# Ultimate Google Maps Reviews Scraper | Apify Actor (`yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor`)

Only $0.0025/review. Scrape Google Maps reviews with this Apify actor. Extract Google Maps business reviews using business URL including reviewer name, rating, text, photos, timestamps, and profile links. Perfect for lead generation, local SEO, review aggregation, and Google Maps data extraction.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor.md
- **Developed by:** [Yasir](https://apify.com/yasir-on-apify) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 75.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

# README

## Ultimate Google Maps Reviews Scraper | Apify Actor

<b>As low as $0.0025/review</b>

***

### Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [Key Features](#key-features)
- [Use Cases](#use-cases)
- [Input Parameters](#input-parameters)
- [Output Schema](#output-schema)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Pricing](#pricing)
- [FAQ](#faq)
- [Changelog](#changelog)

***

### Overview

The **Ultimate Google Maps Reviews Scraper** is a high-performance Apify actor built to **scrape Google Maps reviews** at scale. This **Google Maps reviews scraper** allows you to extract detailed review data from any business listing using just the Google Maps business URL. No Google Maps API key required. The actor automatically extracts the business ID from the provided URL before scraping.

Whether you're conducting competitor analysis, building review aggregation platforms, or enriching CRM with customer sentiment, this **Apify actor for Google Maps** delivers clean, structured data ready for analysis in CSV, JSON, or Excel.

> A powerful **Google Maps API alternative** for **scraping Google Maps reviews** efficiently and reliably.

***

### Key Features

| Feature | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **Up to 1,000 Reviews per Run** | Extract up to **1,000 Google Maps reviews** in a single run with smart pagination. |
| **No API Key Needed** | Bypasses Google Maps API limits and costs — perfect for bulk extraction. |
| **Full Review Data** | Get reviewer name, rating, text, photos, timestamps, profile links, and more. |
| **Flexible Sorting** | Sort by `Relevant`, `Newest`, `Highest`, or `Lowest` rated reviews. |
| **Country-Specific Scraping** | Filter reviews by country (e.g., `us`, `uk`, `ca`) for localized insights. |
| **CSV/JSON/Excel Export** | Download results directly from Apify dataset in your preferred format. |

***

### Use Cases

- **Competitor Analysis** – Compare review volume, sentiment, and ratings across competitors.
- **Reputation Management** – Monitor customer feedback in real time.
- **Lead Generation** – Identify high-intent reviewers (e.g., frequent posters with photos).
- **SEO & Local SEO** – Analyze review keywords, response rates, and star trends.
- **Market Research** – Build datasets for sentiment analysis, NLP, or review aggregation apps.
- **CRM Enrichment** – Append Google reviews to customer profiles.

***

### Input Parameters

| Field | Required | Type | Description | Example |
|------|--------|------|-------------|---------|
| `business_url` | Yes | String | Full Google Maps business URL | `https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj` |
| `country` | No | String | 2-letter country code | `us`, `gb`, `ca` |
| `limit` | No | Integer | Max reviews to extract (1–1000) | `1000` |
| `sort` | No | String | Sort order | `Relevant`, `Newest`, `Highest`, `Lowest` |

> Default `limit`: 20 | Default `sort`: `Relevant`

***

### Output Schema

Each review is saved as a flat JSON object in the Apify dataset:

| Field | Type | Description |
|------|------|-------------|
| `Business Name` | String | Name of the business |
| `Business ID` | String | Google Maps Place ID |
| `Reviewer Name` | String | Name of the reviewer |
| `Review Text` | String | Full review content |
| `Business Response` | String / null | Owner reply (if any) |
| `Review Rating` | Number / null | 1–5 star rating |
| `Review Photos` | Array\[String] | List of photo URLs |
| `Review Time` | String / null | Human-readable time (e.g., "a week ago") |
| `Review ISO Time` | String / null | ISO timestamp of review |
| `Review Edit ISO Time` | String / null | Last edit time |
| `Review Link` | String / null | Direct link to the review |
| `Review ID` | String / null | Unique review identifier |
| `Reviewer Avatar` | String / null | Profile picture URL |
| `Reviewer Profile Link` | String / null | Google contributor profile |
| `Reviewer Total Reviews` | Integer | Total reviews by user |
| `Reviewer Total Photos` | Integer | Total photos uploaded by user |

***

### Examples

#### Example Input (JSON)

```json
{
  "business_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj",
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 1000,
  "sort": "Newest"
}
```

