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RankFabrik vs Outscraper — flat pricing vs a volume ramp
Outscraper's Google Maps Search publishes its pricing openly, tiered by volume: free for the first 500 businesses, then a step down as you scrape more. RankFabrik is one flat rate from the first record. Which is cheaper depends entirely on how much you're pulling.
Sourced 14 September 2026 from Outscraper's own pricing page,
outscraper.com/pricing/, Google Maps Search product.
Outscraper's own tiers, as published
| Tier | Volume | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Free | First 500 businesses | $0 |
| Medium | 501 – 100,000 businesses / month | $3 / 1,000 records |
| Business | Past 100,000 businesses / month | $1 / 1,000 records |
So the $1/1,000 headline rate only applies once a single month's usage clears 100,000 businesses. Below that — where most single-city or single-campaign pulls sit — the rate is $3/1,000.
Side by side, at typical volume
| Outscraper (Google Maps Search) | RankFabrik | |
|---|---|---|
| First 500 places | Free | $1.00 / 1,000 — no free tier, but no minimum spend either |
| 5,000 places in a month | 4,500 × $3/1,000 ≈ $13.50 (first 500 free) | 5,000 × $1.00/1,000 = $5.00 |
| 200,000 places in a month | 100k × $3/1,000 + 100k × $1/1,000 = $400 | 200,000 × $1.00/1,000 = $200.00 |
| Rate structure | Three tiers, resets every 30 days | One flat rate, no reset to track |
| With contact email read from the site | Not offered on this product | $2.00 / 1,000 (emails=true) |
| Fill rate before you pay | Not stated on the pricing page | Yes — completeness on every response |
Under 100,000 places a month, RankFabrik's flat $1.00/1,000 undercuts Outscraper's published $3/1,000 Medium tier. Past that volume the two headline rates converge — Outscraper's Business tier and RankFabrik's flat rate both land at $1/1,000.
Where the free tier actually helps
500 free businesses is a real, useful way to kick the tires on a one-off small list — no argument there. It stops being the relevant number the moment a use case is recurring: 500 businesses a month is a narrow niche or a single small city, and every month after the first resets you straight into the $3/1,000 tier.
Pricing, in plain units
place — map record
place-contact — record + email read from the site
Pay per place returned — you are charged only for events the actor actually returns, never for an empty run. Metered and billed by Apify; no separate RankFabrik account to open.
Questions
Is there a tool that can scrape addresses from Google Maps?
Yes. RankFabrik's `/rechercher` endpoint returns up to 20 places around a point or a search term, address included every time — it's the one field with 100% fill rate on a real sweep. `/balayer` does the same over a whole area, split into cells and deduplicated on the place identifier before anything is billed.
Is Google places API free?
Not as a flat allowance. The $200 monthly credit that used to cover most usage ended on 28 February 2025, replaced by per-SKU free caps — roughly 10,000 Essentials and 5,000 Pro calls a month — after which every call is billed. A credit card on a Google Cloud billing account is required even to reach the free caps.