Google Places API vs. basedonb for B2B lead generation: an honest comparison

Disclosure up front: I built basedonb. That makes this comparison biased by definition. I'm publishing the methodology and raw numbers below so you can audit it. If you find a mistake, comment and I'll edit. A reader asked: "Why would I use a third-party Maps scraper when Google has an official Places API?" It's a fair question. So I ran the same workload through both and wrote down what happened. TL;DR: They're not the same product. Use Places API if you need stable IDs, single-place lookups, o