Google Maps Reviews

Extract reviews from any Google Maps place with advanced filtering and analysis. Perfect for reputation monitoring, competitor analysis, and customer feedback insights.

🎯 Features

• Bulk Extraction: Process multiple places in one run
• Smart Filtering: Filter by rating, language, date
• Sort Options: Newest, highest, lowest, or most relevant
• Owner Replies: Capture business responses
• Rich Data: Full review text, author, ratings, likes
• Residential Proxies: Built-in anti-detection

⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is for research and analysis purposes only. Ensure compliance with Google's Terms of Service and local regulations when using this tool.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Google Maps place URLs
placeIds	array	Google Place IDs
maxReviews	integer	Max reviews per place (default: 100)
sortBy	string	Sort order: newest/highest/lowest/relevant
minRating	integer	Minimum rating filter (1-5)
maxRating	integer	Maximum rating filter (1-5)
includeReplies	boolean	Include owner responses

Example Input

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower" }
    ],
    "maxReviews": 200,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "minRating": 1,
    "includeReplies": true
}

📤 Output

Each review produces a data object:

{
    "reviewId": "ChZDSU...",
    "placeName": "Eiffel Tower",
    "placeRating": "4.7",
    "placeCategory": "Historical landmark",
    "placeAddress": "Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France",
    "placeUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
    "rating": 5,
    "text": "Amazing experience! The views are breathtaking...",
    "author": "John Smith",
    "publishedDate": "2 weeks ago",
    "likeCount": 15,
    "ownerReply": {
        "text": "Thank you for visiting!",
        "date": "1 week ago"
    },
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

🔄 Use Cases

1. Reputation Monitoring: Track your business reviews
2. Competitor Analysis: Analyze competitor feedback
3. Market Research: Understand customer sentiment
4. Review Alerts: Get notified of new reviews
5. Trend Analysis: Track rating changes over time

💡 Tips

• Use Place IDs for more reliable extraction
• Start with fewer reviews to test
• Residential proxies recommended for best results
• Allow longer timeouts for places with many reviews

🔧 Proxy Configuration

Residential proxies are required for Google Maps:

{
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

📊 Pricing

Suggested: $0.001 per review (pay-per-result model)

📈 Performance

• ~100 reviews per minute (depends on sorting and filtering)
• 5 concurrent browser sessions by default
• Auto-retry on temporary blocks

How to use Google Maps Reviews

1. Open Google Maps Reviews on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Fill in the input (the form is prefilled with a working example) and click Start.
3. Watch results appear in the Output tab, then download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.
4. Optional: save the input as a task and add a schedule to run it automatically, or connect it to your tools with integrations and webhooks.

Use Google Maps Reviews with AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client this Actor as a tool through the hosted Apify MCP server. The agent sees the input fields with descriptions and example values, runs the Actor, and reads the results.

MCP server URL (this Actor only):

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/google-maps-reviews

Claude Code:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/google-maps-reviews" --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and other clients (mcp.json or the client's MCP settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/google-maps-reviews",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Clients that support sign-in (such as Claude.ai connectors) can use the URL without a token and log in to Apify instead. Get your token in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations, or generate a ready config for your client at mcp.apify.com. In the agent the tool is named technicaldost--google-maps-reviews; ask it, for example, to "run Google Maps Reviews with {"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."}]}".

AI agents without an Apify account can also run and pay for this Actor per request with x402 agentic payments.

Run Google Maps Reviews via API

Run the Actor and get its results in one call (replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/technicaldost~google-maps-reviews/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."}]}'

Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("technicaldost/google-maps-reviews").call(run_input={"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."}]})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / TypeScript (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('technicaldost/google-maps-reviews').call({"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."}]});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Long runs: start them with POST /v2/acts/technicaldost~google-maps-reviews/runs and fetch the dataset when the run finishes, or receive a webhook.

Integrations

Google Maps Reviews works with Make, Zapier, n8n, LangChain, Google Sheets, Slack, GitHub and webhooks. Schedule runs in Apify Console and send new results straight to your apps, spreadsheets or AI pipelines.

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FAQ

Can I use Google Maps Reviews with AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Connect the Apify MCP server with ?tools=technicaldost/google-maps-reviews (see above) and the agent can run the Actor and read its results on its own.

Can I call Google Maps Reviews from my own code?

Yes. Use the REST API, or the official Python and JavaScript clients shown above. Results are available as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

How do I run it on a schedule?

Save your input as a task in Apify Console and add a schedule (for example, daily). Use webhooks or integrations to send each run's results onward.

Is it legal to use this Actor?

It works with publicly available data. Make sure your use complies with the source website's terms and with data protection laws such as GDPR, especially for personal data.

Something doesn't work or I need a feature. What should I do?

Open an issue in the Issues tab on this Actor's page with an example input, and we'll look into it.