SaaSHub Scraper

Scrape SaaSHub — one of the largest software discovery platforms with 100,000+ products. Search by keyword, browse by category, get alternatives to a specific product, or fetch specific product pages.

What you can scrape

• Product name, slug, tagline, and description
• Logo URL and website URL
• Upvote count (community popularity score)
• Rating (1–5 stars) and review count
• Pricing model (Free, Freemium, Paid, Open Source)
• Categories (up to 5 per product)
• Country of origin
• SaaSHub product URL

Use cases

• Build a database of SaaS products in a specific niche
• Track competing products and their community scores
• Research pricing models across a category
• Find alternatives to any software product

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search, byCategory, alternatives, or byUrl
searchQuery	string	Keyword to search (mode=search)
category	select	SaaSHub category slug (mode=byCategory)
productSlug	string	Product slug for alternatives (e.g. slack)
productUrls	array	SaaSHub URLs for byUrl mode
maxItems	integer	Max products to return (1–1000, default 50)

Mode: Search

Search SaaSHub for software products by keyword.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "project management",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Mode: Browse by Category

Browse all products in a specific SaaSHub category.

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "category": "best-project-management-software",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Mode: Get Alternatives

Get all alternatives to a specific product.

{
  "mode": "alternatives",
  "productSlug": "slack",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Mode: Fetch by URL

Scrape specific product pages by their SaaSHub URLs.

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.saashub.com/slack",
    "https://www.saashub.com/trello"
  ]
}

Output

Each record contains:

{
  "slug": "slack",
  "name": "Slack",
  "tagline": "A messaging app for teams who see through the Earth!",
  "description": "Slack is a messaging platform for business...",
  "logoUrl": "https://cdn-b.saashub.com/images/app/service_logos/5/.../large.png",
  "websiteUrl": "https://slack.com/",
  "saashubUrl": "https://www.saashub.com/slack",
  "upvotes": 1850,
  "rating": 4.3,
  "reviewCount": 9,
  "categories": ["Communication", "Group Chat & Notifications", "Chat"],
  "country": "the United States",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-23T10:00:00+00:00"
}

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

Available Categories

Browse products using these SaaSHub category slugs in byCategory mode:

Category	Slug
Project Management	best-project-management-software
Communication	best-communication-software
CRM	best-crm-software
Developer Tools	best-developer-tools-software
Marketing Platform	best-marketing-platform-software
Finance	best-finance-software
HR	best-hr-software
Design Tools	best-design-tools-software
eCommerce	best-ecommerce-software
Analytics	best-analytics-software
Security	best-security-and-privacy-software
Productivity	best-productivity-software

Technical notes

• No authentication required — SaaSHub serves public HTML to all visitors
• No proxy required — works from Apify datacenter IPs
• Rate limit friendly — 500ms pause between pages
• Retry logic — 3 attempts with exponential backoff on 429/5xx errors

FAQs

Q: Why are some fields missing? A: Fields are only included when SaaSHub provides the data. Products without ratings, reviews, or pricing info will simply omit those fields.

Q: How many products can I scrape? A: Set maxItems up to 1000. For full category exports with thousands of products, run multiple requests with different category filters.

Q: What does the upvotes field mean? A: SaaSHub uses a community voting system where users upvote products. Higher upvotes = more popular in the community.

Q: Can I get product descriptions? A: Yes, for byUrl mode the actor fetches the full product detail page and extracts the meta description. For search/category/alternatives modes, only the tagline is available from the listing page.