# G2 Reviews Scraper - No Proxy Needed (`zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper`) Actor Extract G2 reviews, ratings, and product data via G2's public Elasticsearch API. No browser, no proxy, no Kasada issues. 29 fields per review including NPS, sentiment, and switching data. 3 modes: reviews, product search, category browse. $5/1K reviews. - **URL**: https://apify.com/zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Sami](https://apify.com/zhorex) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, SEO tools, Automation - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 review scrapeds 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 ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## G2 Reviews Scraper - No Proxy Needed While other G2 scrapers fight Kasada WAF and fail (average store rating: 1.4 stars), this actor connects directly to G2's public Elasticsearch API. No browser, no proxy, no blocking. ### Key Features - **No proxy needed** — G2's Elasticsearch API is publicly accessible at `search.g2.com` - **No browser needed** — pure HTTP requests, runs on 256MB RAM - **29+ fields per review** — including NPS, sentiment themes, switching data, regional info - **3 modes** — extract reviews, search products, or browse categories - **Batch processing** — scrape multiple products in a single run - **`search_after` pagination** — handles products with 50,000+ reviews (no 10K offset limit) - **Pay per result** — only pay for data you actually get ### Why This Works When Others Don't G2.com uses **Kasada WAF** on their frontend (`www.g2.com`), which blocks virtually all browser-based scrapers. However, G2 exposes a **public Elasticsearch cluster** at `search.g2.com` with a `readonly` user that requires no authentication. This actor queries that API directly — no browser rendering, no JavaScript execution, no anti-bot detection to bypass. ### Pricing | Event | Price | |-------|-------| | Per review extracted | $0.005 | | Per product found | $0.01 | **Up to 50% cheaper than alternatives** — and with a near-100% success rate. ### Comparison | Feature | This Actor | Browser-Based Scrapers | |---------|-----------|----------------------| | Proxy needed | **No** | Yes (residential) | | Browser needed | **No** | Yes (Playwright/Puppeteer) | | RAM required | **256 MB** | 2-4 GB | | Price per review | **$0.005** | $0.0065-0.01 | | Success rate | **~99%** | ~30-50% | | Kasada blocked | **No** | Yes | | Max reviews/product | **50,000** | ~100-500 | ### Input Examples #### Mode: Reviews (default) Extract reviews from specific G2 products: ```json { "mode": "reviews", "productUrls": [ "https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews", "https://www.g2.com/products/slack", "notion" ], "maxReviews": 500, "minRating": 3, "language": "en" } ```` #### Mode: Product Search Search for products by keyword: ```json { "mode": "product_search", "searchQuery": "project management", "maxProducts": 50 } ``` #### Mode: Category Browse List all products in a G2 category: ```json { "mode": "category_browse", "categoryUrl": "project-management", "maxProducts": 100 } ``` ### Output Example — Review ```json { "productSlug": "clickup", "productName": "ClickUp", "reviewId": "review-12599203", "reviewUrl": "https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/clickup-review-12599203", "rating": 4.0, "title": "Effortless Sprint Management, User-Friendly Interface", "reviewText": "I find ClickUp very user-friendly and easy to use...", "reviewDate": "2026-04-08", "reviewerName": "Shivam K.", "reviewerCountry": "India", "reviewerRegion": "Asia", "reviewerPrimaryRegion": "Asia Pacific", "reviewerSegment": "small-business", "npsScore": 4, "npsRaw": 8.0, "easeOfUseRating": null, "qualityOfSupportRating": null, "easeOfSetupRating": null, "meetsRequirementsRating": null, "easeOfAdminRating": null, "easeOfDoingBusinessWithRating": null, "directionRating": null, "sentimentThemes": null, "loveTheme": null, "hateTheme": null, "switchedFromOtherProduct": "no", "switchedFromProductIds": null, "switchedReason": null, "switchingThemes": null, "likelihoodToRecommend": 8.0, "isVerifiedUser": true, "isIncentivizedReview": true, "reviewSource": "g2", "sourceType": "organic", "companySegmentCode": 179, "industry": null, "helpful": 0, "responseType": "text", "published": true, "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T03:05:01.013-05:00", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T15:00:00.000000+00:00" } ``` ### Output Example — Product ```json { "productSlug": "clickup", "productName": "ClickUp", "productUrl": "https://www.g2.com/products/clickup", "productWebsite": "clickup.com", "averageRating": 4.66, "starRating": 5, "totalReviews": 11137, "category": "Project and Portfolio Management", "allCategories": ["Project Management", "Task Management", "Work Management"], "description": "ClickUp is one app to replace them all...", "vendorName": "ClickUp", "uuid": "432a896c-e0d7-467f-a8e9-148f85044553", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T15:00:00.000000+00:00" } ``` ### FAQ **Does this need a proxy?** No. The Elasticsearch API at `search.g2.com` is publicly accessible without authentication or IP restrictions. **Why do other G2 scrapers fail?** They scrape G2's frontend (`www.g2.com`) which uses Kasada WAF — one of the most aggressive anti-bot systems. This actor bypasses the frontend entirely by querying the backend API directly. **Can I get reviewer email or full company name?** No. The API only exposes the reviewer's display name, country, region, and company segment code (small-business, mid-market, enterprise). **What's the max reviews per product?** 50,000 per run. The actor uses Elasticsearch's `search_after` cursor pagination, which has no offset limit. **How fresh is the data?** Reviews appear in the API within hours of being published on G2. The data is live, not cached. **What if the API stops working?