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Honest comparison · April 2026 pricing

Same data sources,
~½ the price.

We pull the same public Google Maps data the official API does — but without the 5-review cap, without the SDK setup, without the surprise quota bill.

Google Maps Platform

$0.017 / row
Places API · "Atmosphere" SKU
  • Authoritative source, fast
  • $200 free credit / month
  • 5-review cap per place
  • Setup: API key + SDK + quotas
  • No CSV export · raw JSON only
  • No scheduler · build your own cron
  • No Sheets / Slack / CRM webhook
  • No SERP, no email, no enrichment

Livescraper

$0.005 / row
Pay-as-you-go · volume discounts at 10k+
  • Same public source · just calmer
  • 500 free rows / month, forever
  • Every review · no cap, ever
  • Setup: 30 seconds, no SDK
  • CSV · JSON · Excel · Sheets
  • Schedule weekly / monthly built-in
  • Slack · HubSpot · webhooks · S3
  • + SERP · Email · B2B · Validation
A real example

Pulling 1,000 places
with reviews — by hand.

Google Maps Platform

  • 1,000 places × $0.017 = $17.00
  • Reviews per place = capped at 5 → only 5,000 review rows possible
  • To get all reviews: use Place Details + reviews_more (no SDK) — basically impossible
  • Schedule weekly: build a Cloud Scheduler + Cloud Run + Pub/Sub pipeline
  • Set up time: 1-3 engineering days
  • Total spent: 17 dollars in metered API + 1-3 days of engineer time at ~$800/day

Livescraper

  • 1,000 places × $0.005 = $5.00
  • Reviews per place = unlimited → typical 80-200 per place
  • To get all reviews: tick "include reviews" → done
  • Schedule weekly: pick "Weekly" from dropdown → save
  • Set up time: 30 seconds
  • Total spent: 5 dollars · 30 seconds of your time

Run it yourself —
500 rows free.

No credit card. No SDK install. No quota dashboard. Just type a query and click run.

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