# Monitor your business and competitors (quick start)

**Use case:** 

Preconfigured quick-start: ready to run with one sample business already filled in. Replace the sample URL with your own Google Maps location (and add competitors) to start tracking rating changes, new reviews, and negative-review alerts.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4"
  ],
  "maxReviewsPerLocation": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "navigationTimeoutSecs": 45
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "label": {
    "label": "Label",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "role": {
    "label": "Role",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviewCount": {
    "label": "Review count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "ratingChanged": {
    "label": "Rating changed",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reviewCountDelta": {
    "label": "Review count delta",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "newReviewCount": {
    "label": "New review count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "newNegativeReviewCount": {
    "label": "New negative review count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source url",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Google Maps Reviews Monitor & Competitor Tracker Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor your business and competitors (quick start)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/WIBQmiVJY0U1gl3Mi) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor your business and competitors (quick start)" task

The Google Maps Reviews Monitor & Competitor Tracker Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like google maps urls — quick start, maximum recent reviews per location, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor your business and competitors (quick start)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as label, role, status, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor your business and competitors (quick start)" task via API](https://apify.com/aafholdings/google-maps-reputation-competitor-review-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Maps Reviews Monitor & Competitor Tracker](https://apify.com/aafholdings/google-maps-reputation-competitor-review-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/aafholdings/google-maps-reputation-competitor-review-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/aafholdings/google-maps-reputation-competitor-review-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).