Google Workspace Marketplace Category Tracker

Monitor app rankings and metadata across all 26 categories of the Google Workspace Marketplace. Each run returns apps sorted by their rank position within the chosen category, with rating, review count, pricing model, and direct URLs — perfect for competitive research, market mapping, and daily rank monitoring.

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What data you get

Field	Type	Description
rankInCategory	integer	1-based position in the category listing
appId	string	Unique numeric app ID
name	string	App display name
developer	string	Developer / company name
rating	float	Average star rating (0.0–5.0)
reviewCount	integer	Total number of ratings
pricingModel	string	Free, Paid, or Freemium
categories	array	Category slugs the app belongs to
shortDescription	string	One-line description
appUrl	string	Direct URL to the app listing
iconUrl	string	App icon image URL
category	string	Category slug used in this run
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp

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Input options

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
category	select	Yes	popular-apps	Category slug to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	50	Max apps to return (1–200)

Available categories

Slug	Label
popular-apps	Most Popular
top-rated	Top Rated
featured-partner-apps	Featured Partner Apps
recommended	Recommended for Google Workspace
work-from-everywhere	Work from Everywhere
business-essentials	Business Essentials
apps-to-discover	Apps to Discover
google-apps	Built by Google
business-tools	Business Tools (all)
business-tools/accounting-and-finance	Business Tools — Accounting & Finance
business-tools/administration-and-management	Business Tools — Administration & Management
business-tools/erp-and-logistics	Business Tools — ERP & Logistics
business-tools/hr-and-legal	Business Tools — HR & Legal
business-tools/marketing-and-analytics	Business Tools — Marketing & Analytics
business-tools/sales-and-crm	Business Tools — Sales & CRM
productivity	Productivity (all)
productivity/creative-tools	Productivity — Creative Tools
productivity/web-development	Productivity — Web Development
productivity/office-applications	Productivity — Office Applications
productivity/task-management	Productivity — Task Management
education	Education (all)
education/academic-resources	Education — Academic Resources
education/teacher-and-admin-tools	Education — Teacher & Admin Tools
communication	Communication
utilities	Utilities
enterprise-apps	Enterprise / Admin Managed

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Example output record

{
  "rankInCategory": 1,
  "appId": "1008170693301",
  "name": "Mailmeteor - Mail merge for Gmail",
  "developer": "Mailmeteor",
  "rating": 4.92,
  "reviewCount": 11695,
  "pricingModel": "Free",
  "categories": ["productivity/creative-tools", "productivity/web-development"],
  "shortDescription": "Send hundreds of personalized emails with your Gmail.",
  "appUrl": "https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/mailmeteor_mail_merge_for_gmail/1008170693301",
  "iconUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QAmS5hDnm1HmpWO8ymEr18vEtLjpzG9hYRkJ0nQUkCaxxGj0tcxA",
  "category": "top-rated",
  "recordType": "workspace_app",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00"
}

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Use cases

• Competitive intelligence — track where your app ranks across all relevant categories week over week.
• Market research — identify top-rated apps in a niche before building your own.
• Partner discovery — find integration partners across business tool categories.
• Price benchmarking — compare free vs paid app distribution in a target category.
• Rank monitoring — run daily with maxItems: 50 and compare datasets over time.

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FAQ

How often should I run this? For rank tracking, daily runs are ideal. Use Apify's scheduler and the dataset comparison features to detect rank changes.

Does it require a Google account or API key? No. The scraper uses the public marketplace website and requires no authentication or credentials.

How many apps does each category page have? Categories typically list 25–100 apps. Setting maxItems higher than the actual count returns all available apps.

Why do some records not have a reviewCount or rating? Very new apps may have 0 ratings. Those fields are omitted when no data is available (never set to null).

What is pricingModel? Three values: Free (no cost), Paid (requires payment), Freemium (free tier with paid features). Determined from the marketplace listing metadata.

Can I track subcategories like business-tools/accounting-and-finance? Yes — all 26 category slugs including subcategories are available in the category dropdown.