GMapsScout vs Scrap.io
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 Scrap.io 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 If something here is out of date, tell us and it will be corrected.
Scrap.io — A web app for extracting business data from map platforms — Google Maps, Apple Maps and Bing Maps — where you pick a category and a location, apply filters, and export. The closest like-for-like comparison on this site.
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.
Scrap.io
- In Scrap.io's cloud, from their web app, against a database they maintain rather than a live scrape: Scrap.io says it "continuously updates its database so you always get valid, fresh and accurate business information." A query returns quickly because you are filtering an existing set. That is fast and convenient; it also means the data is as fresh as their last refresh, not as fresh as Google Maps right now.
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.
Scrap.io
- Subscription tiers — four as of September 2026 — each with a monthly credit allowance where a credit is an exported place; credits reset monthly and do not carry over. There is a 7-day free trial of up to 100 leads rather than an ongoing free plan. The cap is the number to watch: it is exports, so a large territory can consume it in one download.
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.
Scrap.io
- Yes — emails, phone numbers, websites and social profiles are part of the data, and the app filters by website, phone, email, rating, reviews and social presence. Functionally the nearest to what GMapsScout does. It also offers reverse search: start from a phone number, website or business name and find the matching Maps place.
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 Scrap.io if
- You want results in seconds from a maintained database rather than a live scan.
- You want Apple Maps and Bing Maps as well as Google Maps.
- You do not want to install anything.
- You prefer a hosted product over a browser extension.
Pick GMapsScout if
- You want data that is current to the minute — read from Google Maps as it is right now.
- You want to work inside Maps: search, look, refine, scan.
- You want lead scoring, notes and pipeline status, not just filters and an export.
- You want a free plan that keeps working — 500 leads a month, ongoing, no card — rather than a 7-day trial.
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 Scrap.io 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.