G2 Software Reviews, Product Info & Competitor Extractor

Collects G2 software product reviews with ratings and pros/cons, product profile summaries, or competitor listings from any G2 product page.

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Input schema

Input fields, types, required flags, descriptions, defaults, and prefills come from the published definition. Prefill examples are distinct from defaults.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`mode`	string	optional	What to collect from G2.
`startUrls`	array	required	G2 product URLs (e.g. https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews) or bare product slugs (e.g. notion). One entry per product.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Upper limit of records to collect for each product. (mode=reviews uses filtering to go far beyond G2's default review feed.)

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Field	Type	Required	Description
`mode`	string	optional	What to collect from G2.
`startUrls`	array	required	G2 product URLs (e.g. https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews) or bare product slugs (e.g. notion). One entry per product.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Upper limit of records to collect for each product. (mode=reviews uses filtering to go far beyond G2's default review feed.)
`starRatings`	array	optional	Keep reviews with one of the selected star ratings. Leave empty for all ratings. (mode=reviews)
`companySizes`	array	optional	Keep reviews from companies of the selected sizes. Leave empty for all sizes. (mode=reviews)
`reviewerRoles`	array	optional	Keep reviews written by reviewers with one of the selected roles. Leave empty for all roles. (mode=reviews)
`reviewerRegions`	array	optional	Keep reviews from reviewers in the selected regions. Leave empty for all regions. (mode=reviews)
`sortBy`	string	optional	Order of the collected reviews. (mode=reviews)
`fromDate`	string	optional	Only keep reviews published on or after this date. (mode=reviews)
`toDate`	string	optional	Only keep reviews published on or before this date. (mode=reviews)

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{
  "description": "Scrape G2 software reviews by URL or slug, plus product info and competitor lists.",
  "properties": {
    "companySizes": {
      "default": [],
      "description": "Keep reviews from companies of the selected sizes. Leave empty for all sizes. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "select",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "smallBusiness",
          "midMarket",
          "enterprise"
        ],
        "enumTitles": [
          "Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)",
          "Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)",
          "Enterprise (1001+ emp.)"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "prefill": [],
      "title": "Reviewer company size",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "fromDate": {
      "description": "Only keep reviews published on or after this date. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "datepicker",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "title": "Reviews from (optional)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maxItems": {
      "default": 50,
      "description": "Upper limit of records to collect for each product. (mode=reviews uses filtering to go far beyond G2's default review feed.)",
      "maximum": 50000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "prefill": 3,
      "title": "Maximum items per product",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "mode": {
      "default": "reviews",
      "description": "What to collect from G2.",
      "editor": "select",
      "enum": [
        "reviews",
        "productInfo",
        "competitors"
      ],
      "enumTitles": [
        "Reviews for products",
        "Product info & details",
        "Competitors & alternatives"
      ],
      "prefill": "reviews",
      "title": "Mode",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "reviewerRegions": {
      "default": [],
      "description": "Keep reviews from reviewers in the selected regions. Leave empty for all regions. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "select",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "northAmerica",
          "europe",
          "asia",
          "anz",
          "africa",
          "latinAmerica",
          "middleEast"
        ],
        "enumTitles": [
          "North America",
          "Europe",
          "Asia",
          "ANZ",
          "Africa",
          "Latin America",
          "Middle East"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "prefill": [],
      "title": "Reviewer regions",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "reviewerRoles": {
      "default": [],
      "description": "Keep reviews written by reviewers with one of the selected roles. Leave empty for all roles. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "select",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "user",
          "administrator",
          "executiveSponsor",
          "internalConsultant",
          "consultant",
          "agency",
          "industryAnalyst"
        ],
        "enumTitles": [
          "User",
          "Administrator",
          "Executive Sponsor",
          "Internal Consultant",
          "Consultant",
          "Agency",
          "Industry Analyst / Tech Writer"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "prefill": [],
      "title": "Reviewer roles",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "sortBy": {
      "default": "newest",
      "description": "Order of the collected reviews. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "select",
      "enum": [
        "newest",
        "oldest",
        "highestRated",
        "lowestRated"
      ],
      "enumTitles": [
        "Newest first",
        "Oldest first",
        "Highest rated first",
        "Lowest rated first"
      ],
      "prefill": "newest",
      "title": "Sort reviews by",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "starRatings": {
      "default": [],
      "description": "Keep reviews with one of the selected star ratings. Leave empty for all ratings. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "select",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "1",
          "2",
          "3",
          "4",
          "5"
        ],
        "enumTitles": [
          "1 star",
          "2 stars",
          "3 stars",
          "4 stars",
          "5 stars"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "prefill": [],
      "title": "Star ratings",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "startUrls": {
      "description": "G2 product URLs (e.g. https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews) or bare product slugs (e.g. notion). One entry per product.",
      "editor": "stringList",
      "prefill": [
        "https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews"
      ],
      "title": "G2 product URLs or slugs",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "toDate": {
      "description": "Only keep reviews published on or before this date. (mode=reviews)",
      "editor": "datepicker",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "title": "Reviews until (optional)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "startUrls"
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "G2 Product Scraper Input",
  "type": "object"
}

Output schema

Published result links and storage locations. This schema is not an exhaustive contract for every field in a dataset record.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`items`	string	optional	Dataset containing all scraped G2 reviews, product records, or competitor records.

