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...

    105 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. 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.

    110 import.io alternatives

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  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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    • Online
     
  6. Apify icon
     18 likes

    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.

    108 Apify alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. ParseHub icon
     67 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.

    97 ParseHub alternatives

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  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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    • 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.

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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...

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. ZenRows icon
     28 likes

    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)
     
  12. Diggernaut icon
     33 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.

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    • Freemium
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    • Self-Hosted
     
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