ScrapingAnt Alternatives

ScrapingAnt is described as 'Web Scraping and Web Harvesting are challenging tasks. Many specialists have to handle Javascript rendering, headless browser update and maintenance, proxies diversity and rotation. So ScrapingAnt will resolve all the problems for you' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ScrapingAnt for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best ScrapingAnt alternative is Scrapy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ScrapingAnt are Portia, import.io, ScrapingDuck and Lookyloo.

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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

    • Scrapy is Free and Open SourceScrapingAnt is Freemium and Proprietary
  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.

    85 Portia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Vagrant
    • Docker
     
  3. import.io icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • import.io is the most popular commercial alternative to ScrapingAnt.

    • import.io is Paid and ProprietaryScrapingAnt is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ScrapingDuck is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to ScrapingAnt.

    • ScrapingDuck is Paid and ProprietaryScrapingAnt is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6. Apify icon
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    Cloud platform enabling automated data extraction, web crawling, and browser workflow automation using reusable acts, headless browser support, advanced scheduling, persistent storage, API integrations, modular design and scalable resource management.

    107 Apify alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. ParseHub icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. 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...

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  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...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Diggernaut is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to ScrapingAnt.

    • Diggernaut is Freemium and ProprietaryScrapingAnt is also Freemium and Proprietary
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