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{
  "actorOutputSchemaVersion": 1,
  "description": "Dataset of G2 reviews, product profiles, or competitor records, depending on the selected mode.",
  "properties": {
    "items": {
      "description": "Dataset containing all scraped G2 reviews, product records, or competitor records.",
      "template": "{{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}}/items",
      "title": "Items",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "title": "G2 Products Scraper Output"
}

Dataset schema

Published dataset views and any declared field definitions. A view can select only a subset of the returned record fields.

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{
  "actorSpecification": 1,
  "fields": {
    "properties": {
      "authorName": {
        "description": "Reviewer name",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "authorRole": {
        "description": "Reviewer role (User, Administrator, etc.)",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "categories": {
        "description": "All G2 categories",
        "type": "array"
      },
      "category": {
        "description": "Primary G2 category",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "companySize": {
        "description": "Reviewer company size segment",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "competitorName": {
        "description": "Competitor product name",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "competitorSlug": {
        "description": "Competitor G2 slug",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "competitorUrl": {
        "description": "Competitor G2 reviews URL",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "cons": {
        "description": "What the reviewer disliked",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": {
        "description": "Product or competitor summary",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "imageUrl": {
        "description": "Product image URL",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "pricing": {
        "description": "Pricing plans ({plan, price, currency})",
        "type": "array"
      },
      "productName": {
        "description": "Software product name",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "productSlug": {
        "description": "G2 product slug",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "productUrl": {
        "description": "G2 product reviews URL",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "pros": {
        "description": "What the reviewer liked",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "publishDate": {
        "description": "Review publish date",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "rating": {
        "description": "Star value (0-5)",
        "type": "number"
      },
      "recordType": {
        "description": "review, product or competitor",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "reviewCount": {
        "description": "Number of reviews",
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "reviewId": {
        "description": "Unique G2 review ID",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "reviewTitle": {
        "description": "Review headline",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "reviewUrl": {
        "description": "Direct review URL",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "scrapedAt": {
        "description": "Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "sourceProduct": {
        "description": "Slug of the compared product",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "starRating": {
        "description": "Star bucket (1-5)",
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "useCase": {
        "description": "Problems the product solves",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "vendorName": {
        "description": "Product vendor (seller) name",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "vendorUrl": {
        "description": "Vendor seller page on G2",
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "type": "object"
  },
  "title": "G2 Records",
  "views": {
    "overview": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "authorName": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Author"
          },
          "cons": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Cons"
          },
          "productName": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Product"
          },
          "pros": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Pros"
          },
          "publishDate": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Date"
          },
          "rating": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Rating"
          },
          "reviewTitle": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Title"
          },
          "starRating": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Stars"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Reviews",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "productName",
          "starRating",
          "rating",
          "authorName",
          "reviewTitle",
          "pros",
          "cons",
          "publishDate"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Key-value schema

Published key-value store definitions, when provided by this build.

This definition is not present in the default published build. See the published README for available documentation.

Published README

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G2 Software Reviews, Product Info & Competitor Extractor

Scrape G2 — the B2B software marketplace with millions of verified user reviews — for any product. Pull reviews with ratings, pros, cons and reviewer context; collect a product's profile summary (rating, review count, categories, pricing plans); or list the competitors G2 shows for a product. Works from a G2 product URL or just a slug, no account or setup required.

What this actor does

Three modes: collect reviews, product info, or competitor lists for any G2 product.
Review filters: star rating, reviewer company size, reviewer role, reviewer region, and publication date range.
Deep review coverage: goes beyond the handful of reviews G2 shows by default — request hundreds or thousands per product.
Any input shape: full G2 URLs or bare slugs (notion, slack, hubspot-marketing-hub), mixed freely in one run.
Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains values G2 actually provides.

Output per review (mode = `reviews`)

reviewId — unique G2 review ID
reviewTitle — headline of the review
reviewUrl — direct link to the review on G2
rating — the reviewer's star value on G2's 0–5 scale (halves included)
starRating — the review's star bucket, 1–5
authorName — reviewer display name (as published by G2)
authorRole — reviewer's stated role, e.g. Administrator
companySize — reviewer's company size segment
publishDate — publication date from G2
pros, cons, useCase — the reviewer's "like best", "dislike" and "problems solved" answers
productName, productSlug, productUrl — product identity
recordType: "review", scrapedAt

Output per product (mode = `productInfo`)

productName, productSlug, url
description — the product summary from its G2 page
rating — average rating, reviewCount — total reviews
category and categories[] — G2 category listings
imageUrl — product logo
pricing — array of {plan, price, currency} plans G2 publishes
operatingSystem
vendorName, vendorUrl — the vendor (seller) shown on the product page
recordType: "product", scrapedAt