#### Example Output (One Review)

```json
{
  "Business Name": "Waldorf Astoria New York",
  "Business ID": "0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e",
  "Reviewer Name": "Evelyn Tee",
  "Review Text": "Overall, an amazing stay at a truly beautiful hotel with so many wonderful people working there. I’m already looking forward to coming back! 5/5!",
  "Business Response": "Waldorf Astoria New York Team",
  "Review Rating": 5,
  "Review Photos": [
    "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/geougc-cs/..."
  ],
  "Review Time": "6 days ago",
  "Review ISO Time": "2025-10-24 16:22:45",
  "Review Edit ISO Time": "2025-10-24 16:22:45",
  "Review Link": "https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2pGcGFXNWhVVUZYWWtONldIRlBNbE51TFRsbU1rRRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOjFpaW5hUUFXYkN6WHFPMlNuLTlmMkE%7C0cyuUKSDtwG%7C?hl=en",
  "Review ID": "Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2pGcGFXNWhVVUZYWWtONldIRlBNbE51TFRsbU1rRRAB",
  "Reviewer Avatar": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJJAaOLuRFgRv_kjv8RCXOZJ7LjwWDrbeVB1bXwnNuELCX5-g=s120-c-rp-mo-ba3-br100",
  "Reviewer Profile Link": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103597046312010231760?hl=en",
  "Reviewer Total Reviews": 20,
  "Reviewer Total Photos": 15
}
```

***

### Pricing

- **Free Tier**: $0.005/review (ideal for testing).
- **Paid Plans**: $0.0025/review.

> Visit [Apify Platform](https://apify.com) to view full pricing and upgrade.

***

### FAQ

#### How do I find the Google Maps business URL?

1. Open the business on [Google Maps](https://maps.google.com).
2. Copy the full page URL from your browser’s address bar.
   `https://www.google.com/maps/place/.../@...,**!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e**,...`

#### Can I scrape Google Maps reviews without an API key?

Yes! This **Google Maps reviews scraper** uses backend scraping technology. No Google API key needed.

#### What’s the difference between this and the Google Places API?

| Feature | This Actor | Google Places API |
|-------|------------|-------------------|
| Cost | Pay per result | Pay per call |
| Rate Limits | High (1,000/run) | 1,000/day (free) |
| Setup | No code | Requires API key |
| Review Photos | Yes | Limited |

#### Can I export Google Maps reviews to CSV?

Yes — download directly from the Apify dataset in **CSV, JSON, or Excel**.

#### Is bulk scraping of Google Maps reviews allowed?

This tool is for **publicly available data only**. Use responsibly and comply with Google’s Terms of Service.

***

### Changelog

| Version | Date | Changes |
|-------|------|---------|
| `1.0` | Nov 2025 | Initial release: 1,000 review limit, full schema, CSV export |
| `0.9` | Oct 2025 | Added pagination, country filter, sort options |
| `0.5` | Sep 2025 | Beta launch with 200 review limit |

***

**Start scraping Google Maps reviews today** no coding, no API keys, just results.\
[Run on Apify →](https://apify.com)

# Actor input Schema

## `maps_url` (type: `string`):

Full Google Maps business URL (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/place/.../data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e...)

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional 2-letter country code (e.g. us, gb)

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum reviews per run (1-1000). Default = 20.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sorting of reviews

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj",
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 20,
  "sort": "Relevant"
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj",
    "country": "us"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj",
    "country": "us",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor").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 '{
  "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Waldorf+Astoria+New+York/@40.695987,-74.6026822,10z/data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d40.7564821!4d-73.9734562!16zL20vMDJneXpj",
  "country": "us"
}' |
apify call yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=yasir-on-apify/ultimate-google-maps-reviews-scraper-apify-actor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Ultimate Google Maps Reviews Scraper | Apify Actor",
        "description": "Only $0.0025/review. Scrape Google Maps reviews with this Apify actor. Extract Google Maps business reviews using business URL including reviewer name, rating, text, photos, timestamps, and profile links. Perfect for lead generation, local SEO, review aggregation, and Google Maps data extraction.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "SbRFh3Ncs3gGcbfQu"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
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                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                            "schema": {
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                        "name": "token",
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                        "schema": {
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                    }
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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            }
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                "tags": [
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                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
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                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                "responses": {
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    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "maps_url"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "maps_url": {
                        "title": "Google Maps URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Full Google Maps business URL (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/place/.../data=!3m1!5s0x89c258fce483579d:0x2d04dcb1e8a8aedd!4m12!1m2!2m1!1sHotels!3m8!1s0x89c258fc55ba384f:0x7ebcd3b680ebd80e...)"
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "Country Code",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional 2-letter country code (e.g. us, gb)"
                    },
                    "limit": {
                        "title": "Number of Reviews to Fetch",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum reviews per run (1-1000). Default = 20.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "sort": {
                        "title": "Sort Order",
                        "enum": [
                            "Relevant",
                            "Newest",
                            "Lowest",
                            "Highest"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Sorting of reviews",
                        "default": "Relevant"
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
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                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
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                                        "type": "string",
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                                    "timeoutSecs": {
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                                        "example": 300
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                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                        "type": "integer",
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "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
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                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                            "usageTotalUsd": {
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                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
