Dashblock Alternatives

Dashblock is described as 'Turn any website into an API' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Dashblock for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and SaaS apps. The best Dashblock alternative is Scrapy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dashblock are UI.Vision RPA, Portia, Apify and import.io.

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Dashblock alternatives page was last updated Nov 4, 2020
  1. Scrapy icon
     102 likes

    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...

    95 Scrapy alternatives
    Scrapy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Scrapy Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Data Mining
    3.  Fast motion
    4.  Screen Scraping
    Scrapy iconDashblock Icon

    Scrapy VS Dashblock

    Is Scrapy a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
    • Scrapy is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Dashblock.

    • Scrapy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Dashblock.

    • Scrapy is Free and Open SourceDashblock is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. UI.Vision RPA icon
     113 likes

    Open-source task and test automation tool and Selenium IDE. The UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension that can do desktop automation as well! Use it for web automation, form filling, screen scraping and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

    131 UI.Vision RPA alternatives
    UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension, but it can do desktop automation as well!

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Workflow Automation
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  Compatible with Selenium IDE
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Task Automation
    6.  Auto-Refresh
    7.  Screen Scraping
    8.  Visual UI testing
    9.  Robot Process Automation
    10.  UI testing
    11.  Browser integration
    12.  Robotic automation
    13.  PDF OCR
    14.  Data export/import
    15.  Automatic Form-Filler
    16.  Marketing Automation
    17.  Macro Recording
    18.  Support for scripting
    19.  Website Monitoring
    UI.Vision RPA iconDashblock Icon

    UI.Vision RPA VS Dashblock

    Is UI.Vision RPA a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
  3. Portia icon
     61 likes

    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.

    81 Portia alternatives
    Portia screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Vagrant
    • Docker

    Portia Features

    1.  Screen Scraping
    Discontinued

    The last update is from July 2019.

    Portia iconDashblock Icon

    Portia VS Dashblock

    Is Portia a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
  4. Apify icon
     18 likes

    Apify is a web scraping and automation platform - it extracts data from websites, crawls lists of URLs and automates workflows on the web. Turn any website into an API!.

    91 Apify alternatives
    Web scraper results

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Apify Features

    1.  Serverless
    2.  Headless
    3.  Jquery crawler
    Apify iconDashblock Icon

    Apify VS Dashblock

    Is Apify a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
    • Apify is the most popular Web-based alternative to Dashblock.

    • Apify is Freemium and Open SourceDashblock is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. import.io icon
     46 likes

    import.io is a web-based platform that puts the power of the machine readable web in your hands. Using our tools you can create an API or crawl an entire website in a fraction of the time of traditional methods, no coding required.

    100 import.io alternatives
    import.io screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    import.io Features

    1.  Data Mining
    2.  Crawler
    import.io iconDashblock Icon

    import.io VS Dashblock

    Is import.io a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
    • import.io is the most popular commercial alternative to Dashblock.

    • import.io is Paid and ProprietaryDashblock is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. ParseHub icon
     66 likes

    ParseHub is a web scraping tool built to handle the modern web.

    You can extract data from anywhere. ParseHub works with single-page apps, multi-page apps and just about any other modern web technology.

    ParseHub can handle Javascript, AJAX, cookies, sessions and redirects. You c.

    89 ParseHub alternatives
    ParseHub scraping Airbnb

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    ParseHub Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Relative select
    3.  In-app server browser
    4.  Data Mining
    ParseHub iconDashblock Icon

    ParseHub VS Dashblock

    Is ParseHub a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
  7. ScrapingBee icon
     2 likes

    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...

    76 ScrapingBee alternatives
    ScrapingBee screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Rotate Proxy
    ScrapingBee iconDashblock Icon

    ScrapingBee VS Dashblock

    Is ScrapingBee a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
    • ScrapingBee is the most popular SaaS alternative to Dashblock.

    • ScrapingBee is Paid and ProprietaryDashblock is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. artoo.js icon
     2 likes

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

    61 artoo.js alternatives
    artoo.js screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    artoo.js iconDashblock Icon

    artoo.js VS Dashblock

    Is artoo.js a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
    • artoo.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Dashblock.

    • artoo.js is Free and Open SourceDashblock is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Diggernaut icon
     32 likes

    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.

    76 Diggernaut alternatives
    Diggernaut screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Marketing Automation
    3.  Data Mining
    Diggernaut iconDashblock Icon

    Diggernaut VS Dashblock

    Is Diggernaut a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
  10. ScrapeHunt icon
     3 likes

    Want to build a SaaS? Or find new customers? Or supercharge your marketing? ScrapeHunt gives you the benefits of scraping without the headache of scraping.

    89 ScrapeHunt alternatives
    ScrapeHunt screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    ScrapeHunt Features

    1.  Data Mining
    ScrapeHunt iconDashblock Icon

    ScrapeHunt VS Dashblock

    Is ScrapeHunt a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
  11. PhantomBuster icon
     3 likes

    Boost your marketing with our cloud APIs. Our bots automate all the major websites (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram...) Productivity increase guaranteed! Alternatively, you can create your own APIs thanks to our developer platform.

    92 PhantomBuster alternatives
    PhantomBuster screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox

    PhantomBuster Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Marketing Automation
    3.  Data Mining
    4.  Web-Based
    PhantomBuster iconDashblock Icon

    PhantomBuster VS Dashblock

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  12. Webhose.io icon
     6 likes

    We crawl the web so you don't have to. Our crawlers download and structure millions of posts a day, we store and index the data so all you have to do is to define what part of the data you need.

    57 Webhose.io alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Webhose.io Features

    1.  Data Mining
    Webhose.io iconDashblock Icon

    Webhose.io VS Dashblock

    Is Webhose.io a good alternative to Dashblock?
     
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