Output per competitor (mode = `competitors`)

competitorName, competitorSlug, competitorUrl
rating, reviewCount — the competitor's standing on G2
description — G2's blurb for the competitor
sourceProduct — slug of the product whose competitor list this came from
recordType: "competitor", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`mode`	string	`reviews`	`reviews`, `productInfo`, or `competitors`
`startUrls`	array	–	G2 product URLs or bare slugs (`notion`, `slack`), one per product. Required.
`maxItems`	integer	50	Maximum records per product (1–50,000)
`starRatings`	array	–	Keep reviews with these star ratings (`1`–`5`). (mode=reviews)
`companySizes`	array	–	Keep reviews from these company sizes: `smallBusiness`, `midMarket`, `enterprise`. (mode=reviews)
`reviewerRoles`	array	–	Keep reviews by these reviewer roles, e.g. `administrator`. (mode=reviews)
`reviewerRegions`	array	–	Keep reviews from these regions, e.g. `northAmerica`. (mode=reviews)
`sortBy`	string	`newest`	`newest`, `oldest`, `highestRated`, `lowestRated`
`fromDate`	string	–	Only reviews published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`toDate`	string	–	Only reviews published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example: recent 5-star reviews

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "startUrls": ["https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "starRatings": [5],
  "sortBy": "newest"
}

Example: deep pull for competitive research

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "startUrls": ["slack", "microsoft-teams"],
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "companySizes": ["enterprise", "midMarket"],
  "sortBy": "highestRated"
}

Example: product profile

{
  "mode": "productInfo",
  "startUrls": ["https://www.g2.com/products/hubspot-marketing-hub"]
}

Example: competitor lists for several products

{
  "mode": "competitors",
  "startUrls": ["notion", "asana", "monday-com"],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Use cases

Voice-of-customer research — export raw pros/cons and use cases to feed qualitative analysis.
Competitive battlecards — pull a product's listed alternatives with their ratings and review counts.
Review monitoring — schedule runs with fromDate to collect only new reviews since the last run.
Vendor shortlisting — compare profiles and pricing plans side by side before deeper evaluation.
Sentiment slices — study how enterprise reviewers rate a product versus small-business reviewers.
LLM / RAG pipelines — structured review text with metadata, ready for indexing.

FAQ

Do I need a G2 account or API key?

No. The actor reads pages and feeds G2 already makes public.

Can I get more than the reviews G2 shows on a product page?

Yes. For mode=reviews the actor combines G2's own filter views (stars, company size, role, region) while de-duplicating results, so common products yield hundreds to thousands of distinct reviews per run. maxItems caps the output.

Why are some `companySize` or `authorRole` values missing?

G2 makes reviewer details optional when someone submits a review. Across a 400-review sample, company size is published for about 80% of reviews, and roughly one in four roles is G2's anonymised "G2 User" placeholder rather than a real job role. Missing values are omitted rather than guessed.

What does `rating` mean next to `starRating`?

rating is the exact value G2 publishes on its 0–5 scale (including halves like 4.5). starRating is the star bucket (1–5) the review belongs to — useful for grouping. A few reviews legitimately carry a 0.0 rating; that is G2's lowest value, not missing data.

Does each review include sub-ratings (ease of use, support) or "switched from" data?

No — G2 does not publish per-review sub-ratings, themes, or switching data on any public page; those appear only for signed-in users or through G2's enterprise API. This actor returns the complete public surface: rating, title, pros/cons/problems, reviewer context and dates.

Can I filter by date range?

Yes — set fromDate and/or toDate and only matching reviews are returned. Both are inclusive.

How fresh is the data?

Every run reads G2 live; nothing is cached between runs.

Do I need to set up a proxy?

No. The actor chooses a working connection to G2 automatically. Just fill in the input and run.

Is this affiliated with G2?

No. This actor reads publicly available G2 pages and feeds; it is not operated by or affiliated with G2.com.

Python quickstart

Use a schema-derived input and the Python standard library to start a run. An Apify account and token are required for execution.

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Source build SEfo3afTwaeYxU5xK. Documentation is regenerated from the default published build; private drafts are not included.

G2 Software Reviews, Product Info & Competitor Extractor

Input schema

Output schema

Dataset schema

Key-value schema

Published README

G2 Software Reviews, Product Info & Competitor Extractor

What this actor does

Output per review (mode = reviews)

Output per product (mode = productInfo)

Output per competitor (mode = competitors)

Input

Example: recent 5-star reviews

Example: deep pull for competitive research

Example: product profile

Example: competitor lists for several products

Use cases

FAQ

Do I need a G2 account or API key?

Can I get more than the reviews G2 shows on a product page?

Why are some companySize or authorRole values missing?

What does rating mean next to starRating?

Does each review include sub-ratings (ease of use, support) or "switched from" data?

Can I filter by date range?

How fresh is the data?

Do I need to set up a proxy?

Is this affiliated with G2?

Python quickstart

Output per review (mode = `reviews`)

Output per product (mode = `productInfo`)

Output per competitor (mode = `competitors`)

Why are some `companySize` or `authorRole` values missing?

What does `rating` mean next to `starRating`?