# G2.com Scraper (`crawlerbros/g2-scraper`) Actor Scrape G2.com software reviews, product details, and competitor data. Reviews via RSS (instant, no proxy). Product info and competitors via anti-detect browser. - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/g2-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Other, Developer tools, E-commerce - **Stats:** 0 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 17 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## G2.com Scraper Scrape software product reviews, product details, and competitor data from G2.com — the leading B2B software review platform. ### What does it do? This scraper extracts data from G2.com in three modes: - **Product Reviews** — Extract review text, ratings, pros/cons, reviewer info (via RSS, no proxy needed) - **Product Info** — Get product name, overall rating, review count, category, pricing, and image - **Product Competitors** — Find competitor products with their ratings and review counts ### Features - 3 scraping modes: reviews, product info, competitors - Reviews via RSS feed — instant, no proxy, up to 125 reviews per product - Product info and competitors via anti-detect browser with residential proxy - Star rating filter (each star level returns different reviews) - Zero null output fields - Multiple products per run ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | action | select | No | product_reviews | Mode: Product Reviews, Product Info, or Product Competitors | | startUrls | array | Yes | — | G2.com product URLs | | maxItems | integer | No | 50 | Maximum items to scrape | | proxyConfiguration | object | No | Residential | Proxy (only needed for product_info and product_competitors) | #### Supported URL formats - `https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews` — product reviews page - `https://www.g2.com/products/notion` — product page - `https://www.g2.com/products/slack/competitors/alternatives` — competitors page Any URL with `/products/` in the path works — the scraper extracts the product slug automatically. ### Output #### Product Reviews mode | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | reviewId | string | Unique G2 review ID | | productName | string | Software product name | | productUrl | string | G2 product URL | | reviewTitle | string | Review headline | | reviewUrl | string | Direct link to review | | rating | number | Star rating (1-5) | | authorName | string | Reviewer name | | authorRole | string | Reviewer role (User, Admin, etc.) | | companySize | string | Company size segment | | publishDate | string | Review date | | pros | string | What the reviewer liked | | cons | string | What the reviewer disliked | | useCase | string | Problems the product solves | | scrapedAt | string | Extraction timestamp | #### Product Info mode | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | productName | string | Product name | | description | string | Product description | | rating | number | Average rating (0-5) | | reviewCount | integer | Total review count | | category | string | Product category | | imageUrl | string | Product image URL | | pricing | array | Pricing plans | | url | string | Product URL | | scrapedAt | string | Extraction timestamp | #### Product Competitors mode | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | competitorName | string | Competitor product name | | competitorSlug | string | URL slug | | competitorUrl | string | G2 product URL | | rating | number | Average rating | | reviewCount | integer | Number of reviews | | description | string | Short description | | sourceProduct | string | Source product slug | | scrapedAt | string | Extraction timestamp | ### How it works - **Reviews**: Uses G2's public RSS feed (`/products/{slug}/reviews.rss`) which bypasses Cloudflare entirely. Fetches 5 star-filtered feeds (1-5 stars) for up to 125 unique reviews per product. - **Product Info & Competitors**: Uses Camoufox (anti-detect Firefox) with residential proxy to bypass Cloudflare. May need 2-3 attempts due to intermittent blocking. ### Cost - **Reviews mode**: Very cheap — no proxy used, 256MB memory, completes in seconds - **Product Info / Competitors**: Requires residential proxy and 4096MB memory for browser ### FAQ **Does it require a G2 account?** No. All data is publicly accessible. **Does it need proxy?** Reviews mode: No. Product Info and Competitors modes: Yes (residential proxy required for Cloudflare bypass). **How many reviews can I get per product?** Up to 125 unique reviews (25 per star level x 5 star levels). **Is it 100% reliable?** Reviews mode: Yes, 100% reliable via RSS. Product Info / Competitors: ~80% per attempt, typically succeeds within 2-3 attempts. # Actor input Schema ## `action` (type: `string`): What to scrape from G2.com. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): G2.com product page URLs (e.g., https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews). Any G2 product URL with /products/ in the path will work. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum items to scrape. For reviews: up to 125 per product (25 per star level). For competitors: all available. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Residential proxy needed for product_info and product_competitors modes (Cloudflare protected). Not needed for product_reviews (uses RSS feed). ## Actor input object example ```json { "action": "product_reviews", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews" } ], "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "action": "product_reviews", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews" } ], "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/g2-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "action": "product_reviews", "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews" }], "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/g2-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "action": "product_reviews", "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews" } ], "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call crawlerbros/g2-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/g2-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "G2.com Scraper", "description": "Scrape G2.com software reviews, product details, and competitor data. Reviews via RSS (instant, no proxy). Product info and competitors via anti-detect browser.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "BYCptc3s6OIpik99L" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~g2-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-g2-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~g2-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-g2-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~g2-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-g2-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "action": { "title": "Action", "enum": [ "product_reviews", "product_info", "product_competitors" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to scrape from G2.com.", "default": "product_reviews" }, "startUrls": { "title": "Product URLs", "type": "array", "description": "G2.com product page URLs (e.g., https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews). Any G2 product URL with /products/ in the path will work.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "description": "G2 product URL" } } } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum items to scrape. For reviews: up to 125 per product (25 per star level). For competitors: all available.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Residential proxy needed for product_info and product_competitors modes (Cloudflare protected). Not needed for product_reviews (uses RSS feed)." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```