Google Maps prospecting tools, compared.
A practical guide to seven tools: what they cost, what they count, and how they fit the way you prospect.
The search is only the beginning. For most prospecting work, the harder part is deciding which businesses fit your offer—and keeping the research easy to revisit.
Why start with Leadshot?
If your day involves searching Google Maps, opening business websites and copying promising contacts into a spreadsheet, Leadshot is designed around that exact routine. Search by category and area, explore business profiles on the map, and return to the results through search history.
Choose your market.
Find your prospects.
Search the categories and territories you serve. Explore businesses on the map with public profiles, websites, and available contact details.
Leadshot helps freelancers, consultants, and agencies build a repeatable prospecting routine. The planned Starter price is $9 per month for 9,000 lead credits. Growth adds room for 30,000 lead credits at $19; Pro provides 90,000 at $39. Choose your volume and get the complete prospecting workflow.
Every plan includes area search, public business profiles, search history, and CSV export. One credit is used per lead with a phone number or email.
Compare the seven tools
The most useful comparison starts with what each provider sells. Some count businesses, some count records with emails, and some charge for individual extraction or enrichment events.
The comparison at a glance
LEADSHOT + 6 ALTERNATIVES · USD| Product | Price & allowance | Cost in context | Billing unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| $9 / monthPlanned · 9,000 lead credits | $1 / 1,000 lead creditsAt full monthly allowance. | One lead with a phone number or email. | |
| $24.99 / monthStarter · 1 search/day · current promotionOfficial pricing ↗ | Search-based allowanceLead volume varies by market; no fixed price per 1,000. | Daily searches | |
| $49 / monthBasic · 10,000 export creditsOfficial pricing ↗ | $4.90 / 1,000 creditsAt full allowance. The $49 plan covers 9,000 exports. | Export credits | |
| $3 / 1,000 recordsFirst 500 free · tier up to 100,000Official pricing ↗ | $25.50 for 9,000 recordsBase Maps extraction. Email/contact enrichment billed separately. | Extracted records | |
| $3 / 1,000 placesStarter · $19/month credited toward usageOfficial pricing ↗ | $27 base usage for 9,000 placesStarter rate. Add-ons and a small Actor-start fee are extra. | Places and optional events | |
| $29 / month1,000 credits · $99/month for 10,000Official pricing ↗ | $9.90 / 1,000 creditsAt full 10,000-credit plan usage. Email/phone enrichment costs extra credits. | Export and enrichment credits | |
| $44.99 / monthStarter · 10 searches/day · USD checkoutOfficial pricing ↗ | Search-based allowanceLead volume varies; tax and currency can change checkout totals. | Daily searches |
Monthly prices are from our October 20, 2026 research and official product pages. Apify refers to the Compass Google Maps Scraper.
A closer look at each tool
These tools overlap at the search step. What you want to do with the results is often what separates them.
Leadshot brings territory research and business discovery into one workspace. Explore businesses on the map, revisit searches in your history, and export the prospects that fit. Planned subscriptions start at $9 per month for 9,000 lead credits.
Explore the Leadshot platform ↗A focused Maps research workspace compared with a broader business discovery and outreach platform.
Leadshot vs LeadSwift ↗Compare filtered business-data extraction with a live map prospecting workspace.
Leadshot vs Scrap.io ↗Outscraper suits discrete extraction jobs and usage-based budgets. Leadshot suits recurring prospecting where discovering and researching businesses is part of the work.
Leadshot vs Outscraper ↗Apify’s Compass Actor is a building block for data workflows. Leadshot is a workspace for the person deciding which businesses to keep and follow up with.
Leadshot vs Apify Google Maps Scraper ↗Scrupp bundles multiple prospecting sources and outreach capabilities. Leadshot is a simpler fit when your starting point is Google Maps and your output is a carefully selected business list.
Leadshot vs Scrupp ↗Compare D7’s daily searches against your research habits, not against Leadshot’s monthly results number. One search can return very different volumes depending on the niche and location.
Leadshot vs D7 Lead Finder ↗Build a shortlist that works
Consider a web designer looking for independent restaurants with outdated websites. The useful output is not simply every restaurant in a city. It is a smaller list with an observation attached to each business: a menu that is hard to read, a missing booking link, or a website that needs attention.
Discover
Search a business category and geographic area.
Curate
Review the public details and keep the relevant businesses.
Organize
Record your observations and update contact statuses.
Export
Take the shortlist into your existing workflow.
In Leadshot, return to your restaurant search through history, review the public profiles and websites, and select the prospects that fit your offer. Export your selection when you’re ready.
Before paying for any tool, write down the fields you need, the number of searches you expect, and where the shortlist will live. Those three answers will tell you more than a headline cost per thousand.
More room to prospect.
Planned monthly pricing. Category search, area targeting, business profiles, and search history in every plan.
Sources
Product information reviewed October 20, 2026. Comparisons use published features and pricing; examples are illustrative.
- LeadSwift — official product & pricing ↗
- Scrap.io — official product & pricing ↗
- Outscraper — official product & pricing ↗
- Apify Google Maps Scraper — official product & pricing ↗
- Scrupp — official product & pricing ↗
- D7 Lead Finder — official product & pricing ↗
Prices are USD. Product logos belong to their respective owners.