The best alternative to Octoparse

Moving beyond proof of concept? It might be time for you to go beyond point and click. Compare Octoparse's no-coding tools with Apify's flexible approach.

Other tools we tested charged us for time, and some of their tools were not that efficient. Apify is much faster and more cost-effective.

Juliano Nassar

Product Owner

With Apify, in 30 seconds, I had the data that I’d been trying to get for weeks.

Ashley Copp

Solopreneur

We looked at several providers both open source and paid solutions, and Apify was the most complete, reliable solution we found. It was miles ahead of everything else we reviewed.

Pranav Singh

Engineering Manager

Apify has helped our organization in building some of the best tools for our customers. Apify services allow for consistency - prior we ran everything on our own infrastructure and it was a nightmare. Thanks to Apify - all of our crawlers run smoothly and we don’t have to worry about the infrastructure or the proxies.

Steven Pignataro

Co-CEO

We selected Apify because of their vast experience with web data collection. The project has been delivered on a short schedule, and our sales teams are now empowered with fresh, unique leads that drive targeted campaigns and strategic outreach.

Filip Popovic

SVP Transformation & Product & HR

The developer's swiss army knife. What I absolutely love about Apify is the community and ecosystem around it. Apify Store is a treasure trove of pre-built Actors that save you a ton of time. It's like having a team of experts contributing to your project.

Jiri Novak

Engineer

Why choose Apify over Octoparse?

When we say free, we mean it

Octoparse offers a free plan with significantly limited features. You can only run scrapers locally, as running them on the cloud is restricted to paid plans. Apify offers a free forever trial that provides $5 of credit every month, granting access to all areas of the Apify platform. Run scrapers in the cloud and obtain data in multiple formats.

Get more for less on a paid plan

Octoparse base plan starts at $119 per month. In contrast, Apify’s entry-level plan costs only $49 per month and provides full access to all platform features and unlimited use of any scrapers (Actors) within your credit limit.

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Scrape without limits

Octoparse's visual, interactive software interface aims to make web scraping easy and intuitive for non-technical users. Despite being easier to build, scrapers like these tend to fall drastically behind in performance compared to scrapers built entirely by professional developers, such as those on Apify Store.

A true cloud platform

Octoparse limits you from having an end-to-end cloud experience, requiring you to download proprietary software to build and run scrapers. In contrast, Apify lets you handle everything in the cloud without limitations, from building scrapers to running and monitoring them.

Access over 2,000 scrapers on Apify Store

Every Apify plan, including the free one, grants full access to the Actors listed on Apify Store. This community-driven store allows you to use or rent any Actor to scrape a variety of websites, including Twitter (X), Instagram, and Facebook. Almost any website you need is likely covered.

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Have full control over your scrapers

While Octoparse restricts you to the scrapers generated by interacting with their visual builder, Apify lets you code, host, and run your custom solutions on Apify servers. Build Actors locally or directly in the platform’s Web IDE, using a full suite of developer tools.

Integrate Actors with your favorite apps

With Apify, you can schedule jobs to run automatically and integrate your workflows with services like Gmail, Airtable, Make, Zapier, Google Drive, GitHub, Keboola, and more. Manage Apify integrations without requiring the Apify team to set them up for you. Connect tasks with cloud services and web apps to enhance your automation capabilities.

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Apify and Octoparse compared

Apify

Unlimited free plan

$5 worth of platform credits per month with unlimited platform access

Library of ready-to-use scrapers

More than 2k Actors available. Accessible in all plan tiers

Cloud data storage

Available for all plans, including the free tier

Full cloud experience

Available data export formats

JSON, HTML, XML, CSV, RSS, Excel

Scrape dynamic web pages (JavaScript rendering)

Proxy rotation, browser emulation, CAPTCHA bypass

General scrapers (for any web page)

Fully customizable scrapers

High-scale enterprise plans

Integrations

GDrive, GMail, Slack, Actor-to-Actor, Zapier, Make, Webhooks, Telegram, and more

Schedule one-off or repeating extractions

Pricing

Unlimited free plan

Library of ready-to-use scrapers

Cloud data storage

Full cloud experience

Available data export formats

Scrape dynamic web pages (JavaScript rendering)

Proxy rotation, browser emulation, CAPTCHA bypass

General scrapers (for any web page)

Fully customizable scrapers

High-scale enterprise plans

Integrations

Schedule one-off or repeating extractions

Pricing

Apify

$5 worth of platform credits per month with unlimited platform access

More than 2k Actors available. Accessible in all plan tiers

Available for all plans, including the free tier

JSON, HTML, XML, CSV, RSS, Excel

GDrive, GMail, Slack, Actor-to-Actor, Zapier, Make, Webhooks, Telegram, and more

Octoparse

Limited access - can only run tasks on local devices

Severely restricted features for free users. Data export is available only for users on a paid plan

Only available for professional, $299/month, and enterprise plans

Requires you to download software to build scrapers + only users on paid plans can run tasks on the cloud

Excel, CSV, HTML, JSON, XML

Zapier, Google Sheets, MySQL, and SQLServer

Plans starts at $119/month.

Ready for enterprise

Get a complete end-to-end solution built by Apify for all your web scraping, data extraction, and web automation needs.

Scalable

Process millions of records, integrate Apify into your tech stack, and get the data you need.

Reliable

Data cleansing, Service Level Agreement & support team ensures clean data on time, every time

Trustworthy

With 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise customers, our team ensures project success.

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