An Apify Google Maps Scraper alternative: SweepLead vs Apify
Last updated: 5 November 2026
Apify's Google Maps Scraper is the better choice for developers who want an API, reviews and cloud runs. SweepLead costs less for a sales team that needs business emails every month at a flat price. Apify bills each place found plus each add-on, such as the contact details read from websites. SweepLead reads Google Maps in your own Chrome for a flat monthly price, emails included. SweepLead is our product, so weigh what follows accordingly.
The price, side by side
| Apify, Google Maps Scraper | SweepLead | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An "Actor" (a cloud program) on the Apify platform, run from the web or an API | A Chrome extension on your computer |
| Pricing model | Pay per event: each place scraped, each add-on (contacts, reviews, social profiles…) | Flat monthly or yearly plan |
| Google Maps listings | From $1.50 per 1,000 places | Pro: £9.90 a month for 150,000 listings; Agency: £29.90 a month for 600,000 |
| Emails from the businesses' websites | "Company contacts enrichment" add-on: $0.20 per 100 places on the Free plan, $0.15 on paid plans | Included in Pro and Agency |
| Free | $5 of platform usage a month (Free plan) | 200 listings a month, 50 of them with email |
| Paid plans | Starter $19 a month, Scale $199, Business $999 (usage included up to that amount) | Pro £9.90, Agency £29.90 |
Apify's prices are in US dollars, as shown on the Actor's page and Apify's pricing page on 5 November 2026; SweepLead's are in pounds sterling, in euros in the eurozone and in dollars in the US, VAT included.
What 10,000 and 100,000 listings with emails cost
| Listings in a month | Apify, places | Apify, contacts add-on | SweepLead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | from $15 | $15 to $20 | £9.90 (Pro) |
| 100,000 | from $150 | $150 to $200 | £9.90 (Pro) |
How we counted: places at the lowest listed price, $1.50 per 1,000; the contacts add-on at $0.15 to $0.20 per 100 places, depending on the plan. Reviews, images and social profiles cost extra. For SweepLead, both volumes fit in the Pro plan's 150,000 listings.
Where Apify is the better choice
- API, schedules and integrations. Apify runs in the cloud, on a schedule, and connects to Make, Zapier and other tools. SweepLead exports Excel or CSV files, nothing more.
- Reviews, images and more data. Apify can collect review text, photos and the "popular times" chart. SweepLead does not collect review text.
- Speed and your computer. Apify runs on its servers. SweepLead runs in your browser, at a human pace: our grid test collected 1,016 listings in about 26 minutes.
- A small one-off job. For a few hundred places once, Apify's $5 of free monthly usage may be enough.
Where SweepLead is the better choice
- A bill that does not grow with volume. One flat price, emails included: no events or credits to watch.
- Nothing to set up. Install the extension, type a search, export. No platform account, no input settings.
- A whole country, ready to run. A Google Maps search stops at about 120 businesses. SweepLead repeats the search from every point of a country plan (20 countries) and keeps each business once. How the grid works.
- Cancel in one click from the extension, under "Plan and licence".
Questions
Is SweepLead cheaper than Apify for Google Maps leads?
With emails, from a few thousand listings a month, yes: at 10,000 listings Apify's places and contacts add-on cost $30 or more, against £9.90 for SweepLead Pro. For a few hundred places once, Apify's free usage can cost nothing.
Does Apify's Google Maps Scraper find emails?
Yes, with the "Company contacts enrichment" add-on, billed per place, which reads each business's website. SweepLead does the same in your browser, included in Pro and Agency. In our test, SweepLead found an email for 338 of 1,016 listings.
Does Apify also stop at 120 results?
Its page says a search without a set location returns at most 120 results; it can split a larger area into smaller ones. SweepLead does the same with ready-made country plans. See the full comparison.
Pages read on 5 November 2026: Apify Google Maps Scraper, Apify pricing. Spotted a mistake or a price change? Email contact@sweeplead.com and we will correct it. Apify is a trademark of its owner; SweepLead is not affiliated with it.