Apify is a developer platform with hundreds of scraping Actors, including a Google Maps scraper. CazaLead is a finished product built for sales teams. If you don't want to learn what an Actor is to extract a lead list, this comparison is for you.
Both tools have their place. Here's when to pick which.
| Feature | CazaLead | Apify |
|---|---|---|
Free plan with real usable volume Apify's $5 free credits exhaust quickly on Google Maps extractions | partial | |
Built for sales/marketing teams (non-developers) | ||
Native Google Maps focus Apify's GMaps Actor is one of hundreds — not the product focus | partial | |
Email extraction included Email enrichment on Apify requires a separate Actor and additional credits | partial | |
No setup or configuration | ||
Predictable monthly cost Apify bills compute + Actor fees, hard to forecast | ||
Multi-source scraping platform | ||
Developer API + webhooks + schedules | partial | |
Custom scraper development | ||
CSV / Excel / JSON export |
Apify is a platform — its Google Maps scraper (compass/crawler-google-places) is one of hundreds of Actors built by the community and Apify itself. You pay platform fees for compute, plus the Actor's per-result fees. CazaLead is a single product built end-to-end for Google Maps lead extraction. There's no platform tax, no Actor selection, no credit math.
Apify's audience is developers and technical growth teams. The docs reference inputs, outputs, datasets, key-value stores, and webhooks. CazaLead's audience is sales reps, marketing managers, and agency staff. The UI is a search box and an export button.
Apify pricing combines a monthly platform fee ($49+ on paid plans) with per-result Actor charges that scale with volume. A large extraction can blow past your monthly credits and trigger overage. CazaLead's Pro plan is $59/month flat for 10,000 contacts — overage just means you upgrade tier, with no surprise per-run charges.
Apify's Google Maps Actor returns the standard Google Maps fields. Pulling verified emails typically means chaining a second Actor (email finder / contact crawler) and paying for that separately. CazaLead extracts emails as part of the standard flow on every plan, including the free tier.
If your team currently runs Apify's Google Maps Actor and nothing else, switching to CazaLead almost always saves money and setup time. Keep Apify if you're also scraping Instagram, Amazon, LinkedIn, or custom sites — the platform is genuinely powerful when you need that breadth. Many teams run both: Apify for everything-else, CazaLead for Google Maps.
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