Scrapy Alternatives

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

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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...

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Scrapy alternatives page was last updated Feb 23, 2024
  1. StormCrawler icon
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    StormCrawler is an open source SDK for building distributed web crawlers with Apache Storm. The project is under Apache license v2 and consists of a collection of reusable resources and components, written mostly in Java.

    9 StormCrawler alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Webhose.io icon
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    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
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  3. WebHarvy icon
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    Using WebHarvy you can easily scrape Text, HTML, Images, URLs & Emails from any website, and save the scraped data in various formats.

    74 WebHarvy alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    WebHarvy Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Data Mining
    3.  Automatic data extraction
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  4. ScraperBox icon
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    The ScraperBox API allows you to scrape webpages with headless browsers and rotating proxies. All you have to do is enter an URL, we do the rest.

    19 ScraperBox alternatives
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Textricator icon
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    Textricator is a tool for extracting text from computer-generated PDFs and generating structured data . If you have a bunch of PDFs with the same format (or one big, consistently formatted PDF) and you want to extract the data to CSV or JSON,.

    10 Textricator alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Zyte icon
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    Zyte is a leader in web data extraction technology and services. The worldwide distributed team of more than 180 developers and extraction experts help millions of developers and thousands of organizations get their hands on clean, accurate data from the web to fuel their own...

    88 Zyte alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Zyte Features

    1.  Data Mining
    2.  Web-Based
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  7. ZennoPoster icon
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    ZennoPoster is a versatile automation tool for web scraping, data extraction, and task automation, perfect for digital marketers, developers, and business owners.

    39 ZennoPoster alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Recurring Tasks
    3.  Marketing Automation
    4.  Website Monitoring
    5.  Visual Programming
    6.  Macro Recording
    7.  Content Discovery
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  8. Vaazo icon
     2 likes

    Vaazo is a Chrome or Edge extension for web scraping and automation. Its main features are drag and drop interface, easy to use selector and convenient data output. Start scraping with our free plan today!.

    29 Vaazo alternatives
    Web scraper extension desktop preview

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome

    Vaazo Features

    1.  Data Mining
    2.  Data analytics
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  9. Mozenda icon
     6 likes

    Web scraping including cloud.

    76 Mozenda alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Mozenda Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Data Mining
    3.  Crawler
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  10. Free Data Collector icon
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    Free Data Collector allows you to gather data from any website, quickly and easily. It offers an interface similar to Excel. You can visually compose your final file, and can easily capture the right web elements thanks to our point-and-click guide.

    15 Free Data Collector alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome

    Free Data Collector Features

    1.  Data science
    2.  Batch processing
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  11. Web Robots icon
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    Web Robots is a web scraping platform built to handle the modern web. It works with any websites that open in Chrome Browser. Web Robots can handle Javascript, AJAX, cookies, sessions and redirects, forms, logins, clicks.

    70 Web Robots alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Apache Nutch icon
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    Apache Nutch is a highly extensible and scalable open source web crawler software project.

    9 Apache Nutch alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Java based
    2.  Scalable
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