uSwitch Scraper

Scrape uSwitch.com — the UK's leading utility comparison site — for the latest broadband and mobile broadband deals. Extract structured deal data including provider, pricing, speed, contract length, features, and direct apply links.

What it does

uSwitch Scraper retrieves publicly available deal listings from uSwitch without requiring any account, API key, or paid proxy. It parses the deal data embedded directly in the page HTML and returns clean, structured records ready for analysis.

Use Cases

• Price monitoring for UK broadband and mobile broadband deals
• Market research on UK telecoms providers
• Lead generation for comparison or affiliate sites
• Competitive intelligence on provider pricing and contract terms
• Building datasets of UK broadband product offerings

Input

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
mode	string (select)	Category to scrape	broadband
maxItems	integer	Maximum deals to return (1–100)	20

Mode Options

Value	Description
broadband	Top broadband deals (fibre, cable, ADSL)
cheapBroadband	Budget and cheap broadband deals
mobileBroadband	4G/5G mobile broadband dongles and SIMs

Car insurance and home insurance are not supported — uSwitch requires user registration details and a postcode before showing any comparison results for those categories, so there is no public homepage/deals page to scrape (see Limitations below).

Example Input

{
  "mode": "broadband",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

Each record represents one deal listing on uSwitch.

Field	Type	Description
productName	string	Full product/deal name (e.g. "Virgin Media Gig1 Fibre broadband")
provider	string	Provider/supplier name (e.g. "Virgin Media", "BT", "Sky")
category	string	Deal category (e.g. "Broadband", "Cheap Broadband", "Mobile Broadband")
dealId	string	uSwitch internal deal identifier
monthlyPrice	number	Monthly cost in GBP
totalContractCost	number	Total cost over full contract period (GBP)
upfrontCost	number	Upfront/one-off cost in GBP (0 when there is none)
contractLength	integer	Contract duration in months
contractLengthFormatted	string	Human-readable contract length (e.g. "24 month contract")
downloadSpeed	integer	Download speed in Mbps (broadband only)
uploadSpeed	integer	Upload speed in Mbps (broadband only)
downloadSpeedUnit	string	Speed unit (typically "Mbps")
features	array	Promotional features and USPs (e.g. "£145 bill credit")
productHighlights	array	Product highlight callouts (e.g. "Free installation")
providerTrustScore	number	Trustpilot rating for the provider
providerTrustReviews	integer	Number of Trustpilot reviews
providerLogo	string	Provider logo image URL
providerPhone	string	Provider customer service phone number (when published)
priceRiseNote	string	Human-readable disclosure of scheduled in-contract price rises
averageMonthlyCost	number	Average monthly cost over the life of the contract, accounting for any scheduled price rises
averageMonthlyCostStandard	number	Standard (non-promotional) average monthly cost over the contract
hasDiscountPeriod	boolean	Whether the deal has an introductory discount period
hasPriceFreeze	boolean	Whether the price is frozen for the contract term
isFibre	boolean	Whether the connection is fibre
includesNetflix	boolean	Whether the deal bundles a Netflix subscription
includesTvChannels	boolean	Whether the deal bundles TV channels
tvChannelCount	integer	Number of TV channels included (TV bundles only)
isCashbackDeal	boolean	Whether the deal includes a cashback offer
isSponsored	boolean	Whether the deal is a sponsored placement
isExclusive	boolean	Whether the deal is a uSwitch exclusive
isEndingSoon	boolean	Whether the deal is flagged as ending soon
dealExpiresAt	string	Deal offer expiry date/time, as published by uSwitch
applyUrl	string	Direct URL to apply for or view the deal
sourceUrl	string	uSwitch page URL where the deal was found
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was scraped
recordType	string	Always "deal"

Example Output

{
  "productName": "Virgin Media Gig1 Fibre broadband",
  "provider": "Virgin Media",
  "category": "Broadband",
  "dealId": "470406-3591855585",
  "monthlyPrice": 25.99,
  "totalContractCost": 695.76,
  "contractLength": 24,
  "contractLengthFormatted": "24 month contract",
  "downloadSpeed": 1000,
  "uploadSpeed": 104,
  "downloadSpeedUnit": "Mbps",
  "features": ["£145 bill credit"],
  "providerTrustScore": 1.5,
  "providerTrustReviews": 105081,
  "isSponsored": false,
  "applyUrl": "https://www.uswitch.com/clk/470406/...",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T10:00:00+00:00",
  "recordType": "deal"
}

Limitations

• uSwitch deals for broadband results pages require a valid UK postcode — without one, the results page returns empty. The scraper uses the category homepage which always shows top 20 deals.
• Energy tariff comparison (gas-electricity) requires a postcode and usage data before deals load — not currently supported.
• Car insurance and home insurance require user registration details and a postcode before uSwitch shows any comparison results — there is no public homepage/deals page for these categories, so they are not supported by this actor.
• Deal counts are typically 10–20 per page for homepage views.

Data Source

Data is scraped from uswitch.com — a publicly accessible UK utility comparison site. No login, API key, or paid proxy is required.

FAQs

Do I need a UK proxy? No. uSwitch pages are accessible from international IP addresses.

Does this need residential proxies? No. uSwitch serves its comparison pages freely and Apify's standard AUTO datacenter proxy works fine.

How fresh is the data? uSwitch updates its deals in near real-time. Each scraper run fetches fresh data.

Can I scrape deals for a specific postcode? The current implementation scrapes the top-deals homepage for each category. Postcode-specific results require a JS-rendered comparison flow that is not yet supported.

How many deals can I get? Typically 10–20 deals per category page. Set maxItems to control the output cap.