How to Scrape Google Maps Business Data Without Paying for Google API

Ever tried to get business data from Google Maps? The official Google Places API costs $17 per 1,000 requests and requires billing setup. There's a better way. The Google Maps Scraper API lets you extract business listings, phone numbers, addresses, ratings, and reviews with a single API call — and it has a free tier. Quick Start curl -X GET "https://google-maps-scraper12.p.rapidapi.com/google-maps-scraper/search?query=pizza+near+new+york&limit=10" \ -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: google-maps-scraper12.p.rapidapi.com" Response: { "results" : [ { "name" : "Joe's Pizza" , "address" : "7 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014" , "phone" : "+1-212-366-1182" , "rating" : 4.5 , "reviews_count" : 8420 , "website" : "https://joespizzanyc.com" , "latitude" : 40.7306 , "longitude" : -74.0021 } ] } Node.js Example const axios = require ( ' axios ' ); async function searchBusinesses ( query , location ) { const { data } = await axios . get ( ' https://google-maps-scraper12.p.rapi