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Local Falcon Alternative: Google Maps Rank Tracker & Local SEO

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Google Maps rank tracker, geo grid local rank tracker and local SEO MCP tool: a business's rank on Google Maps at each point of a 3x3 to 9x9 grid for up to 5 keywords: rank per point, top 3 competitors, average rank, share of voice. Local Falcon, BrightLocal alternative. Pay per point + start fee.

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from $6.00 / 1,000 grid point checkeds

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Typical uses

Local SEO agencies: monthly geo-grid reports for each client, at cost per point, scheduled and sent to a spreadsheet or a dashboard.
Business owners: see the streets where you disappear from the map pack, and who takes your place there.
Before / after: measure the effect of a Google Business Profile change, new reviews or a new category on the same grid.
Competitor research: the competitor ranked first at the most points, with its rating and review count.
AI agents (MCP): "how visible is this dentist in its neighbourhood?" answered with numbers.

Input

{
  "business": "Monmouth Coffee Company, Borough, London",
  "keywords": ["coffee shop", "espresso"],
  "gridSize": "5",
  "gridSpacingKm": "1",
  "country": "GB",
  "maxRank": 20
}

Field	Description
`business`	Name and city, Google Maps link, place ID (`ChIJ...`) or CID. Accepts the `placeId`, `cid` and `googleMapsUrl` of Google Maps Businesses. Found once at the start (free); if it is not found, the run stops and only the start fee is charged. With a name, the first of the top 3 results whose name matches the name you typed (before the first comma) is used; if none matches, the run stops for free and lists the candidates. A place ID is the surest.
`keywords`	1 to 5 keywords, without the city: each search is made from the grid point.
`gridSize`	3, 5 (default), 7 or 9 points per side.
`gridSpacingKm`	Distance between neighbouring points (default 1 km).
`centerLat`, `centerLng`	Optional grid centre (default: the business location).
`country`, `languageCode`	Country of the business and search language (default: the country's main language).
`maxRank`	How many results to read at each point (default 20, up to 100). The price per grid point does not depend on it.
`zoom`	Map zoom at each point (default 15). Keep it constant to compare runs.

What you get

One row per point and keyword (type: "grid-point", billed):

Field	Description
`keyword`, `row`, `col`	Keyword; grid position (row 0 = north, col 0 = west)
`latitude`, `longitude`, `distanceKm`	The point and its distance from the centre
`rank`	Position of the business on Google Maps at this point (1 = first), `null` when not in the first `maxRank` results
`inTop3`	Rank 1 to 3 (the local pack)
`top3`	The first 3 places at this point: rank, name, place ID, CID, rating, number of reviews, `isYourBusiness`
`resultsChecked`	Results read at this point
`businessName`, `businessPlaceId`, `businessCid`	The tracked business
`observedAt`	When the search was made (UTC)

Then one row per keyword (type: "keyword-summary", free): pointsTotal, pointsChecked (points searched and delivered), pointsFound, pointsInTop3, averageRankWhereFound, averageRankAllPoints (not ranked counted as maxRank + 1), shareOfLocalVoiceTop3Pct, foundPct, topCompetitor and rankGrid (ranks laid out as the grid, north row first).

The business is matched by its place ID or CID, never by name, so a branch of the same chain is not mistaken for it. Sponsored pins are not counted in the rank.

Pricing

Pay per event:

Grid point: $0.01 (free Apify plan), $0.008 (Bronze), $0.007 (Silver), $0.006 (Gold), per point and keyword where Google Maps returned places, whether the business ranks among them or not.
Actor start: $0.002 per run.

Free: the business lookup, the summary rows, a business not found (or a name that matches none of the first results: the run stops and lists them so you can pass the right place ID), points where Google Maps returned no place, and any point where it did not answer or answered something unreadable.

Grid points per keyword (add $0.002 per run for the Actor start):

Grid	Points per keyword	Free plan	Gold
3x3	9	$0.09	$0.054
5x5	25	$0.25	$0.15
7x7	49	$0.49	$0.294
9x9	81	$0.81	$0.486

Free Apify plan: nothing is looked up (each grid costs the data source several Google Maps searches): only the $0.002 run start fee is charged, and the run returns one free row per keyword saying so. The output example shows what a paid plan returns.

The run's maximum cost is respected. Before any search, the Actor keeps only the keywords whose full grid fits in it (skipped keywords are skipped whole, the budget never cuts a grid in half), and a maximum cost below one grid plus the $0.002 start stops the run before any search: for one keyword, set at least $0.252 for a 5x5 on the free plan or $0.056 for a 3x3 on Gold (exactly $0.25 or $0.054 is refused).

Points are searched from the centre of the grid outwards. A run can still end with part of a grid: when the data service fails or answers in a form the Actor cannot read, or when searches with no place at all cost more than the points the run charged (about 6 such searches before the first point with places: a grid that reaches out to sea, for example), the run stops. Points not searched are not charged; the run's warnings give their number and the summary shows pointsChecked below pointsTotal. On the free Apify plan, runs are limited to 1 keyword and a 3x3 grid.

Good to know

Rankings depend on the searcher's location, time and Google's tests: two runs a few minutes apart can differ by a place or two. Compare averages, not single points.
A point where Google Maps returns no place at all for the keyword gets a free row (rank: null, billed: false, with a note).
With 5 keywords on a 9x9 grid (405 searches) a run takes a few minutes.

Google Maps Businesses: all places for a search, with contacts.
Google Maps Reviews Scraper: reviews of the business and its competitors.

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