GMapsScout vs Octoparse
Both pull business data out of Google Maps. They are built differently, charge differently, and suit different jobs. This page is about which is which — including where Octoparse is the better choice.
First, a disclosure
GMapsScout publishes this page and sells one of the two tools on it. Read it with that in mind. To keep it honest, it compares the things that are structurally true of each product — where it runs, how it charges, whether it enriches — rather than prices and feature counts that change every quarter. Last checked September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and it will be corrected.
Octoparse — A visual, no-code web scraper with "500+ preset scraping templates". You point and click to define what to extract from a page, save that as a task, and run it locally or in the cloud. Google Maps is one of its templates.
GMapsScout — a Chrome extension that runs on the Google Maps page you are already looking at, reads the results, enriches them with public contact details, scores them, and exports 45 columns. Leads are stored in your own browser.
Where each one runs
The biggest practical difference, and the one that decides most of the others.
Octoparse
- Either on your desktop or in Octoparse's cloud. The visual builder is the product: you are teaching it a page structure, and the Maps template is a head start on that. When Google changes its layout, the template or your task needs updating. Cloud runs, IP rotation and CAPTCHA handling are on the paid tiers.
GMapsScout
- In your browser, as a Chrome extension, on the Google Maps search you are already viewing.
- You see the results before you scan them, refine the search, and scan again. There is no job to configure and nothing to wait for.
- The limit is your browser and your plan's daily cap — not infrastructure. Auto Scan can work through a list of cities unattended, but it is your machine doing it.
How each one charges
Not the number — the model. That is what decides your cost at your real volume.
Octoparse
- Subscription tiers. As of September 2026 the free plan is permanent with no card, limited to 10 tasks, one device, local extraction only, and 50,000 rows a month; paid tiers add cloud extraction, more tasks, concurrent cloud processes and integrations. Predictable. The real cost is setup and maintenance time rather than money.
GMapsScout
- Flat monthly plans with a lead cap, and a free plan that is a working tier: 500 leads and 250 enrichments a month, no card.
- No per-result meter. A big sweep costs the same as a small one until you hit the plan's cap.
- The cap is what to watch: 500 a month on free, 150,000 on Basic, 500,000 on Pro. See pricing for what those mean in practice.
What each one does about emails
Extraction gives you what the listing shows. Enrichment is the difference between a directory and a list you can contact.
Octoparse
- Not a listed feature. Emails and contacts would be a second task against the business websites, built and maintained by you.
GMapsScout
- Enrichment is built in: press Enrich and the extension visits each business's website and profile for a public email, an owner name, social profiles, and signals like unanswered reviews.
- Best-effort, and honest about it. A business that has published no email gets "not found", not a guess.
- Runs in your browser like everything else — the enrichment traffic comes from you, not from a scraping farm.
Which one to pick
Both are good tools. They are good at different jobs.
Pick Octoparse if
- You need to scrape sites beyond Google Maps and want one tool for all of them.
- You want full control over exactly which page elements are extracted.
- You have the patience to maintain tasks when a site changes.
Pick GMapsScout if
- You only need Google Maps and want it to work without configuration.
- You want enrichment, scoring and export as one flow, not three tasks.
- You do not want to be the person who fixes the scraper when Maps changes.
The fastest way to decide: run the same search — one niche, one city — on both free tiers and compare what comes back. Ten minutes of that beats any comparison page, this one included.
Questions
Can I use Octoparse and GMapsScout together?
Is either one allowed by Google?
Why should I trust a comparison written by one of the companies in it?
Try the extension on the search you already have open
Free plan, no card. If it is the wrong shape for your job, you will know in ten minutes and nothing was spent.