Instant Data Scraper, Apollo and Outscraper alternatives for local business leads

By 67Leads Team · Published 5 Nov 2026 · Updated 5 Nov 2026 (US Central) · 7 min read

The best alternative depends on what you are replacing: Instant Data Scraper is a free page copier with no emails, Apollo is a B2B people database that is thin on owner-run local businesses, and Outscraper sells cheap raw rows you clean yourself. If you want a US local list already graded for trade with site-read, mailbox-checked emails, a warehouse like 67Leads fits; for anything else, one of the three may suit you better.

What you are actually choosing between

Tools for local business leads fall into four groups, and most disappointment comes from buying from the wrong group:

1. Page copiers. Browser extensions that copy whatever table or list is on the page you open. Free, flexible, and you do all the work.
2. Scrapers you run. Hosted jobs that collect map listings and sometimes crawl websites, priced per row. Cheap rows, clean-up is yours.
3. People databases. B2B contact databases built around employees at companies. Strong on job titles inside larger firms, weak on a three-person plumbing company.
4. Local warehouses. Pre-built sets of local businesses, graded and enriched, searched and exported per row.

Here is how the best-known tools line up, with prices checked on the vendors' own pages where they publish them:

Instant Data Scraper: when free is the right price

Instant Data Scraper is a Chrome extension that detects tables and lists on the page you are viewing and exports them to CSV or Excel. It is free, has 1,000,000 users and a 4.9 rating from 7,800 ratings on the Chrome Web Store, and handles pagination and infinite scroll (Chrome Web Store).

Where it wins: a one-off list from a single directory page, or any website that is not a map. No account, no credits, and the data stays in your browser.

Where it stops: it copies what the page shows. A map results page shows the name, category, rating, phone and address, not an email, so emails still need another tool. Map results stop loading at about 120 per search, so a city takes several overlapping searches and a de-duplication pass. And the store page describes no email verification. For the full workflow cost, see our guide to building a lead list without scraping tools and the Instant Data Scraper comparison.

Apollo: right tool, wrong businesses

Apollo is a B2B people database with more than 240 million contacts at more than 30 million companies (Apollo). If you sell to marketing managers at mid-sized companies, it is a strong choice, and it has a free plan.

Where it stops for local: its data is built from a contributor network of more than two million users plus vendors and crawling (Apollo), which favours companies whose staff use professional tools and profiles. Local owners often do not. One cold emailer searched "dentists in Phoenix" on Apollo and "got some results - dental software companies, corporate chains with LI pages, a handful of actual local offices" (r/coldemail).

Apollo now has a Google Maps import on paid plans, returning 20, 40 or 60 companies per search, ordered by distance (Apollo help). That is useful for a few nearby prospects, not for every roofer in a state. Our Apollo comparison has the details.

Outscraper: cheap rows, separate meters

Outscraper runs live map scrapes for any category and place. Places cost $3 per 1,000 after the first 500 free every 30 days; the emails and contacts crawl is a separate $3 per 1,000 domains; email verification is another $3 per 1,000 (Outscraper pricing). That adds up to about $9 per 1,000 for a verified row.

Where it wins: any category, any country, on demand, with a long track record and a Trustpilot 4.6 from 342 reviews (Trustpilot).

Where it stops: you get what the map returned for your search terms, including neighbouring trades and duplicates, and you clean it. Some buyers find the clean-up brutal: "I paid for 16,000 leads but after cleaning the data only had 500 workable leads" (Trustpilot). That is one reviewer's experience, not an average, but it shows why rows bought and rows usable are different numbers. See our Outscraper comparison.

Apify and Scrap.io: the other two you will hear about

The Apify Google Maps actor starts from $1.50 per 1,000 places and is fully programmable (Apify). It is the cheapest raw source and the most work. Scrap.io is a pre-indexed map database, from $49 a month for 10,000 exports, covering 195 countries; its pricing page advertises no mailbox verification (Scrap.io pricing). Both are strong if you need categories or countries we do not carry. Comparisons: Apify, Scrap.io.

Hunter: a partner, not a replacement

Hunter finds and verifies emails for company domains you already have, from 50 free credits a month (Hunter pricing). It does not find the businesses. In a typical stack it sits after a page copier or scraper, which is exactly the three-tool chain many people are trying to replace. It also cannot help with businesses that have no website. See 67Leads vs Hunter.

How to compare cost honestly

Price per 1,000 raw rows is the number on every pricing page, and the least useful one. Compare cost per 1,000 rows you will actually send to:

1. Start with the rows the tool returns for your trade and city.
2. Subtract rows that are another trade. In our data that was 7% of collected listings across trades.
3. Subtract duplicates.
4. Subtract rows with no email, or keep them for phone and mail.
5. Subtract emails that fail a mailbox check, and decide what to do with catch-alls.
6. Add the hours you spent on steps 2 to 5.

A cheap raw row can come out expensive after step 6, and an expensive one cheap.

Where 67Leads fits, and where it does not

67Leads is a local warehouse. It holds 130,385 sellable US businesses built from public business listings and company websites, each graded against its trade, with emails read from the company's own site and checked against the mail server (7,076 confirmed today) and owner names where the site gives them (7,775). Search and counts are free; you pay per exported row.

Where it does not fit: categories outside the trades we carry, any country but the US, and person-level contacts inside larger companies. For those, the tools above are better choices, and we say so on each comparison page. Our ranked guide to map scrapers scores each on the same stated criteria, 67Leads included.

Questions

What is the best free alternative to Instant Data Scraper?

For one-off pages, Instant Data Scraper itself is hard to beat on price. If what you want is a local list with emails, searching 67Leads is free and the first 67 leads you export are free too.

Is Apollo good for local businesses?

Apollo is built around people at companies with a professional online footprint. Its Google Maps import returns up to 60 nearby companies per search. For owner-run local trades, a local-first source usually finds more.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Outscraper?

For raw rows, the Apify actor starts lower, at $1.50 per 1,000 places. For verified, trade-graded rows, compare cost per sendable row rather than per raw row.

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Sources

1. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/instant-data-scraper/ofaokhiedipichpaobibbnahnkdoiiah
2. https://www.apollo.io/product/b2b-data
3. https://reddit.com/r/coldemail/comments/1rp5lrh
4. https://knowledge.apollo.io/hc/en-us/articles/44340555852685-Use-Google-Maps-to-Find-Local-Companies-in-Apollo
5. https://outscraper.com/pricing/
6. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/outscraper.com
7. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/outscraper.com?stars=1&stars=2
8. https://apify.com/compass/crawler-google-places
9. https://scrap.io/pricing
10. https://hunter.io/pricing