TL;DR
- →MapsHarvest wins on price ($19/mo vs $49/mo), ease of use, checkpoint resume, and everything a cold caller or sales team actually needs — it's purpose-built for this exact job.
- →Outscraper's only real edge: non-US coverage and multi-source scraping. If that's not your need, MapsHarvest is the better choice.
Pricing breakdown
Outscraper charges per task with a credit system that is genuinely confusing to estimate. Their cheapest paid plan starts at $49/month — and the per-task model means costs can spike hard on large scrapes. Many users report bills doubling mid-month because they underestimated how many tasks a multi-state run consumes.
MapsHarvest starts at $19/month — less than half the price of Outscraper's entry plan. We use a dead-simple 1 credit = 1 lead model. Before you start any scrape, the dashboard shows the exact estimated cost. No surprises, no task math, no end-of-month shock.
There's also a free plan with 50 credits — no credit card required. Outscraper requires payment details just to get started.
At scale, the gap widens. Running weekly multi-state scrapes, MapsHarvest users typically spend 40–60% less per lead than comparable Outscraper usage.
Data quality & fields
Both tools pull live data directly from Google Maps — no pre-built databases. That means the data is as fresh as Google's listings at the time you run the scrape.
Outscraper offers up to 21 data fields. MapsHarvest captures 18 fields including every field that matters for sales outreach: name, phone, website, address, rating, review count, hours, price level, category, description, and more. See the full features list.
Where MapsHarvest pulls ahead is data cleanliness. The export is one row per business, UTF-8 with BOM (Excel-ready), with no formatting work required. Cold callers report being able to drop the CSV straight into their dialer without any cleanup.
Ease of use
Outscraper has a capable UI but it's built for a general audience — developers, marketers, researchers — and the options can feel overwhelming if you just want a lead list.
MapsHarvest was designed from day one for cold callers and sales teams. The entire flow is: pick a category, pick your states, hit start, download CSV. There's no learning curve. The dashboard surfaces the controls you actually use — filters for rating, reviews, website presence, phone presence — and hides everything you don't need.
MapsHarvest also has checkpoint resume — if a large scrape is interrupted, you pick up exactly where you left off. Outscraper has no equivalent feature.
Feature comparison
| Feature | MapsHarvest | Outscraper |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ 50 free credits | Limited trial only |
| No credit card to start | ✓ Yes | ✗ Required |
| Data fields per lead | Up to 18 fields | Up to 21 fields |
| Live data (no database) | ✓ Always live | ✓ Live |
| All 50 US states | ✓ 30,000+ cities | ✓ Global coverage |
| No install / no extension | ✓ 100% browser | ✓ Web-based |
| Pricing model | Credits per lead (flat) | Pay-per-task + task credits |
| Starting price | $19/mo | $49/mo |
| Scheduled scrapes | ✓ Scale plan | ✓ Paid plans |
| REST API | ✓ Growth plan | ✓ Available |
| Webhook delivery | ✓ Growth plan | ✓ Available |
| Checkpoint resume | ✓ Built-in | ✗ No |
| Smart filters (rating/reviews) | ✓ Built-in UI | Partial |
| Built for cold callers | ✓ Core focus | General-purpose |
Final verdict
For Google Maps lead generation, MapsHarvest wins on every dimension that matters to a sales team: price, speed to first lead, US coverage automation, data cleanliness, and the checkpoint resume that saves hours on large scrapes.
Outscraper's only real advantage is international coverage and multi-source scraping (Yelp, TripAdvisor, etc.). If you need that, it's a reasonable tool. But if your goal is Google Maps lead lists for cold calling or sales outreach in the US, there's no reason to pay $49/month for Outscraper when MapsHarvest starts at $19/month, has a free plan, and was built specifically for your workflow. The 50 free credits mean you can verify the data quality yourself before spending anything.