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People looking for a Scrap.io alternative usually have one of three reasons: they mostly prospect France or Belgium, they would rather not pay a monthly subscription, or they want a list that is already cleaned, with a CRM and email sending in the same place. This article gives a fair picture of what Scrap.io does, how its pricing model works, when it remains the right choice, and when a ready-made database such as Prospya fits better.
Scrap.io review: what the tool does
Scrap.io is a tool that extracts business listings from online maps. You pick a category and an area (a country, a region, a city), and it returns the list of places with the public information from their listing: name, address, phone, website, rating, opening hours. According to its website at the time of writing, it adds emails and social profiles found on the businesses' websites, and also offers reverse search, CSV enrichment and an API.
Where it is strong
- Geographic reach: it targets many countries, while a local database covers only a few.
- Flexibility: you run whatever query you want, whenever you want, on any category.
- Volume: to build a large raw list quickly, on-demand extraction is efficient.
- Integrations: exports, an API and enrichment suit teams that already have their own stack.
What to test before you subscribe
An extraction tool returns what the listings contain at the moment of the query. Depending on your use, a few things are worth testing: the share of rows that really have an email, duplicates and closed businesses, the quality of categories (a "restaurant" that is actually a caterer, a chain listed ten times) and how much sorting is needed before you can start calling. None of this is specific to Scrap.io: it applies to any raw extraction of map data.
Also keep in mind that the terms of service of map platforms forbid automated extraction of their content, and that the GDPR applies to named email addresses. You remain responsible for how you use the file.
Scrap.io pricing: understanding the model
Prices change and vary by plan, so we do not quote them here: check the vendor's pricing page. The principle is what matters. Like most map-extraction tools, Scrap.io works by subscription, with a volume of exports or searches included depending on the plan. That is attractive if you export a lot every month, less so if you prospect in campaigns with quiet months in between.
| Pricing model | How it works | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription (extraction tools such as Scrap.io) | A quota of exports or rows per month, renewed each period | Regular, high-volume use across several countries |
| Pay per row (some extractors) | You pay for each extracted row, useful or not | One-off extractions, technical needs |
| Credits that never expire (Prospya) | 1 credit per unlocked business with a phone or an email; records without contact details are free | Campaigns by trade and city, irregular use |
With Prospya, search is free and you only pay for the records you keep: €9 for 250 credits, €49 for 2,000, €149 for 10,000, about €0.015 per contact on the largest pack. No subscription, credits never expire, and a record you already unlocked is never charged again. You get 25 free credits at sign-up, no card needed. We break down the real cost per reachable contact in our article on how much a lead list costs.
Prospya: a Scrap.io alternative for France and Belgium
Prospya starts from a different idea: instead of letting you extract, it gives you a database of local businesses in France and Belgium that is already built. The data comes from public sources (online maps and business directories, the businesses' own websites, their public social profiles) and is cross-checked, deduplicated and cleaned. Technical and third-party addresses are removed, and every email's domain is checked to receive mail.
In practice, you search by trade and city, or in plain words ("plumber lyon without website"), and filter by phone, email, verified email, Instagram, website or no website, region, Google rating, number of reviews and businesses you have never contacted. A prospect score from 0 to 100 sorts the results. After that, everything happens in one place:
- the CRM: stages (to contact, contacted, interested, quote sent, client), dated next action, one-click call logging with an automatic call-back the next working day when nobody answers;
- email campaigns: one email with variables or drafted by the AI, sent gradually, an unsubscribe link in every message, replies landing in your own mailbox;
- your team: up to 10 people at no extra cost, shared credits and stats per member;
- exports to CSV for Excel, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Brevo or Lemlist, plus a REST API.
What the database looks like for a few trades
The best way to compare a tool like Scrap.io with a ready database is to pick one trade and one city and count the contacts you can actually use. Here are live figures from Prospya for some common trades.
| Trade | Businesses | With phone | With email | No website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 131,554 | 96% | 57% | 29% |
| Hair salons | 34,622 | 100% | 48% | 39% |
| Plumbers | 6,859 | 98% | 57% | 17% |
| Bakeries | 27,281 | 96% | 46% | 49% |
In total, 944,117 businesses across 31,578 cities. Run the same search in both tools, for example restaurants in Lyon, and compare the results once sorted.
When to choose Scrap.io, when to choose Prospya
The two approaches answer different needs, and many teams could use both: an extractor for an occasional foreign market, a ready database for daily prospecting in France.
| Your situation | Best fit |
|---|---|
| You prospect countries Prospya does not cover | Scrap.io or another extractor |
| You want raw extraction with custom fields | Scrap.io or another extractor |
| You export large volumes every month across several markets | An extraction subscription |
| You target local businesses in France or Belgium | Prospya |
| You want emails with checked domains and a file already deduplicated | Prospya |
| You prospect in campaigns and do not want a subscription | Prospya (credits never expire) |
| You want to track and follow up prospects without another tool | Prospya (CRM and email campaigns included) |
Other tools like Scrap.io
Scrap.io is not the only map extractor: Outscraper and D7 Lead Finder, for example, also offer on-demand extraction with their own models. We compare them in our article on Outscraper and D7 Lead Finder alternatives. If your targets are decision-makers in structured companies rather than shops, see our Apollo alternatives for local businesses.
To understand what an extraction you run yourself really costs, read our page on the Google Maps scraper alternative. For the prospecting method itself, our guide on how to prospect local businesses and our cold email templates give you the steps and the messages. Agencies will find their segments on our page for web design agencies.
FAQ
What is the best Scrap.io alternative?
It depends on your target. To extract listings in many countries, other extractors such as Outscraper or D7 Lead Finder work in a similar way. To prospect local businesses in France and Belgium, a ready database such as Prospya skips extraction and cleaning: free search, emails with checked domains, a CRM and email campaigns included, and credits that never expire.
Is Scrap.io any good?
Scrap.io is an established tool for extracting business listings, whose main strengths are geographic reach and flexible queries. Like any raw extraction, results depend on the source listings: test it on one trade in one city, then count real emails, duplicates and closed businesses. That is the most reliable way to judge quality for your own use.
How much does Scrap.io cost?
Prices change with the plans, so check the vendor's pricing page. Like most map-extraction tools, it works by subscription with an included volume. Prospya works differently: packs of €9, €49 or €149 for 250, 2,000 or 10,000 credits, with no subscription and credits that never expire, plus free search and filters.
Is there a free alternative to Scrap.io?
Most tools offer a trial or a small free volume. On Prospya, search and filters are completely free, a sample CSV can be downloaded for free, and you get 25 free credits at sign-up with no card. Records with neither a phone nor an email are free to unlock.
Does Prospya extract data from Google Maps like Scrap.io?
No, Prospya does not make you extract anything from maps. It is a database already built from public sources: online maps and business directories, the businesses' own websites and their public social profiles. The data is cross-checked, deduplicated and cleaned, and every email's domain is checked before you unlock the record.
Can I import a Scrap.io file into Prospya?
Yes, in two ways. The "Complete a file" feature accepts a CSV of phones, emails or websites and returns the matching records from the database. You can also import your own contacts by CSV into the CRM, track them alongside your other prospects, include them in an email campaign and avoid contacting the same businesses twice.