Uneed Scraper

Extract startup, SaaS, and tool listings from Uneed.best for lead generation, competitor monitoring, and market research.

What does Uneed Scraper do?

Uneed Scraper collects public product data from https://www.uneed.best.

It can scrape:

• Category pages such as Marketing, Business, Design, and Development
• Tag pages such as AI, Analytics, SEO, and Productivity
• Alternative pages such as Ahrefs alternatives
• Individual product detail pages
• The public sitemap for bulk product discovery

Who is it for?

This actor is useful for growth, sales, and research teams.

• 🧲 Lead generation teams can discover startup websites and public contact channels.
• 📊 Market researchers can monitor new tools by tag or category.
• 🕵️ Competitor analysts can map alternative pages and adjacent products.
• 🚀 Indie hackers can benchmark positioning, pricing, and launch pages.
• 🧰 Agencies can build tool directories and outreach lists.

Why use this actor?

Uneed is a curated product directory with startup and tool metadata.

Manual browsing is slow when you need structured rows.

This actor turns public Uneed pages into clean dataset records.

How much does it cost to scrape Uneed products?

The actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

You pay a $0.005 start fee and a tiered per-result fee for saved products.

The formula-derived BRONZE result price is $0.000074621 per product, with lower prices on higher Apify tiers.

Typical small tests with 20 results are inexpensive.

Large sitemap runs scale with the number of product records saved.

Data fields

Field	Description
id	Uneed numeric product ID
name	Product or tool name
slug	Uneed slug
uneedUrl	Uneed product profile URL
websiteUrl	External product website
description	Short public description
richDescription	Long description when visible
categoryName	Category name when present
categorySlug	Category slug when present
tags	Public Uneed tags
tagSlugs	Tag slugs
pricing	Public pricing text
email	Public email when available
twitter	Twitter/X URL
linkedin	LinkedIn URL
github	GitHub URL
instagram	Instagram URL
facebook	Facebook URL
youtube	YouTube URL
bluesky	Bluesky URL
logoUrl	Logo image URL
mediaUrls	Product media URLs
dealCodes	Public coupon codes
dealDescriptions	Public deal text
voteCount	Vote count from public payload
isPremium	Premium listing flag
isDofollow	Dofollow flag
isOnSale	Sale flag
sourceUrl	Page that produced the record
scrapedAt	ISO scrape timestamp

Input options

The main input is startUrls.

You can provide one URL or many URLs.

Supported URL types:

• https://www.uneed.best/tool/creem
• https://www.uneed.best/categories/marketing
• https://www.uneed.best/tags/ai
• https://www.uneed.best/alternatives/ahrefs
• https://www.uneed.best/sitemap.xml

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.uneed.best/categories/marketing" },
    { "url": "https://www.uneed.best/tags/ai" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "useSitemap": true
}

Output example

{
  "name": "Creem",
  "slug": "creem",
  "uneedUrl": "https://www.uneed.best/tool/creem",
  "websiteUrl": "https://creem.io",
  "description": "Smooth payments for SaaS and Indie Hackers that don't break the bank",
  "tags": ["E-Commerce", "Money"],
  "pricing": "Freemium",
  "voteCount": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.uneed.best/tool/creem"
}

How to scrape a category

1. Open the actor on Apify.
2. Paste a Uneed category URL.
3. Set maxItems to a small number for the first run.
4. Keep includeDetails enabled for richer fields.
5. Start the run.
6. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API.

How to scrape the sitemap

Leave startUrls empty or pass https://www.uneed.best/sitemap.xml.

Set maxItems to the number of product pages you want.

The actor filters sitemap entries to /tool/ pages.

Tips for best results

• Start with 20 to 50 items for testing.
• Use category and tag URLs for focused lists.
• Use sitemap discovery for broad product discovery.
• Enable detail pages when you need social links and pricing.
• Deduplicate downstream by slug or uneedUrl.

Integrations

Use this actor with:

• CRM enrichment workflows
• Lead scoring pipelines
• Google Sheets exports
• Airtable product databases
• BI dashboards
• Competitor monitoring jobs
• Weekly startup discovery alerts

API usage with Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/uneed-scraper').call({
  startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.uneed.best/tags/ai' }],
  maxItems: 25,
  includeDetails: true
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

API usage with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/uneed-scraper').call(run_input={
    'startUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.uneed.best/categories/marketing'}],
    'maxItems': 25,
    'includeDetails': True,
})
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

API usage with cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~uneed-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.uneed.best/tags/ai"}],"maxItems":25}'

MCP usage

You can call this actor through Apify MCP from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or other MCP-compatible clients.

MCP URL:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/uneed-scraper

Claude Code setup:

$claude mcp add apify-uneed "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/uneed-scraper"

Claude Desktop JSON configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-uneed": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/uneed-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Scrape 50 AI tools from Uneed and summarize the most common tags."
• "Find marketing tools on Uneed with public websites and social links."
• "Build a CSV of Uneed alternatives for Ahrefs."

Data quality notes

The actor only extracts public data visible in Uneed SSR payloads.

Some pages have more detail than others.

Some products may not list social profiles or pricing.

Fields without public data are returned as null or empty arrays.

Legality

This actor extracts publicly available web data.

You are responsible for using the data lawfully.

Respect privacy, intellectual property, and applicable terms.

Do not use scraped contact data for spam.

Troubleshooting

Why did I get fewer results than requested?

A category or tag page may contain fewer public products than your limit.

Use sitemap mode for broader discovery.

Why are some social fields empty?

Uneed only includes those fields when the product owner has published them.

Why are charges ignored locally?

Local apify run does not use platform pay-per-event billing.

Cloud runs record charge events after deployment.

Related scrapers

Other Automation Lab actors that may pair well:

• https://apify.com/automation-lab/product-hunt-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/website-emails-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/linkedin-company-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/google-maps-lead-finder

Changelog

0.1

Initial version with HTTP-only Nuxt payload extraction.

Limits

This actor does not log in.

It does not scrape private dashboards.

It does not bypass access controls.

It does not enrich data from third-party sources.

Support

If a public Uneed page changes structure, open an Apify issue with the run ID and input.

FAQ

Can I scrape all Uneed tools?

Yes. Use sitemap mode and set a larger maxItems value.

Can I scrape one tool?

Yes. Pass a /tool/<slug> URL and set maxItems to 1.

Can I export to CSV?

Yes. Apify datasets support CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, and RSS exports.

Does it use a browser?

No. It uses fast HTTP requests and parses public Nuxt SSR data.

Does it require a proxy?

No proxy is configured by default.

Field mapping

Use uneedUrl for source attribution.

Use websiteUrl for external outreach or enrichment.

Use tags and categoryName for segmentation.

Use pricing for go-to-market analysis.

Use voteCount for relative popularity signals.

Operational recommendations

Schedule weekly runs for new product discovery.

Store historical snapshots to detect listing changes.

Filter by tags for specific markets.

Combine with email enrichment only when legally appropriate.

Version

Current actor version: 0.1.