Apify AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Web Scraping Tools

The best Web Scraping alternative to Apify is Scrapy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Apify and loads of them are Web Scraping Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Web Scraping Tool alternatives to Apify are Portia, ScrapingDuck, Lookyloo and UiPath.

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  1. Scrapy icon
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    Scrapy is a free and open-source web-crawling framework written in Python. Originally designed for web scraping, it can also be used to extract data using APIs or as a general-purpose web crawler. It was developed and is maintained by Zyte formerly Scrapinghub, a web-scraping...

    107 Scrapy alternatives

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  2. Portia icon
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    Portia is an open source visual scraping tool, allows you to scrape websites without any programming knowledge required! Simply annotate pages you're interested in, and Portia will create a spider to extract data from similar pages.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  3. ScrapingDuck icon
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    ScrapingDuck is a simple web scraping API that handles headless browsers and rotating proxies, so you can scrape any JavaScript-heavy website without getting blocked.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Lookyloo icon
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    Lookyloo is a web interface that allows users to capture a website page and then display a tree of domains that call each other.

    60 Lookyloo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    • Online
     
  5. UiPath icon
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    A free, fully-featured, and extensible tool for automating any web or desktop application. UiPath Studio Community is free for individual developers, small professional teams, education and training purposes.

    119 UiPath alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. artoo.js icon
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    artoo.js is a piece of JavaScript code meant to be run in your browser's console to provide you with some scraping utilities.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  7. Flyscrape icon
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    Flyscrape is a standalone and scriptable web scraper, combining the speed of Go with the flexibility of JavaScript. — Focus on data extraction rather than request juggling.

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  8. ZenRows icon
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    ZenRows is specialized in handling rotating proxies, headless browsers, and CAPTCHAs. It ensures smooth data extraction with a single API call, enabling collection from any website without blocks. ZenRows employs advanced features to transform raw web content into structured data.

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    • Freemium
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Minexa.ai icon
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    Minexa.ai is a next-generation tool that makes web scraping faster and more affordable with an AI-powered solution no other alternative has. Unlike others that require constant tweaking, struggle under heavy loads, or charge extra for natural language processing, Minexa adapts...

    56 Minexa.ai alternatives

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    • Online
     
  10. ScrapingBee icon
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    ScrapingBee is an API that handles web scraping challenges such as JavaScript rendering, operating Chrome headless, bypassing Captcha, and using proxies. It was formerly known as ScrapingNinja. The API manages numerous headless instances using the latest Chrome version, allowing...

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. PhantomBuster icon
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    PhantomBuster offers no-code, multi-platform bots compatible with major sites like LinkedIn and Twitter for web scraping and lead generation. Cloud APIs ensure seamless integration, boosting productivity and supporting custom API creation for bespoke automation solutions.

    102 PhantomBuster alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  12. Diggernaut icon
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    Diggernaut is a cloud-based service for web scraping, data extraction, and other ETL tasks. Schedule and run your scrapers in the cloud or compile and run on your PC.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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