ULeads vs Outscraper: which one finds you clients?
By ULeads team · Published
Outscraper 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.
Outscraper (outscraper.com): pay-as-you-go scraping of Google Maps and other sources, in a web app or by API. 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 Outscraper compare?
| Compared on | ULeads | Outscraper |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free: 1 search a month. Starter $29, Professional $79, Agency $199 a month (Starter $15 for the first 3 months) | Pay as you go, no monthly fee: the first 500 places free, then $3 per 1,000 up to 100,000, and $1 per 1,000 after that |
| 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 | $0.001–0.003 per place, before you sort them |
| Trying it | 1 full search a month on Free, no card | 500 places free |
| Search | City and trade or keyword, district and radius; about 40 businesses per search, more on request | Any Google Maps query, in the web app or by API, for large areas in one task |
| Ranking | Lead Score 0–100 with a published formula and the reasons on every row | None: raw rows to sort yourself |
| 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 |
| Contacts | Phone and the links on the Google listing; a social page posing as a website is flagged | Phone and website from Google; emails and social links through its separate contacts scraper ($3 per 1,000 domains) |
| 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 to a spreadsheet or your CRM |
| New businesses | Markets: the new businesses in a city and trade you watch, by email every week | No |
| Also | Installable app, measured data on who has no website, CSV and Excel export on paid plans | An API, other data sources such as reviews, and a refund within 3 days if a tool fails to retrieve data |
Where is Outscraper stronger?
- Raw cost: $1–3 per 1,000 places, pay as you go.
- Any volume through an API, and more data such as reviews.
- Emails and social links through its contacts scraper.
Where is ULeads stronger?
- A ranked list with the reasons on every row, instead of rows to sort by hand.
- Social pages posing as websites are flagged, so “no website” means no real one.
- First messages, follow-ups, reminders and a pipeline in the same place.
- Website audits with a PDF under your name and a link that shows when the owner opens it.
- Markets: the new businesses in your markets, by email every week.
- Built on Google's official Places API rather than on scraping.
Which one should you choose?
Pick Outscraper if you need large volumes of raw data or an API, and will sort and contact the businesses in your own tools. 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 Outscraper cost compared to ULeads?
Outscraper: pay as you go, no monthly fee: the first 500 places free, then $3 per 1,000 up to 100,000, and $1 per 1,000 after that ($0.001–0.003 per place, before you sort them). 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 Outscraper?
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. Outscraper lists: phone and website from Google; emails and social links through its separate contacts scraper ($3 per 1,000 domains).
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.