Google Workspace Marketplace Category Tracker

Track ranked apps across every Google Workspace Marketplace category, run keyword searches, look up specific apps, and pull their public reviews — without a Google account, API key or proxy.

The actor reads the same public pages and embedded JSON the marketplace serves to a browser. Listings are capped at 100 apps per request, so the actor automatically unions Google's own rating, pricing and "works with" slices to reach deeper into a category when you ask for more rows.

What it does

• Category tracking — 27 categories and curated lists (Most Popular, Top Rated, Featured Partner Apps, Business Tools, Productivity, Education, Connectors and every subcategory), with site rank preserved for the default slice.
• Keyword search — one or more queries, ranked separately and deduplicated.
• App lookup — pass numeric IDs or full marketplace URLs and get the complete public listing.
• Reviews — paginated review rows (10 at a time) with rating, text, date, helpful votes and reviewer name; filter by star range and date, sort by helpful or newest.
• Real filters — works-with host, pricing model, minimum rating, review count, installs and developer substring.
• Extra detail — exact OAuth scopes, sensitive-access flags and the independent security-verification badge for each app.
• Deep listings — when maxItems exceeds what the default page returns, the actor fetches additional rating/pricing/host slices and deduplicates by app ID.
• Omit-empty output — a field the marketplace does not publish is left out of that record, never null or a placeholder.

Modes

Mode	What it returns	Required input
category (default)	Ranked apps from one or more categories or curated lists	categories (defaults to popular-apps)
search	Ranked apps for one or more keyword queries	searchQueries
appDetails	Full records for specific apps	appIds
reviews	Review rows only	appIds

Add includeReviews to category, search or appDetails to emit app rows and review rows in the same run.

Input options

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	category	What to scrape
categories	multi-select	["popular-apps"]	Category/curated-list slugs (mode=category)
searchQueries	string list	—	Keywords (mode=search)
appIds	string list	—	Numeric IDs or marketplace URLs (appDetails/reviews)
worksWith	select	any	Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Classroom, Gemini, Studio
pricing	select	any	Free, Free trial, Freemium, Paid
minRating	number	0	Keep apps rated at least this (0–5)
minReviews	integer	0	Keep apps with at least this many ratings
minInstalls	integer	0	Keep apps with at least this many exact installs
developerFilter	text	—	Keep apps whose developer name or website contains this text
includeDetails	boolean	false	Add OAuth scopes, sensitive-access flags and security badge
includeReviews	boolean	false	Emit review rows for matched apps
sortBy	select	helpful	helpful or recent
minReviewRating	integer	1	Lowest review star rating to keep
maxReviewRating	integer	5	Highest review star rating to keep
reviewsSince	text	—	ISO date, e.g. 2026-01-01
maxReviewsPerApp	integer	50	Review cap per app
includeCategoryMembership	boolean	false	Scan all 27 listings to fill each app's categories
maxItems	integer	100	Max app rows (max review rows in reviews mode)

Output fields

App rows (recordType: "workspace_app")

Field	Description
rankInCategory	1-based rank in the category's default listing (omitted for apps only found in later slices)
rankInResults	1-based rank in the keyword search default listing
category / categories	Selected category and (when resolved) the app's category memberships
searchQuery / searchQueries	Keyword that matched the app
appId, slug, name	Identity
shortDescription, longDescription	Listing descriptions
developer, developerWebsite	Publisher
rating, reviewCount	Average stars and rating count
installCount, installsLabel	Exact installs (e.g. 97456341) and the public band (e.g. 97M+)
pricingModel	Free, Free trial, Freemium or Paid (omitted when the listing does not state pricing)
worksWith	Google apps the listing works with
lastUpdated	Listing update date (YYYY-MM-DD)
iconUrl, bannerUrl, screenshots	Public image URLs
supportUrl, privacyPolicyUrl, termsOfServiceUrl	Links published on the listing
appUrl, sourceUrl	Canonical marketplace app page
securityVerified	true when the independent security-verification badge is shown
oauthScopes, oauthScopeCount, sensitiveAccess	Requested OAuth scopes and flags such as gmailFullAccess
recordType, scrapedAt	Row metadata

Review rows (recordType: "workspace_review")

reviewId, appId, appName, appUrl, reviewerName, reviewerAvatarUrl, rating, reviewText, reviewDate, helpfulCount, sourceUrl, scrapedAt.

