ULeads vs Apify Google Maps Scraper: which one finds you clients?
By ULeads team · Published
Apify Google Maps Scraper sells raw business data: rows you sort and contact in your own tools, at a lower cost per row. ULeads is a prospecting app: it ranks every business by a published Lead Score, flags the ones without a real website and carries them to a deal with first messages, follow-ups, website audits and weekly new businesses.
Apify Google Maps Scraper (apify.com/compass/crawler-google-places): a Google Maps scraper that runs on the Apify platform. ULeads: find local businesses with a weak online presence, rank them by Lead Score and take them from the first message to a deal. Facts checked on 29 October 2026 from each company's own site.
How do ULeads and Apify Google Maps Scraper compare?
| Compared on | ULeads | Apify Google Maps Scraper |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free: 1 search a month. Starter $29, Professional $79, Agency $199 a month (Starter $15 for the first 3 months) | Pay per event: from $1.50 per 1,000 places, with paid add-ons for contacts, social profiles and reviews; cheaper on higher Apify plans |
| Cost per lead | About $0.01 per business found on Starter (up to 3,000 a month for $29); a third are usually worth approaching, so about $0.03 per prospect | From $0.0015 per place before add-ons, unsorted |
| Trying it | 1 full search a month on Free, no card | Pay per use on an Apify account |
| Search | City and trade or keyword, district and radius; about 40 businesses per search, more on request | Any search terms and locations; can exclude places with or without a website |
| Ranking | Lead Score 0–100 with a published formula and the reasons on every row | None: raw rows |
| Website check | Full audit of a lead's site: about 50 checks, a PDF with your name, and a link that shows when the owner opens it | None, a website filter only |
| Contacts | Phone and the links on the Google listing; a social page posing as a website is flagged | Contact details and social profiles as paid add-ons, for places that have a website |
| First message | A first message per lead for web design, SEO or marketing, plus three follow-ups; WhatsApp opens with it (English for now) | None |
| Follow-up | Pipeline with notes, next step and date, “Did they reply?” checks, reminders, deal value | None: export the dataset |
| New businesses | Markets: the new businesses in a city and trade you watch, by email every week | No (you can schedule runs and compare them yourself) |
| Also | Installable app, measured data on who has no website, CSV and Excel export on paid plans | Reviews, images, opening hours and prices; an AI competitor report add-on; API and integrations |
Where is Apify Google Maps Scraper stronger?
- Raw cost from $1.50 per 1,000 places, at any volume.
- Every field Google Maps shows, including reviews, images and opening hours.
- Contact details and social profiles as add-ons.
- An API, schedules and integrations for building your own pipeline.
Where is ULeads stronger?
- Nothing to configure: one search gives a ranked list, with no inputs to tune or datasets to clean.
- A Lead Score with the reasons on every row.
- Social pages posing as websites are flagged; a website filter counts them as websites.
- First messages, follow-ups, reminders and a pipeline.
- Website audits with a PDF under your name.
- Markets: new businesses in your markets, by email every week.
Which one should you choose?
Pick Apify Google Maps Scraper if you are comfortable with a data platform and an API, and need raw Google Maps data at volume. Pick ULeads if you sell websites, local SEO or marketing to small businesses and want the whole path in one place: who to contact first and why, what to say, when to follow up, and a free audit to open the conversation. The cheapest way to decide is to try both on the same town and trade.
More comparisons are on the compare page, including a Google Maps scraper against a scored lead list.
Common questions
How much does Apify Google Maps Scraper cost compared to ULeads?
Apify Google Maps Scraper: pay per event: from $1.50 per 1,000 places, with paid add-ons for contacts, social profiles and reviews; cheaper on higher Apify plans (from $0.0015 per place before add-ons, unsorted). ULeads Starter is $29 a month for up to 3,000 businesses, about $0.03 per business worth approaching, and Free runs one full search a month without a card.
Does ULeads find email addresses like Apify Google Maps Scraper?
Not yet. ULeads gives the phone number and the links on the Google listing, and flags a social page that stands in for a website. Apify Google Maps Scraper lists: contact details and social profiles as paid add-ons, for places that have a website.
Where do these facts come from?
From each company's own website and pricing page, checked on 29 October 2026. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.
ULeads searches a city and a trade on Google Maps, keeps going past the first page until it finds real prospects, and ranks every business by how weak its online presence is.