Outscraper pricing, and the per-record math
Outscraper pricing is pay-as-you-go: 500 free Google Maps records a month, $3 per 1,000 after that, $1 per 1,000 past 100,000. Here is the math next to prepaid credits.
The Outscraper tiers
Outscraper meters Google Maps data per record, pay-as-you-go, no subscription. Figures from outscraper.com's pricing page, checked July 27, 2026.
| Monthly volume | Rate |
|---|---|
| First 500 records | Free, resets every 30 days |
| 501 to 100,000 | $3.00 per 1,000 |
| Above 100,000 | $1.00 per 1,000 |
Credit where due: pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee is the right model, and the $1 tier at scale is genuinely cheap. The rates are usage-based per calendar month, so the discount depends on re-reaching 100,000 records every month.
Where each side wins on price
Being specific, because the answer flips with volume.
From the first record to 100,000 a month, prepaid credits are cheaper: $1.96 per 1,000 against $3.00. Past 100,000 in a single month, Outscraper's $1.00 tier beats our 500k pack rate of $1.10, and our 2.5M pack at $0.80 takes the lead back. Free volume: their 500 records a month against our 3,000 credits a month. Their prepaid deposits never expire either; what resets is the tier clock, so the $1.00 discount depends on re-reaching 100,000 records every 30 days, while our pack rate is locked the day you buy.
A 20,000-record market pull
Free tiers included on both sides.
The records being priced
One request, one credit per business returned, the full record every time.
The businesses as CSV first:
Sample rows as CSV, exactly as exported · phones unmasked in the API response
| name | category | address | phone | rating | reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Phoenix Dental | Dental clinic | 111 W Monroe St Unit 131, Phoenix, AZ 85003 | (602) 626-79•• | 4.9 | 555 |
| Biltmore Dental Center | Dentist | 4202 N 32nd St Ste b, Phoenix, AZ 85018 | (602) 954-82•• | 4.9 | 1281 |
| Downtown Smiles Phoenix Dental Care | Dentist | 45 W Jefferson St Ste L, Phoenix, AZ 85003 | (602) 566-90•• | 5 | 338 |
| Thomas Dental | Dentist | 2546 E Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016 | (623) 455-66•• | 4.8 | 784 |
| Phoenix Family Dentistry | Dental clinic | 13821 N 35th Dr Ste. 2, Phoenix, AZ 85053 | (602) 547-90•• | 4.9 | 565 |
| Arizona Biltmore Dentistry | Dentist | 2777 E Camelback Rd suite 101, Phoenix, AZ 85016 | (602) 737-36•• | 4.7 | 1353 |
And one record as JSON:
Outscraper vs prepaid credits
Both bill per record. The differences are the rate curve and what else the same account covers.
| Outscraper | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry rate | $3.00 / 1,000 records | $1.96 / 1,000 records |
| Rate above 100k / month | $1.00 / 1,000 | $1.10 at the 500k pack, $0.80 at 2.5M |
| Free volume | 500 records / month | 3,000 credits / month |
| Discount clock | Tier resets every 30 days; prepaid deposits never expire | Pack rate locked at purchase; credits never expire |
| Same key covers | Priced per service | Web, News, Reviews, Images, and the rest of the Google menu |
Pick Outscraper past 100,000 records every month: at that steady volume its $1.00 per 1,000 tier is hard to beat without buying our larger packs, and its catalog covers many scraping services beyond Google with mature export tooling. Below that line, the entry math favors prepaid credits.
One credit per business
Per-record billing with a flat, readable rate curve.
Place searches bill 1 credit per business returned, and a search that returns nothing costs nothing. Start free with 3,000 credits every month, no card. Paid packs are prepaid and self-serve: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, ex-tax. That is about $1.96 per 1,000 records at the entry pack, falling to roughly $0.40 per 1,000 at the largest. Credits never expire.
Related: Outscraper alternative · Google Maps scraper API · Google Reviews API · Google Maps API pricing
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