Example inputs

Track the top 50 apps in a category, including OAuth permissions:

{
  "mode": "category",
  "categories": ["business-tools/sales-and-crm"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": true
}

Deep-scan productivity with a filter, plus reviews:

{
  "mode": "category",
  "categories": ["productivity"],
  "worksWith": "sheets",
  "minRating": 4,
  "maxItems": 250,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "sortBy": "recent",
  "maxReviewRating": 2,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20
}

Look up apps by URL or ID:

{
  "mode": "appDetails",
  "appIds": [
    "https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/lucidchart/7081045131",
    "1014160490159"
  ],
  "includeDetails": true
}

Pull 100 newest reviews for one app:

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["7081045131"],
  "sortBy": "recent",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example output

{
  "recordType": "workspace_app",
  "rankInCategory": 1,
  "category": "productivity",
  "categories": ["productivity"],
  "appId": "1014160490159",
  "slug": "colaboratory",
  "name": "Colaboratory",
  "shortDescription": "This allows Google Colaboratory to open and create files in Google Drive.",
  "developer": "Colaboratory team",
  "developerWebsite": "https://colab.research.google.com",
  "rating": 4.68,
  "reviewCount": 3824,
  "installCount": 97456341,
  "installsLabel": "97M+",
  "worksWith": ["Drive"],
  "lastUpdated": "2025-08-25",
  "iconUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bY20qlnjiFpsT_MtcuOGIAZ70lsnGe00yNVFF4hWT3QCz0-r7Rk",
  "appUrl": "https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/colaboratory/1014160490159",
  "sourceUrl": "https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/colaboratory/1014160490159",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Do I need a Google account, API key or proxy? No. Every field comes from public marketplace pages and their embedded JSON. The actor makes direct HTTP requests and needs no credentials.

How do I get more than 100 apps from one category? The marketplace returns at most 100 apps per request. The actor works around this by fetching the category through Google's own rating, pricing and works-with slices and merging the results. Set maxItems above 100 to enable the extra slices. Very broad categories can still be deeper than the slice union; split them by subcategory or add a works-with filter for full coverage of a narrower slice.

Why is rankInCategory missing on some rows? Rank comes from the category's default (unsliced) page. Apps that only appear in a later slice have no position on that page, so the field is omitted rather than invented.

Why do some apps have no pricingModel? Some listings do not state pricing. That row simply omits the field instead of guessing "Free".

How many reviews can I get? The actor pages through the marketplace's review endpoint 10 at a time, up to maxReviewsPerApp (maximum 2,000). The marketplace may report slightly different totals between calls, so reviews are deduplicated by review ID and the actor stops when a page adds nothing new.

Can I get developer replies to reviews? No. The public review payload does not contain developer replies, so the actor does not invent them.

What does includeCategoryMembership do? The marketplace does not expose an app's category list on its app page. That option scans all 27 category listings and records which ones include the app. Because each listing shows at most 100 apps, membership is limited to those listing pages.

What are sensitiveAccess flags? They summarise OAuth scopes: gmailFullAccess, driveFullAccess, calendarFullAccess, contacts and adminDirectory. Use them to audit what an add-on can access before installing it.

Can I monitor changes between runs? Export the dataset on a schedule and compare snapshots. This actor returns current data; it does not store state.

Limitations

• Each marketplace listing request is capped at 100 apps. Deep listing coverage is best-effort through Google's rating, pricing and works-with slices.
• Google ignores the Gemini and Studio host filters on listing URLs; those works-with values are applied to the rows the actor already fetched.
• Category membership is limited to the top-100 page of each category.
• Review totals reported by the marketplace fluctuate; review pagination stops at the reported total or when three consecutive pages add nothing new.
• Developer replies, emails, phone numbers and trader addresses are not published in the listing payload and are not fabricated.

Data source

Public pages under workspace.google.com/marketplace: category and curated-list pages, search results, app detail pages, and the marketplace's own review endpoint. This actor is independent and not affiliated with Google.