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Places API (New) The current-generation API replacing the legacy Places API. Uses a mandatory field mask in every request — omitting it returns an error. Billing is determined by the highest-tier field requested. Three-Tier SKU Billing TierWhat's IncludedCos...

Google Business Profile API Access all reviews (not limited to 5) — but only for locations you own or manage. Requires OAuth2 authentication. Key Endpoints EndpointPurpose accounts.locations.reviews.listAll reviews for one location accounts.locations.batchGe...

Google Maps Internal Protobuf API Google Maps communicates with its backend using Protocol Buffer (protobuf) encoding over HTTP. Several internal endpoints have been documented. tbm=map Search Endpoint Adding tbm=map to a Google search returns protobuf-over-J...

Protobuf Tools ToolLanguagePurposeLink pbtkPythonExtract and fuzz protobuf structures from ChromeGitHub google-maps-pb-decoderRubyDecode pb URL params to JSONGitHub deprotoPythonDecode, manipulate, re-encode protobuf strings (round-trip conversion)GitHub X...

Browser Automation Frameworks The foundation technique used by most scrapers. A browser renders Maps, executes JS, and extracts from the DOM. Playwright (Most Popular) Microsoft's library. Used by gosom/google-maps-scraper, HasData, many commercial tools. Sup...

Community-Sourced Techniques Practical techniques from Reddit, HN, and forums — the stuff not in vendor blog posts. Grid-Scanning / Map Splitting (Essential) Overcome the 120-result limit per search by dividing areas into smaller grid cells. Auto-adjust zoom ...

Commercial Scraping Platforms Outscraper (Best Value) Pricing$1-3/1K records (basic); ~$14/1K full enrichment Free Tier500 records (first 500 reviews free) Fields74 fields incl. name, address, phone, hours, rating, reviews, photos, emails ReviewsFull text, n...

Search API Proxies Services that handle scraping/anti-bot, returning clean JSON from Google Maps queries. ServicePricingSpeedNotes SerpAPI$50/5K queriesStandardMarket leader. Active DMCA lawsuit from Google (Dec 2025) Serper.dev~$1/1K queries; $0.30/1K at vo...

Open-Source Scrapers RepositoryLanguageStarsFieldsKey Feature gosom/google-maps-scraperGo4,20033+120 places/min, CLI/Web/REST, K8s-ready, email extraction, SOCKS5/HTTP/HTTPS proxy rotation omkarcloud/google-maps-scraperPython2,700+50+Social profiles (LinkedI...

Python Libraries LibraryStatusAPI Key?FieldsNotes googlemaps (official)ActiveYes50+ (API)Official wrapper. Same pricing/limits as API gomapsDormant (Sep 2023)No9Name, URL, address, coords, website, phone, rating, hours, Popular Times. Likely broken Popular...

No-Code / Low-Code Platforms PlatformPricingMaps FeatureNotes OctoparseFree + $69/moAuto search splitting to overcome 120-result limit20K results/hour. Best no-code option ParseHubFree (5 projects) / $189/mo / $599/moJS rendering handles Maps SPA wellSteep p...

Browser Extensions & Userscripts ToolTypePriceNotes DataMinerChrome ext.Free (500 pages/mo) to $200/moCustom recipes, pagination, scheduled runs. No email extraction Instant Data ScraperChrome ext.FreeOne-click, ~120 results cap. Unmaintained Web Scraper (we...

Automation Workflows n8n (Most Flexible) Official Outscraper node available Templates: Google Maps scraper, lead gen with Google Sheets export, email scraping conor-is-my-name/google-maps-scraper: Docker-based, designed for n8n + Postgres. Multi-container, I...

AI/LLM-Powered Scrapers ScrapeGraphAI (MIT / Free) Describe what you want in plain English, it extracts structured JSON without CSS/XPath selectors. Auto-adapts to layout changes. Supports GPT, Gemini, Groq, Azure, Hugging Face, local Ollama models. GitHub C...

Alternative POI Data Sources Free or commercial POI databases that don't require scraping Google Maps. Overture Maps Foundation (64.8M POIs Free) Backed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, TomTom, Foursquare. The strongest free alternative to Google Maps data. Size6...