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WebCrawler API vs Octoparse™

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WebCrawler API compared with Octoparse™
DetailWebCrawler API logo WebCrawler APIOctoparse™ logo Octoparse™
What it doesWeb crawling and data extraction API for AI agents AI web scraping tool and web data platform for no-code data extraction
StageStartup Established
Founded2024 2015
Based inNL US
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingPay as you go: from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Starter: $29/month from $0.002 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.006 per page). Professional: $99/month from $0.0015 per page (LLM-cleaned markdown: $0.0055 per page, save 25%). Business: $499/month from $0.001 per page (L Free plan with 10 tasks and 50,000 rows/month data export. Standard Plan from $69/month (billed annually) with 100 tasks, 3 concurrent cloud processes, 500+ templates. Professional Plan $249/month (billed annually) with 250 tasks, 20 concurrent cloud processes. Enterprise Plan with custom pricing. A
Key features
  • Automatic JavaScript rendering
  • CAPTCHA solving
  • Automatic proxy routing
  • Smart caching with 0.9 second response times
  • Change detection feeds
  • Clean markdown extraction
  • Removes navigation, ads, and boilerplate content
  • Anti-bot bypass
  • Template Gallery with 680+ ready-made scrapers
  • Visual task builder with Auto-detect and drag-and-drop
  • AI Assistant for automatic scraper creation
  • Cloud extraction with parallel processing and IP rotation
  • Automatic CAPTCHA solving
  • Task scheduling and automation
  • API, MCP Server, and CLI access
  • Multi-format data export
  • GDPR and CCPA compliance
What makes it different
  • Pay only for successful requests with no subscription required
  • Content cleaned for direct AI prompt use without extra processing
  • Change detection prevents wasted tokens and duplicate fetches
  • Smart caching delivers cached pages up to 10 times faster
  • Handles all technical infrastructure automatically
  • No coding required - visual interface and templates for non-technical users
  • Handles complex dynamic websites with JavaScript, AJAX, and authentication
  • Maintained template gallery for popular websites like Amazon, Google Maps, Twitter
  • Cloud infrastructure handles blocking and scaling automatically
  • Integrates with databases, cloud storage, and business workflows
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)31 −13 (down) since last check72 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)916
Citation Flow (Majestic)2446
Referring domains (Majestic)2112430

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