** If G2 changes their Elasticsearch configuration, the actor will log a clear error message. No fallback to browser scraping — the API approach is the entire value proposition. ### Other Scrapers by Zhorex - [Telegram Channel Scraper](https://apify.com/zhorex/telegram-channel-scraper) — Extract messages, media, and metadata from Telegram channels - [RedNote Xiaohongshu Scraper All-in-One](https://apify.com/zhorex/rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper) — Scrape posts, comments, and user profiles from RedNote - [Domain Authority Checker](https://apify.com/zhorex/domain-authority-checker) — Bulk check DA/PA for SEO analysis - [Phone Number Validator](https://apify.com/zhorex/phone-number-validator) — Validate and format phone numbers worldwide ### Legal Disclaimer This actor accesses G2's publicly available API endpoints. No authentication is bypassed, no login credentials are used, and no terms of service are circumvented. The `search.g2.com` Elasticsearch cluster is exposed with a `readonly` user that requires no credentials. This actor sends standard HTTP requests to that public endpoint. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Select what to extract from G2. ## `productUrls` (type: `array`): List of G2 product URLs or slugs to scrape reviews from. Accepts full URLs (https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews) or just the slug (clickup). Required for 'reviews' mode. ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Keyword to search for products on G2. Required for 'product\_search' mode. ## `categoryUrl` (type: `string`): G2 category URL or name to browse products. Required for 'category\_browse' mode. ## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of reviews to extract per product. Set to 0 for unlimited (up to 50,000). ## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of products to return in product\_search or category\_browse modes. ## `minRating` (type: `integer`): Filter reviews by minimum star rating (1-5 scale mapped from G2's 1-10 scale). Leave empty for all ratings. ## `language` (type: `string`): Filter reviews by language availability. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "reviews", "productUrls": [ "https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews" ], "searchQuery": "project management", "categoryUrl": "project-management", "maxReviews": 100, "maxProducts": 50, "language": "en" } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "reviews", "productUrls": [ "https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews" ], "searchQuery": "project management", "categoryUrl": "project-management", "maxReviews": 100, "maxProducts": 50, "language": "en" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "reviews", "productUrls": ["https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews"], "searchQuery": "project management", "categoryUrl": "project-management", "maxReviews": 100, "maxProducts": 50, "language": "en", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper").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 '{ "mode": "reviews", "productUrls": [ "https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews" ], "searchQuery": "project management", "categoryUrl": "project-management", "maxReviews": 100, "maxProducts": 50, "language": "en" }' | apify call zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=zhorex/g2-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "G2 Reviews Scraper - No Proxy Needed", "description": "Extract G2 reviews, ratings, and product data via G2's public Elasticsearch API. No browser, no proxy, no Kasada issues. 29 fields per review including NPS, sentiment, and switching data. 3 modes: reviews, product search, category browse. $5/1K reviews.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "3eHiXuravwBOKjSZj" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/zhorex~g2-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-zhorex-g2-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/zhorex~g2-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-zhorex-g2-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/zhorex~g2-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-zhorex-g2-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Scraping Mode", "enum": [ "reviews", "product_search", "category_browse" ], "type": "string", "description": "Select what to extract from G2.", "default": "reviews" }, "productUrls": { "title": "Product URLs or Slugs", "type": "array", "description": "List of G2 product URLs or slugs to scrape reviews from. Accepts full URLs (https://www.g2.com/products/clickup/reviews) or just the slug (clickup). Required for 'reviews' mode.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to search for products on G2. Required for 'product_search' mode." }, "categoryUrl": { "title": "Category URL or Name", "type": "string", "description": "G2 category URL or name to browse products. Required for 'category_browse' mode." }, "maxReviews": { "title": "Max Reviews Per Product", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of reviews to extract per product. Set to 0 for unlimited (up to 50,000).", "default": 100 }, "maxProducts": { "title": "Max Products", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of products to return in product_search or category_browse modes.", "default": 50 }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum Star Rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Filter reviews by minimum star rating (1-5 scale mapped from G2's 1-10 scale). Leave empty for all ratings." }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Filter reviews by language availability.", "default": "en" } } }, "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 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "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 }, "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 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "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": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```