Serchen Software Reviews Scraper

Scrape Serchen — a global SaaS marketplace with 40,000+ cloud software products and structured reviews. Search by keyword, browse by category, or fetch specific product pages.

Note: This actor replaces GetApp scraping. GetApp (Gartner) blocks all scraping from datacenter IPs with HTTP 403. Serchen provides equivalent or richer software listing data and is fully accessible without authentication or proxy.

What you can scrape

• Product name, slug, and description (from JSON-LD structured data)
• Rating (1–5 stars) and review count
• Logo URL and vendor website URL
• Category (CRM, Project Management, HR, etc.)
• Serchen product URL

Use cases

• Build a database of SaaS products in a specific niche
• Monitor software ratings and review trends
• Research competitors in a category
• Enrich product lists with pricing and review data

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search, byCategory, or byUrl
searchQuery	string	Keyword to search (mode=search)
category	select	Serchen category slug (mode=byCategory)
softwareUrls	array	Serchen URLs for byUrl mode
maxItems	integer	Max products to return (1–1000, default 50)

Mode: Search

Search Serchen for software products using the built-in search API.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "CRM software",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Mode: Browse by Category

Browse all products in a specific Serchen category.

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "category": "crm-software",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Mode: Fetch by URL

Scrape specific product pages by their Serchen URLs.

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "softwareUrls": [
    "https://www.serchen.com/company/nutshell/",
    "https://www.serchen.com/company/salesforce-com/"
  ]
}

Output

Each record contains:

{
  "slug": "nutshell",
  "name": "Nutshell",
  "description": "Nutshell is a user-friendly CRM that helps teams win more deals...",
  "logoUrl": "https://images.serchen.com/logos/24361.jpg",
  "websiteUrl": "http://www.nutshell.com/",
  "serchenUrl": "https://www.serchen.com/company/nutshell/",
  "rating": 4.33,
  "reviewCount": 3,
  "category": "CRM Software",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-23T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Fields are omitted when not available — no null values in output.

Available Categories

Use these slugs in byCategory mode. Browse the full list at https://www.serchen.com/category/

Category	Slug
CRM	crm-software
Project Management	project-management-software
Accounting	accounting-software
HR Management	hr-management-software
Help Desk	help-desk-software
eCommerce	ecommerce-software
Collaboration	collaboration-software
Time Tracking	time-tracking-software
Email Marketing	email-marketing
Payroll	payroll-software
Learning Management	learning-management-system
Video Conferencing	video-conferencing-software

Serchen has 500+ category slugs. If a category you need is not in the dropdown, type it directly in the custom category field.

Technical notes

• No authentication required — Serchen is a public directory
• No proxy required — works from Apify datacenter IPs
• JSON-LD extraction — uses structured schema.org data for reliability
• Rate limit friendly — 300–500ms delays between requests
• Retry logic — 3 attempts with exponential backoff on 429/5xx

Data Source

Serchen describes itself as "the world's largest online marketplace for cloud services and SaaS software." The platform aggregates software products with descriptions, reviews, and ratings — comparable to GetApp or Capterra, but accessible without bot detection.

FAQs

Q: Why Serchen instead of GetApp? A: GetApp (Gartner-owned) returns HTTP 403 for all requests from datacenter IPs. Serchen provides similar software listing data and works reliably without proxies or authentication.

Q: How is rating different from Capterra/GetApp? A: Serchen collects its own user reviews independently. Ratings are on a 1–5 scale, same as other review platforms.

Q: Can I get all software in a category? A: Yes — set maxItems to a high value. Each category page shows 10 products, and the actor auto-paginates.

Q: What is the slug field? A: The Serchen slug is the URL identifier for the product (e.g. salesforce-com for Salesforce). You can use it to construct the product URL: https://www.serchen.com/company/{slug}/