Web scraping & data extraction tools
Pull data from websites. 4 tools we track, checked .
Short answer page: What's the best web scraping & data extraction tool?
Ranked by fit for solo businesses: tools we profile in depth first, then those used in our research notes, then the rest. Affiliate status never changes the order.
- 1
Apify
Pick this if you want ready-made scrapers for common sites.
Platform with thousands of ready-made scrapers (Actors) and a developer SDK.
Free plan + paid plans · Free plan: Yes · Difficulty 2/5
- 2
Browse AI
Pick this if you want no-code data extraction and monitoring.
No-code scraping and website monitoring by recording what to extract.
Free plan + paid plans · Free plan: Yes · Difficulty 1/5
- 3
Firecrawl
Pick this if you want feeding web pages to AI apps.
API that turns websites into clean markdown or structured data for LLMs.
Free plan + paid plans · Free plan: Yes · Difficulty 3/5
- 4
Octoparse
Pick this if you want point-and-click scraping.
Desktop and cloud point-and-click web scraper.
Free plan + paid plans · Free plan: Yes
Side-by-side
| Tool | Pricing model | Free plan | Starting price | Difficulty | Output rights | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apify | Free plan + paid plans | Yes | See official site | 2/5 | – | Ready-made scrapers for common sites |
| Browse AI | Free plan + paid plans | Yes | See official site | 1/5 | – | No-code data extraction and monitoring |
| Firecrawl | Free plan + paid plans | Yes | See official site | 3/5 | – | Feeding web pages to AI apps |
| Octoparse | Free plan + paid plans | Yes | See official site | – | – | Point-and-click scraping |
"Starting price" is shown only for tools we profile in depth, where we read the official pricing page on . For the others, check the official site.