Portia AlternativesWeb Scraping Tools and other similar apps like Portia

Portia is described as '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' and is a popular Web Scraping tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Portia for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, SaaS, Linux and Mac apps. The best Portia alternative is Scrapy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Portia are UI.Vision RPA, Lookyloo, Flyscrape and import.io.

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  1. Scrapy icon

    Scrapy

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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...

    97 Scrapy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Scrapy Features

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

    Scrapy VS Portia

     

    • Scrapy is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Portia.

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

    • Scrapy is Free and Open SourcePortia is also Free and Open Source
  2. UI.Vision RPA icon

    UI.Vision RPA

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    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).

    135 UI.Vision RPA alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    UI.Vision RPA software is a browser extension, but it can do desktop automation as well!

    Top UI.Vision RPA 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.  Works Offline
    10.  Marketing Automation
    11.  Support for scripting
    12.  Website Monitoring

    UI.Vision RPA VS Portia

     
  4. Lookyloo icon

    Lookyloo

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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.

    57 Lookyloo alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Lookyloo Features

    1.  Tree map
    2.  Security Testing
    3.  Tree structure

    Lookyloo VS Portia

     

    • Lookyloo is the most popular Web-based alternative to Portia.

    • Lookyloo is Free and Open SourcePortia is also Free and Open Source
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    ScrapingBee

    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 i...

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    Flyscrape

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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.

    58 Flyscrape alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting

    Flyscrape VS Portia

     
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    import.io

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    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.

    103 import.io alternatives

    License model

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    import.io screenshot 1

    import.io Features

    1.  Data Mining
    2.  Crawler

    import.io VS Portia

     
    Comments about import.io as an Alternative to Portia
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    Import.io is easier to use than Portia, but is now fully commercial (for the good stuff)

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    • import.io is the most popular commercial alternative to Portia.

    • import.io is Paid and ProprietaryPortia is Free and Open Source
  8. Apify icon

    Apify

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    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!.

    94 Apify alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Web scraper results

    Apify Features

    1.  Serverless
    2.  Headless
    3.  Jquery crawler

    Apify VS Portia

     
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    ParseHub

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    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.

    90 ParseHub alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    ParseHub scraping Airbnb

    ParseHub Features

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

    ParseHub VS Portia

     
  11. UiPath icon

    UiPath

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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.

    116 UiPath alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    UiPath Features

    1.  Robot Process Automation
    2.  Macro Recording
    3.  Business process automation

    UiPath VS Portia

     
  12. Minexa.ai icon

    Minexa.ai

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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...

    50 Minexa.ai alternatives

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    • Online
    Effortless Data Extraction with Minexa.ai Transform web pages into structured data with the easiest API on the market. No need for complex data scrapers - just enter the URL & data you need and watch the magic happen.

    Minexa.ai Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  AI-Powered
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Rotate Proxy

    Minexa.ai VS Portia

     
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    artoo.js

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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.

    62 artoo.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
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    artoo.js VS Portia

     

    • artoo.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Portia.

    • artoo.js is Free and Open SourcePortia is also Free and Open Source
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    ZenRows

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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.

    29 ZenRows alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Anonymous Proxy
    3.  No Tracking

    ZenRows VS Portia

     

    • ZenRows is the most popular SaaS alternative to Portia.

    • ZenRows is Freemium and ProprietaryPortia is Free and Open Source
    • ZenRows is LightweightPortia is not according to our users
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    ScrapingBee

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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...

    78 ScrapingBee alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    ScrapingBee screenshot 1

    ScrapingBee Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Rotate Proxy

    ScrapingBee VS Portia

     
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