs vary by dataset.

Moving data into Outscraper may mean preparing business names, locations, domains, or other inputs for the relevant scraper. The published materials list API access for some products, but do not describe migration tools, import formats, or a workflow for transferring jobs from another provider. Treat the setup as a new data-collection process rather than a documented one-click migration.

Export options give you a practical way to keep collected results: the Google Maps scraper lists CSV, Excel, Parquet, and JSON, while the reviews and photos scrapers list CSV/XLSX. The materials do not specify export formats for every product, so confirm that before building downstream workflows around them. Pay-as-you-go pricing and no recurring billing reduce subscription lock-in, but do not remove the work of replacing APIs or rebuilding processes if you leave.

Our verdict flags service complaints as a reliability concern. It does not include specific Reddit posts or details about why users left, so we cannot pin the complaints on a particular failure mode.